RBSA Prize 2026 Artists Announced

We are delighted to announce the artists who have been selected to exhibit work in the RBSA Prize 2026.

Judges Clare Mullet, Head of Collections, University of Birmingham, Sarah Priest, Regional Director Midlands, Bonhams Auctioneers, and Robert Wenley, Deputy Director: Collections and Research, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, had the mammoth task of looking through over 600 submissions and, following a full day of deliberation, selected 135 works by 115 artists.

Congratulations to the following artists:

Arlene Adams
Laura Adkins ARBSA
Mina Amani
Yunus Opeyemi Aminu
Lidija Antanasijević
Shahrzad Araghinezhad
Anna Archen
Viv Astling VPRBSA
James Atkins
Vahagn Bagoyan
Mike Bagshaw ARBSA
Debbie Baird ARBSA
William Baldwin
Oluwapelumi Bamidele
Andrew Barrowman ARBSA
Joe Black Ardy
Diane Boswell
Bramble & Seetzen
John Brennan
Rory Brooke
Natalie Brooks ARBSA
Clive Bryant ARBSA
Wendy Campbell-Briggs ARBSA
Stephen Carse ARBSA
Cristina Celestini
Jacob Chandler
Guy Chapman ARBSA
Peter Chapman
Andrew Coates RBSA
John Coffey
Simon Conolly RBSA
Philip Cope
Muegbeyogho Courage
Virginia Crompton
Ann Dangerfield
Martin Davis
Adam De Ville ARBSA
Emma Duggan
Susan Edwards
Rachel Evans
Ryan Everson RBSA
Stephen Farley ARBSA
Lynda Froehlich
Matthew Garbutt
Eric Gaskell RBSA
Mark Gibbs ARBSA
Lawrence Green RBSA
Stanley Greening
Caroline Griffin RBSA
Brian Halton
Rukayat Hassan
Kaye Hodges
Geoff Hodgson
Vicky Hodgson
Mark Holloway
Yuliia Holovatiuk-Ungureanu
Stephen Horsted
Ed Isaacs PRBSA
Frederick Jones RBSA
Gwenda Jones ARBSA
Rose Jones
Mahnaz Joquar
Olawale Kalejaiye
Colin Kerrigan ARBSA
Kevin Knowles
Tanya Kozin RBSA
Angela Lam ARBSA
Hiu Ting Law
Cheryl Lewis
Dylan Lisle
Kenette Louis
Angela Malone
David Marsh ARBSA
Eiko Matsuura
John Maule-ffinch RBSA
Andy Meyers
Anisa Mosaiebinya
Peter Mountain
Ghaku Okazaki
Sarah Parry
Lucy Pass
Marcia Patterson
Weronika Pawlowska
Clare Pentlow RBSA
Bianca Pirlog
Sergey Piskunov
Brian Prangle
John Rattigan
Graeme Reed
Hilary Reed
Gabrielle Roberts-Dalton RBSA
Hannya Robinson
Michael Sadler RBSA
Mark Sheeky
Bing Shi RBSA
David Shiner
Morven Stewart
Shibhapriyadharshini Subramanian
Akane Suhou
Kamilla Szots
Junaid Tosin
Keith Turley RBSA
David Walton RBSA
Tom Watson
Jitrachote White
Michele White PPRBSA
Nigel Whittaker ARBSA
Rose Wilde
Daniel Wright
Wanyan Wu
Victoria Wyton-Mills
Mi Yan
Jialu Yao
Valena Yao
Yuanli Juan

Huge thanks to everyone that submitted work. The standard of everything entered was very high so please do not be discouraged if you were not successful this time round.

The exhibition will run from 1 – 31 October.

Image: John Coffey, Beachhead