RA Schools Show 2022
17 June - 3 July 2022
The Weston Studio, RA Schools Studios and Workshops
Tues – Sun: 10am – 6pm
Free, no booking required.
Friends of the RA go free
Having completed their postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools, 15 artists transform their studios to present new work across a range of media.
Please note:
• The show is only partially accessible to wheelchair users. For more information, please visit our access page.
Situated within the heart of the Royal Academy, the RA Schools provides a postgraduate programme in contemporary art that is free for all participating students. The graduating artists have undertaken the three year programme plus an additional year, 2020-2021, as cover for loss of studio time during Covid-19. Each year the RA Schools Show is an opportunity to see the results of three years of intense study, research and experimentation.
Displayed throughout the RA Schools’ studios and workshops, the exhibition presents a wide range of practice from performance, installation and moving image, to sculpture, painting and photography.
This year’s exhibition includes paintings that layer tradition with augmented reality, a landscape of sculptural wishing wells, a performance where slow bodies melt into screens and machines, and photographs that capture people and places with a directness that frequently summon the mythological and quietly psychological.
Recent graduates include Michael Armitage, Sung Tieu, Rebecca Ackroyd, Issy Wood, Adham Faramawy, Jala Wahid, Roland Carline, Mary Ramsden, Prem Sahib, Lewis Hammond, Eddie Peake, Peter Linde Busk, Kira Freije and Turner Prize nominated Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Exhibiting artists: Kobby Adi, Emmanuel Awuni, Sofía Clausse, Nicola Gunnarsson, Rebecca K. Halliwell-Sutton, Millie Layton, Hannah Lister, James Lomax, Catinca Malaimare, Andrew Maughan, Matthew Peers, Luke Samuel, Pascal Sender, Divine Southgate-Smith, and Lene Vollhardt.
Tues – Sun: 10am – 6pm
Free, no booking required.
Friends of the RA go free
Supporters
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Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Installation view, RA Schools Show 2022. Photo: Andy Keate
Performance timetable
This year's RA Schools Show includes live performances.
Catinca Malaimare
Emergency Ex, 2022
Performed by Felix Fogg, Olive Hardy and Catinca Malaimare
Soundscore by Joshua Fay
Timetable:
Saturday 18 June, 2pm / 3pm
Sunday 26 June, 3pm
Friday 1 July, 7pm
Saturday 2 July, 2pm / 3pm
Approx 17 minutes. In the Weston Studio.
Visitors are encouraged to take flash photography to reveal light-reactive make-up worn by the performers.
Catinca Malaimare
Lurking, 2022
Performed by Catinca Malaimare
Soundscore by Joshua Fay
Timetable:
Friday 24 June, 3pm
Saturday 25 June, 3pm
Thursday 30th June, 3pm
Sunday 3rd July, 3pm
Durational, 1 hour. In the Weston Studio.
Performance timetable
Lene Volhardt
Swaning, 2022
Performed by (in intermittent constellations) Jem Bentham, Dabin Kim, NO, Chris Owen, Carlos Maria Romero, Lene Vollhardt
Sound by Daria Blum / Camille Saint-Saëns
Timetable:
Saturday 18 June, 1pm - 4pm
Sunday 19 June, 1pm - 4pm
Tuesday 21 June, 1pm - 4pm
Wednesday 22 June, 1pm - 4pm
Friday 24 June, 1pm - 4pm
Saturday 25 June, 1pm - 4pm
Sunday 26 June, 1pm - 4pm
Friday 1 July, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Durational (with breaks). In Lene Vollhardt’s exhibition space.
RA Schools Donors
Julia and Hans Rausing
Dunard Fund
The Band Trust
Adrian Cheng
Lady Alison Deighton
The Garfield Weston Foundation
Mrs Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler
Nicolette and Frederick Kwok
The Mead Family Foundation
Milner Educational Trust
The estate of the late Miss Constance-Anne Parker
Jake and Hélène Marie Shafran
Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement
Dunard Fund
Ronald and Rita McAulay
Cheneviére Travel Award
Sir Roger de Grey Memorial Fund
The Eranda Rothschild Foundation
E Vincent Harris Fund
J Heritage Peters
Ivor Rey Scholarship Fund
The estate of the late Mrs Pauline Sitwell
Starr Fund
Patricia Turner Award
Vandaleur
Archie Sherman Trust
Artist’s Collecting Society
Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust
William Brake Charitable Trust
John S Cohen Foundation
Ron Dennis
The Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Foundation
Epson
Eranda Rothschild Foundation
Peter Greenham Fund
The Charles Michael Holloway Charitable Trust
Mr and Mrs Mark Loveday
Mr Nelson Leong
Leverhulme Trust
The Normanby Charitable Trust
The Maccabaeans
Dr Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation
The Machin Foundation
The Batia and Idan Ofer Family Foundation
Christina Ong
Red Butterfly Foundation
The estate of the late Mr Ivor Rey
Peter Rippon
Bianca Roden
The Rose Foundation
Archie Sherman Charitable Trust
David and Deborah Stileman
The South Square Trust
Sir Paul and Lady Smith
Stanley Picker Charitable Trust
South Square Trust
The Stewarts Foundation
The Nina and Roger Stewart Charitable Trust
The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust
The Swire Charitable Trust
Tileyard Studios
Celia Walker Art Foundation
Mr W Galen Weston and the Hon Mrs Hilary Weston
The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
And others who wish to remain anonymous
RA Schools Patrons
Mrs Elisabeth Lenz
Paul Baines
Hugo Eddis
Mr William Loschert
Swag and Nupur Ganguly
Rosalyn and Hugo Henderson
Mr Andrés Clase
The William Brake Foundation
Miss Sarah Straight
Mr and Mrs Jonathan and Sarah Bayliss
Rosalind Clayton
Emma O'Donoghue
Mr and Mrs Maurice Wolridge
Itxaso Mediavilla-Murray
Mrs Alexandra Nash
Mrs Jane Smith
Mr Jeremy and Dr Julie Llewelyn
Mrs Kirsten Tofte Jensen
Paul and Susie Kempe
John and Carol Wates
Sam and Rosie Berwick
Mrs Sarah Harvey-Collicott
Mrs Alkistis Koukouliou
Mrs Anna Lee
Ms Mouna Rebeiz
Mr George Maher
Alex Haidas and Thalia Chryssikou
Peter Rice Esq
The Honourable Clarence Tan
Mr William Ramsay
Mrs Willemien Downes