Academician Candidates' Exhibition 2019

27 Sept - 1 Dec 19

A free exhibition at Bristol's oldest art gallery, featuring an eclectic selection of artworks by Academician Candidates

The RWA, as one of five Royal Academies in Great Britain and Ireland, has a membership of 150 Academicians. Academicians are an independent body of artists at the forefront of their profession, who have achieved excellence in their field, and who are committed to contributing to the future of the RWA. Academicians are elected on the basis that they are practicing artists of ability and experience, creators of artworks judged to be of a consistently high standard and willing to undertake the commitments and responsibilities of the elected membership.

Each year, we invite the shortlist of Academician Candidates to exhibit a selection of their recent works alongside the Annual Open Exhibition. During this time, the current Academician body will anonymously vote for the Candidates they would like to see become Academicians. The exhibition on our ground floor is also open to the public. Admission is free.

This year's Candidates are:

Large image:

Becky Buchanan, Fifteen, mixed media with industrial resin on canvas

Images below:

Becky Buchanan, Fifteen, mixed media with industrial resin on canvas

Lavinia Gallie, The Return (Untitled 1, 2 3 and 4), oil on linen

Martin Edwards, Stump, silver gelatin print, edition of 10

Martin Edwards, Pond, silver gelatin print, edition of 10

Martin Edwards, Sticks, silver gelatin print, edition of 10

Martin Edwards, Path, silver gelatin print, edition of 10

Rosalind Robinson, The Blue Bowl, oil on gessoed card

Rosalind Robinson, The Distance Between Us, oil on panel

Rosalind Robinson, Helen's Bowl, oil on linen

Rosalind Robinson, Twist, oil on wood

Clare Thatcher, Vision of Landscape II, oil & pigment on canvas on board

Clare Thatcher, Natural Form 4, oil & pigment on linen

Clare Thatcher, Rockscape, oil & pigment on plywood

Clare Thatcher, Sense of Place II, oil & pigment on plywood panels

Dan Hunt, Untitled (Tank Paintings), oil, acrylic & gloss on plywood

Dan Hunt, Snipe and Purple, oil, acrylic & gloss on plywood

Amanda Chambers, My Place at the Table, wheel thrown ceramic

Amanda Chambers, Baby, ceramic

Becky Buchanan, Hanging Together, mixed media with industrial floor resin

Becky Buchanan, Venus Flytrap, mixed media with industrial resin on canvas

Patricia Volk, Bond, painted fired clay mounted on slate

Patricia Volk, Cog, painted fired clay

Patricia Volk, Embrace, painted fired clay

Patricia Volk, Bloom, painted fired clay