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The Royal Society of British Artists seeks submissions of work displaying the highest standards of skill, expression and concept of draughtsmanship

The RBA invites painters, sculptors and printmakers to submit their work for consideration to be shown in the Society’s 303rd Annual Exhibition 2020
The President and Executive Committee of the Royal Society of British Artists invite painters, sculptors and printmakers to submit their work for consideration to be shown in the Society’s 303rd Annual Exhibition 2020. As well as skill and draughtsmanship, they will be looking for originality and creativity.
The exhibition offers prizes and awards, worth over £5,000 in total (see ‘Prizes & Awards’ below).
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How to Submit:

ALL work must be submitted online. Pre-selection from online entries will take place, after which pre-selected entries should be delivered to Mall Galleries, London, for final selection:

Upload images of work at mallgalleries.oess1.uk between Monday 30 September and Friday 29 November 2019, 12 noon [Note: Images must be in JPEG format and under 5MB]

Check mallgalleries.oess1.uk on Friday 6 December, from 12 noon, to see if your work has been pre-selected

If pre-selected, deliver your work on Saturday 11 January 2020, 10am to 5pm, to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD

Check this page (mallgalleries.org.uk) on Tuesday 14 January, from 12 noon, to see if your work has been accepted to the exhibition

If unaccepted, collect your work from Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD on Thursday 16 January, 10am to 5pm

Important Dates:______________________

Submissions open: Monday 30 September 2019, 12 noon
Submissions close: Friday 29 November, 12 noon
Pre-selection notification: Friday 6 December, 12 noon
Receiving Day (if pre-selected only): Saturday 11 January 2020, 10am to 5pm
Acceptance notification: Tuesday 14 January, 12 noon
Collection of unaccepted work: Thursday 16 January, 10am to 5pm*
Exhibition open: Thursday 20 February, 10am to 5pm
Exhibition closes: Saturday 29 February, 5pm
Collection of unsold work: Thursday 5 March, 10am to 5pm*
*Due to a shortage of storage space at the gallery, any work uncollected by 5pm will be removed and stored at a separate location for which artists will be charged a storage fee.

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Conditions
Eligibility

• Any artist over 18 may submit.
• Acceptable media: Any medium including sculpture and original prints.
• Submission fee: £18 per work (or £12 per work for artists aged 35 or under), which includes Free Admission to the exhibition (normally £4).
• Maximum of six works submitted.
• Maximum of four works selected.
• Work must not have been exhibited previously.
• Works should not be larger than 2.4m along the longest dimension.
• All work must be for sale. The price of works must include commission of 45%+VAT (please note that where foundry fees apply, foundry costs will be deducted before commission is calculated).
• Minimum price: £300 (framed prints: £180, unframed prints: £120 – buyers will not be charged for postage and packaging of unframed prints, so please ensure the price of unframed prints allows for this).

Delivery & Collection:

• Works should be delivered without any protective packaging as this cannot be retained.
• The gallery will not be responsible for wrapping works or providing wrapping materials for any works being returned.
• Paintings should be completely dry at the time of delivery.
Selection
• Please note that selectors’ decisions are final and we are unable to offer feedback.
International Entrants
• Artists from outside the UK may need to register for VAT, please check with HM Revenue and Customs: https://www.gov.uk
• Artists sending work from abroad should use a picture carrier. Many artists use Picture Post Art as they offer a packing and delivery service for our exhibitions (we do not accept any liability for their services). Picture Post Art – Tel: 0044 (0)1302 711011 / Mobile: 07833 450788 / Email: info@picturepostcompany.co.uk
Terms & Conditions
• For full terms and conditions, click www.mallgalleries.org.uk
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Artists over 18, from the UK and beyond, are invited to submit works for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Society of British Artists at their Annual Exhibition 2020.
The Society welcomes works in any medium including painting, sculpture and original prints.

There are a number of prizes and awards available to win, worth over £5,000 in total, including The Michael Harding Awards: Two awards of Michael Harding art materials to the value of £500.

Prizes & Awards (subject to final confirmation)

There are many prizes and awards available to win, including:
The de Laszlo Foundation Prize: The de Laszlo Medal for Excellence and £1,500 will be awarded for the best artwork from life by an artist aged 35 or under

The Winsor & Newton Painting Award: Art materials to the value of £500

The Peter Kelly Commemorative Award: £300

The Ronald Morgan Memorial Award: £250

The Patron’s Prize: £500

The Surgeon’s Prize: £500

The Michael Harding Awards: Two awards of £500 worth of Michael Harding art materials

The Gordon Hulson Memorial Prize: £250 for draughtsmanship, variety & exploration

Hahnemuhle Fine Art UK Award: A prize of artist paper, worth £250

The Stuart Southall Print Prize: £250

Frinton Frames Award: £200 of picture framing at Frinton Frames bespoke hand-finished picture frame makers

The Nathan David Award for Sculpture: £150

Acceptable media Any medium including painting, sculpture and original prints
Submission fee
£18 per work at the time of submitting (£12 per work for artists aged 35 or under).
Find out more:
www.mallgalleries.org.uk 

Image: Henry Jabbour Gaze Not into my Eyes (detail) Winner of The Davison Award for Oil Painting 2019

It was both a delight and thrill to be the ‘Art Expert in Residence’ for yet another Mall Galleries exhibition; The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA).
On my arrival, I was greeted by a monumental bronze sculpture, sculpted by invited artist, Michael Sandle RA, Honorary Member of the Society (reproduced by kind permission of Flowers Gallery, ‘As Ye Sow So Shall Ye Reap: An Allegory (Acknowledgement to Holman Hunt)’.
There’s something magical about the RBA exhibition. The level of creative talent and artistic ability that’s in the painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing, is top quality. It’s a varied and wide-ranging exhibition, fused with Classicalism, where the figurative, intellectual theory and style is more formal, in comparison with the abstract, Contemporary, personal craftmanship that’s imaginably created through more emotional thought processes.
The quality of the RBA artwork serves us well. I was gripped by the expressive urban landscape, the excellent use of pastel describing water, the portrait styled from the artist’s perspective, the colourful abstract perspicaciously winning fine standards.
It was absolutely buzzing with people enjoying the triumphant variety of different techniques of RBA artworks, and the Society’s esteemed Rome Scholarship for young artists; this is where you’ll discover the climbing art stars of tomorrow. I enjoyed chatting to gallery visitors about the memorable art on show. Looking around, they said, “I could live with this one and that one…I’ve returned to this exhibition so many times since it opened because there’s so much nice art – that I really, really, like!..It’s a very varied exhibition…Reasonably priced!”

I love meeting the exhibition visitors, and talk with them about all things art.  For me, the Mall Galleries, is the most perfect location to have a heart-to-heart about art over coffee.  I feel very much at home at The Mall Galleries.  The crowds of visitors obviously do too.  Plus, I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Honorary Secretary, Brenda Davies, whose hard work in supporting the RBA pays off.

I love meeting the exhibition visitors, and talk with them about all things art. For me, the Mall Galleries, is the most perfect location to have a heart-to-heart about art over coffee. I feel very much at home at The Mall Galleries. The crowds of visitors obviously do too. Plus, I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Honorary Secretary, Brenda Davies, whose hard work in supporting the RBA pays off.