We are delighted to announce a full list of award winners in this year's RSA New Contemporaries. We would like to extend a huge thank you to our external award givers for their generosity and support.
External Awards
The Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award
£5,000 for three-month residency including studio space, accommodation and a material allowance of up to £10,000. Exhibition opportunity at Glenfiddich with a work accessioned to the Glenfiddich Collection.
Clare Flynn
The Walter Scott Award
£2,000
Tom Speedy
David & June Gordon Memorial Trust Award
£800, split £400 each for an artist living in the Grampian region or having studied at Gray’s School of Art.
Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation Award
£1,500 for a painter, draughtsperson or sculptor.
Oli Turner
Edinburgh Printmakers Residency Award
1-year free studio use, 1 year membership, a printmaking course and £100 materials budget, technical support and guidance from trained technicians.
Agnes Little
EP Spaces Award
Up to 1 year of free studio space from Edinburgh Printmakers' national portfolio of artist studios.
Bethan Roberts
Lisa Speirs-Fleming
Elene Sturua
Glasgow Print Studio Award
Membership and unlimited session fees for one year.
To be announced
National Library of Scotland Purchase Prize for Moving Image
Purchase prize under the condition that a copy of the film will be preserved and accessible through the National Library’s moving image archive.
Cora Macmillan
The Skinny Prize
A two-page presentation of the artist's work in the print publication and shared online, an interview feature with the artist, timed to best coincide with promotion of future projects.
Ruthella Dafnis
NHS Lothian Charity Tonic Arts Award
Purchase prize for an artwork/works suitable for an NHS Lothian hospital setting.
Ellis Bairstow
Scottish Parliament Art Collection Purchase Award
Purchase prize for artwork to join the Scottish Parliament Art Collection.
Finley Blue Morgan
Outer Spaces Scotland Award
Use of a large-scale studio space for 1+ months, together with a £500 bursary.
Kate Hall
Sam Black
VAA New Artist Award
Visual Artists Association Premium membership, 1 year of mentorship and PR opportunities, access to a series of online short courses, an invitation to show work in two upcoming exhibitions
Ella Williams
VAA Highly Commended Award
Visual Artists Association premium membership plus free access to 1 VAA course of the artist’s choice.
Amy McLean
Veronica Mee
Nicole Mackintosh
Agnes Little
Christopher Ivor Adam
Tom Speedy
Internal Awards
Sir William Gillies Bequest Award
£2,000, split £1,000 each
Solomon Pawlyn
Freya Glass
RSA Patrons Award
£1,000
Maya Hall de Bueno
RSA Friends Award
£1000, split £500 each
Thea Moston
Amy McLean
RSA Art Prize and Maclaine Watters Medal
£400 plus medal
Isabel Westlake
RSA Art Prize
£400
Yulia Hap
RSA Architecture Prize
£400
Ellie Wilkes
RSA New Contemporaries Medal for Architecture
£100 plus medal
Drew Rumgay
RSA Carnegie Scholarship
£200 for painting
Daye Allan
RSA Adam Bruce Thomson Award
£150
Anna Lewis
RSA Landscape Award
£150 for a drawing, oil or watercolour
Kate Hall
RSA Chalmers Bursary
£150
Fev Buchanan
RSA Stuart Prize
RSA Chalmers-Jervise Prize
£150
Charli Kleeman
The exhibition and exhibitors have received funding support from RSA Blackadder Houston Bequest.
Now in its dseventeenth year, RSA New Contemporaries offers a unique opportunity to see some of the most promising talent in Scotland in one single, large-scale exhibition in the heart of Edinburgh. On view until 22 April 2026.
