RSA New Contemporaries 2025 Announced

Every year a panel of our Academicians visit degree shows across Scotland to select the best and boldest works to feature in our acclaimed New Contemporaries show. After a tough few weeks of judging, we're delighted to announce the RSA New Contemporaries of 2025.

 

This year, selection was made by exhibition Convenor Robbie Bushe RSA, with assistance from fellow Academicians and representatives from the five main colleges of art. 

 

Edinburgh College of Art

Shiza Saqib, ‘Nafs’, نفس (The Self)

 

Selected artists

Jillian Lee Adamson | Ahed Alameri | Tallulah Batley | Robin Bigret | Cathy Bullock | Will Dutton | Niamh Finnigan | Fiona Goss | Hanna Lehtinen | Adam Lock | Ellis Ludlow | Agnes Roberts | Shiza Saqib | Christian Sloan | Justine Watt | Kitty Yarrow

 

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

Aimie Harding, Sprouting Specimen

 

Selected artists

Alana Ashby | Lewis Cavinue | Ewan Douglas | Aimie Harding | Fern Lovande | Calder Mackay | Madeleine Marg | Jen Meldrum | Amy Odlum | Rowan Roscher | Olivia Sinclair | R L Taylor

 

Gray's School of Art

Ben McGinlay, Superplus!

 

Selected artists

Charlotte Forsyth | Kirsty MacDonald | Bronwyn Mackenzie | Ben McGinlay | Adrienne Murray | Cavan Reed-O'Connor | Bethany Reid | Lotta Wald

 

Glasgow School of Art

James Arkwright, Carpet the Kelvin Way

 

Selected artists

Ishbel Angus | James Arkwright | Felix Bode | Francesca Grace Cecelia Cairns | Joseph Cameron | Matthew Casey | Keir Chaggar-Brown | Olivia Priya Foster | Amy Anna Graham | Eva Griffin | Mia Gwenllian | Lara Juneman | Jasmína Lustigová | Theodora Koumbouzis Maclellan | Liv Mather | Erin McPhee | Esther Metcalfe | Lola Pilkington | Connie Woods Gundry

 

University of Highlands and Islands

Anna Charlotta Gardiner

 

Selected artists

Jennifer Upson | Anna Charlotta Gardiner

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