Summer Exhibition 2016 prizes announced
By Kate Devine
Published on 22 June 2016
David Nash RA announced as winner of the Charles Wollaston award.
Each year the Royal Academy of Arts presents a number of significant prizes for outstanding works within the Summer Exhibition. Over £50,000 is offered in awards and prizes for every category of work in the exhibition, including sculpture, architecture, drawing, works on paper, painting, photography and prints.
The prestigious £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award, one of the most significant art prizes in the country, is also presented to the ‘most distinguished work’ in the exhibition. This year the prize went to David Nash for his work, Big Black.
Other Awards and Prizes
The Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture
£10,000 for a sculpture.
Neil Jeffries RA (Lecture Room)
Geography Lesson
From Beaune?
Orange Thought
Peter and Bob
Ralph
Night Thought
The Hugh Casson Drawing Prize
£5,000 for an original work on paper in any medium, where the emphasis is clearly on drawing.
John Hewitt, Ancestral Figures: Mid-Victorian Couple
The Sunny Dupree Family Award for a Woman Artist
£4,000 for a painting or sculpture.
Olwyn Bowey RA, Stag’s Head with Stag’s Head Fern
The London Original Print Fair Prize. Sponsored by Towry
£2,500 for a print in any medium.
Andrzej Jackowski, At the Lining – Forest
The Arup Prize for Emerging Talent in Architecture
£5,000 for emerging talent in architecture.
Mobile Studio Architects, Planning Permission Granted
Ancestral Figures: Mid-Victorian Couple,
Winterville,
Stag's Head with Stag's Head Fern,
At the Lining - Forest,
Turkishceramics Grand Award for Architecture
£10,000 awarded to the most outstanding work of architecture.
Will Alsop RA, Heliport Heights
The British Institution Awards
Four prizes of £1,000 each awarded to student exhibitors for paintings, works on paper, sculpture and architecture.
Austin Cole, Beijing Hutong 6
Daisy Dixon, Untitled (War Club)
Melissa Mahon, The Blue Pin Board
Rosa Prichard, Treasure Island Monument Folleys
The Rose Award for Photography
£1,000 for a photograph or series of photographs.
Tom Hunter, Winterville
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