RBSA Print Prize 2024 Call for Entries

RBSA Print Prize Exhibition

THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED

Entry fees payment deadline: Tuesday 23 January, 4pm

Exhibition runs: Thursday 29 February – Saturday 6 April

About This Exhibition

The RBSA Print Prize is a biennial exhibition, celebrating all forms of print making, which supports artists from across the UK and further afield.  With a significant number of print works held in the RBSA Collection, print making is firmly intertwined with the history of the RBSA and many current Members and Associates work primarily in this media.

With both contemporary and traditional techniques and approaches on display, including screen printing, linocut, monoprint, etching, woodcut, lithography, and dry point, the exhibition is a wonderfully diverse show championing a medium that is often overshadowed by others.

The following prizes will be awarded:
First prize £1000
Second prize £500
Third prize £250
Student prize £250
There is also an editorial prize to be awarded by Printmaking Today as well as up to six Highly Commended certificates

All types of original prints may be entered. This includes original digital prints, but these must be an original work made using digital technology, rather than a digital copy of hand-made work. They must also be editioned.

Selection for the Print Prize is by digital image of the original artwork only. All works entered go through the same selection process. No artists, including Members & Associates of the RBSA, are automatically selected.

This year’s exhibition will be selected by:

  • Ros Ford – painter and printmaker, member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, London, RWA Academician
  • Jenny Mason-Gunning – specialist printmaker at Ironbridge Printmakers
  • Laura J. Onions – lecturer in Fine Art at Wolverhampton School of Art, specialising in printmaking

Key Dates

  • Applications open: Friday 8 December
  • Entry Deadline: Monday 22 January, 4pm
  • Delivery of work:
    • Tuesday 20 February, 11am-4pm
    • Wednesday 21 February, 11am-4pm
    • Thursday 22 February, 11am-4pm
    • Friday 23 February, 11am-4pm
    • Saturday 24 February, 11am-4pm
  • Exhibition on display: Thursday  29 February – Saturday 6 April
  • Private View: Thursday 29 February, 6 – 8pm
  • Artists’ Talk: Saturday 9 March, 2-3pm
  • Collection of work: Sunday 6 April, 12-3pm

Image: Sarah Kirby, St Mary de Castro, linocut. RBSA Print Prize 2022

Prizes

  • First prize: £1,000
  • Second prize: £500
  • Third prize: £250
  • Printmaking Today Prize – Editorial feature in the magazine

Up to 6 Highly Commended certificates will also be awarded.

The RBSA thanks each donor for their generous support. 

Entry Fees

Artists may enter up to four pieces of work.

Free for RBSA Graduate Artists.

50% discount for artists under 35 (Please provide proof on delivery of artwork).

Entry fees must be paid by 4pm on Tuesday 23 January.

Payments

• Payment can be made via the buttons at the bottom of this page
• Card payments can be taken at the Gallery or over the phone
• Please phone the Gallery to pay over the phone if you are under 35 and eligible for the 50% discount
• Please note that all entry fees are non-refundable

Images of artwork

When submitting artwork, please ensure that photographs of the work are at least 300dpi and 1.5mb in size.