Exhibitions

Ade Adesina

Parallel 8 October - 13 November 2022 In his second solo exhibition in the Academicians’ Gallery, Ade Adesina RSA will be showing new woodcuts and etchings of sublime scope and technical virtuosity. Please note this exhibition will be closed on Wednesday 26 October until 2pm for a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience. View the exhibition... Read more

William Wilson

Print | Paint | Glass. An Anniversary Exhibition 8 October - 13 November 2022 This October, we are pleased to present an exhibition celebrating fifty years since the passing of one of Scotland's most talented twentieth-century artists, William Wilson RSA (1905-72). Regarded as a leading exponent in printmaking, watercolour and stained glass, this exhibition marks the first survey across Wilson's practice in nearly thirty years. Read more

Outside Edge

8 October - 13 November 2022 Kate Downie RSA | Helen Goodwin | Ju Hongshen | Professor Xu Yun

Outside Edge is the culmination of a collaboration between two Chinese and two British artists that began with a residency in Carsaig, a remote coastal edge of the island of Mull, in 2019. Read more

British Art Fair

29 September - 2 October 2022 This September, the RSA will be mounting a special exhibition at the British Art Fair including works by some of Scotland’s leading artists alongside selected emerging artists. From intricate sculpture work to large abstract painting, the RSA’s exhibition will celebrate the diversity and excellence of contemporary art in Scotland. Read more

Sam Ainsley

Stories Real and Imagined 3 September - 2 October 2022 An exhibition of selected paintings, works on paper and prints by Royal Scottish Academician Sam Ainsley. Read more

OMOS

3 September - 2 October 2022 This September the Royal Scottish Academy will mount an exhibition of a new moving image project that pays homage to Scotland’s untold Black history and celebrates Black excellence and LGBTQ performance in Scotland. Read more

Research + Practice

RSA Residencies and Awards in Focus 3 September - 2 October 2022 Victoria Clare Bernie | MV Brown | Samantha Clark | Joel Dixon | Flore Gardner | Robert Powell

This September we are pleased to present new work from five artists supported by the RSA Residencies for Scotland programme. The exhibition will also features new paintings from the winner of the 2021 RSA William Littlejohn Award for Water-based Media, Samantha Clark. Read more

Also on view in the RSA building

30 July - 13 November 2022 This summer the National Galleries of Scotland will be showing A Taste for Impressionism: Modern French Art from Millet to Matisse in the upper galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy building. Please visit their website for further details. Read more

Leon Morrocco

Long Road Home 30 July - 28 August 2022 This summer the Royal Scottish Academy will present Leon Morrocco: Long Road Home.

Timed to coincide with the artist’s 80th birthday, the exhibition will position Leon Morrocco RSA as one of the most important Scottish painters of his generation. Read more

Summer in the City

25 June - 22 July 2022 The Academicians' Gallery | Free Summer in the City brings together recent works by Royal Scottish Academicians for the summer months. Featuring works by Henry Kondracki, Elspeth Lamb, Ade Adesina, Kate Downie, Paul Furneaux, George Donald and David Mach. View the exhibition online Read more

Scotland Small?

Recent work from RSA Residencies for Scotland and Awards Artists 25 June - 24 July 2022 Daniel Cook | Rachel Duckhouse | Audrey Grant | Hannah Imlach | Frank McElhinney | Tim Sandys | Bruce Shaw | Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn

This summer we are pleased to present new bodies of work from eight artists supported by the RSA Residencies for Scotland 2019 programme. The exhibition also features a new short film from the 2019 winner of the Morton Award for Lens-based Media, Daniel Cook. Read more

Doug Cocker

Works on Paper 23 April - 12 June 2022 This exhibition brings together a selection of his elegant explorations of formalism in collage, pencil and pen. Based in rural Angus, Cocker’s work takes cue from the shapes and colours of the land and this exhibition shows the artist exploring the limits to which he can push his language of abstraction. Read more

The 196th Annual Exhibition

23 April - 12 June 2022 We are delighted to present the 196th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy.
The Annual Exhibition is the core of the RSA’s exhibition programme, and represents the Academy’s commitment to promoting excellence in visual art in Scotland. Read more

RSA Schools Art Awards 2022

31 March - 31 May 2022 The RSA Schools Art Award is open to all Secondary and Special Schools in Scotland. The competition has been running since 1986 and is considered by teachers to be one of the most prestigious awards made to pupils. Read more

Assembled

Collages by Royal Scottish Academicians 26 February - 8 April 2022 The Academicians' Gallery | Free entry An exhibition of collages by Royal Scottish Academicians on view in the Academicians' Gallery. Exhibitors: Michael Agnew, Sam Ainsley, Alfons Bytautas, Joyce W. Cairns, Francis Convery, Doug Cocker, Victoria Crowe, Fiona Dean, George Donald, Stuart Duffin, Lennox Dunbar, Gareth Fisher, Ronald Forbes, Paul Furneaux,... Read more

RSA New Contemporaries 2022

26 February - 3 April 2022 RSA New Contemporaries, supported by Walter Scott and Partners Limited, continues to strengthen its position as the most important platform for emerging artists and architects in Scotland. Read more

R3SEARCH

RSA Awards in Focus 8 January - 6 February 2022 John Brown | Sekai Machache | Hannah Paterson


An exhibition of work new work from three recent RSA Award winners.
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