Exhibitions

10 DIALOGUES

Richard Demarco, Scotland and the European Avant Garde 27 November 2010 - 9 January 2011 RSA Upper Galleries Admission £6/£4 conc. This exhibition marks the year of Richard Demarco's 80th birthday and the 40th anniversary of Strategy: Get Arts. Presented in the magnificent RSA Upper Galleries, it highlights ten seminal relationships that Richard has had over the years both with Scottish artists and with those... Read more

RSA OPEN 2010

30 October - 15 December 2010 RSA Lower Galleries This year marks the historical evolution of the RSA Annual Exhibition format into two distinct shows. The RSA Annual Exhibition in spring (8 May - 23 June 2010) will continue to be curated by a member of the Academy and will feature RSA Members, Award Winners and... Read more

RICHARD DEMARCO

A Life in Pictures 15 October 2010 - 6 March 2011 RSA Project Room and RSA Friend's Room This exhibition features a fabulous array of prints, drawings and watercolours by Richard Demarco, showcasing his own work as an artist from his years at Edinburgh College of Art to the present day. Spread between the RSA Projects Room (formerly the RSA Library)... Read more

SCOTLAND AND ROME

13 - 30 September 2010 RSA Library It is impossible to speak of western civilization without talking of Rome, not so much on account of her former role as an imperial, conquering power but rather because of the immense cultural, artistic and lawmaking legacy she has left us. It might seem at first sight that... Read more

NEW WORKS

RSA Residencies for Scotland 10 September - 10 October 2010 Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry This exhibition will present work by five artists who participated in the 2009 RSA Residencies for Scotland programme. As part of the programme, each of the five artists received funding (up to £5000) and an opportunity to spend time at RSA Partner arts... Read more

Philip Braham

Falling Shadows in Arcadia 6 August - 4 September 2010 Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry Philip Braham is the 2009 winner of The Morton Award ( £5,000) for lens based work. For the past few years, Philip has been documenting aspects of the Scottish landscape in which the human subject is implicit yet distant. The award funded his... Read more

Keith Rand RSA

Sculptures and Drawings 12 July - 25 September 2010 RSA Friends Room In 1984 Keith Rand came, as a recent graduate, to work at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire where he began to develop his sculptural approach to timber for which he is now internationally renowned. Paring away the wood until its tensile strength enables him to inter-connect... Read more

Geoff Uglow

Coda 2 July - 29 August 2010 Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Geoff Uglow won the prestigious Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship (£10,000) for painting and travel in 2009. He has since journeyed round the coast of Scotland in the footsteps of famous 18th century painter William Daniell. This exhibition presents a selection of new large-scale paintings, prints... Read more

184th RSA Annual Exhibition 2010

8 May - 23 June 2010 RSA Annual Exhibition 2010 - **** Scotsman Review The 184th RSA Annual Exhibition 2010 will mark a sea change in the direction of the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition policy. Open Submission will be discontinued and replaced by a curated exhibition of invited works on a particular theme from both members... Read more

RSA New Contemporaries 2010

3 - 21 April 2010 RSA Upper and Lower Galleries Admission £2 / £1 Conc. PRESENTING SCOTLAND'S FINEST EMERGING ARTISTS & ARCHITECTS RSA New Contemporaries is a curated annual exhibition which focuses on the finest emerging artists & architects in Scotland. Now in its second year, this exciting show has evolved out of the long... Read more

Frances Walker RSA

Works on Paper 2 April - 30 July 2010 RSA Friends Room New works on paper from Royal Scottish Academician Frances Walker. Read more

Alan Davie HRSA

Scottish Prints 5 February - 21 March 2010 Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry The selection of works on show contains 13 recent etchings resulting from Alan's relationship with Edinburgh Printmakers. These monochromatic images are printed on Japanese paper and carefully applied to more robust sheets using the Chine Colle technique. This folio is accompanied by more... Read more

RSA Members at Peacock

5 January - 20 March 2010 RSA Friends Room Open Mondays or by arrangement (0131 225 3922) A selection of works by RSA members made at Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen. The third in a series of exhibitions looking at collaborative prints made between RSA Members and print studios in Scotland, this selection has been completed... Read more

Beth Fisher RSA

Grisaille Legacy 1 - 31 January 2010 RSA Upper Galleries Free entry Beth Fisher RSA is one of Scotland's most prominent and important artists. Emigrating from the US during the 1960's Beth was influential in setting up both Glasgow Print Studio and Peacock Printmakers in Aberdeen. Over the past 40 years Beth has taught at Glasgow School... Read more

SOLUTIONS

Contemporary Scottish Watercolours 1 - 31 January 2010 RSA Upper Galleries Free entry A selection of contemporary watercolours from the studios of six RSA Members. Curated by Marian Leven RSA, the exhibition will feature works by Alan Davie RSA, Eileen Lawrence RSA, Edward Summerton RSA, Donald Urquhart RSA (Elect), Kate Whiteford RSA and Adrian Wiszniewski RSA. It will... Read more