The UK’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters are having their Annual Exhibition 2022. Artists can submit work for exhibition alongside members of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters founded in 1882. Anyone can submit painting. This is the major British Art Society that promotes and exhibits work of the highest standard exclusively in oil paint. The ROI Annual Open Exhibition is held annually in November/December and non-members can exhibit alongside established ROI members.
This year’s theme is ‘Changing Times’, in any artistic interpretation. All artists can contribute a work on the theme as long as it is elaborate on how it relates to the theme, in the artwork description box.
The art work is submitted online, and pre-selected works should be delivered to Mall Galleries, London, for final selection. You could upload images of work at www.mallgalleries.oess1.uk between by Friday 9 September, 12noon [Images must be in JPEG format and 300dpi or higher] and check www.mallgalleries.oess1.uk on Friday 23 September to see if your work has been pre-selected. If pre-selected, send your work for final selection on Saturday 15 October, 10am to 5pm, to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD
All artist over 18 may submit from anywhere in the world. Acceptable media are oils, acrylic and water-soluble oil paint acceptable if framed as an oil. Unframed work are accepted if on a well-presented box canvas. Submission fee is £20 per work (or £14 per work for artists aged 35 or under). With maximum of six works submitted, maximum of three works selected.
Minimum sale price of selected work is £300. All International submissions will be online, artists will need to ship their work only if selected for the exhibition.
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The fantastic news is that there are over £7,000 worth of prizes & awards to win! All exhibitors are eligible. There are many prizes and awards available to win, including: The Phyllis Roberts Award – An award of £2,000 for an artist aged 30 and bellow, Winsor & Newton Young Artist Awards (for artists aged 30 or under), First Prize: £1,000 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials / Second Prize: £600 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials / Third Prize: £400 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials, The Tony Merrick Memorial Prize – An award of £250 in memory of the late Tony Merrick ROI (1948-2018), The ROI Emerging Artist Prize – A prize of £250 and the opportunity to spend a day with one of the Institute’s members, for an artist aged 30 or under at the time of submission, The ROI Themed Painting Prize – £500 for the standout painting within the themed exhibition,The Small Painting Prize – An award of £250, open to members and non-members, for the best small painting on display (maximum dimension of 12 inches / 30.5 cm, excluding frame), The Alan Gourley Memorial Award – An annual prize of £1,000, awarded for a painting of outstanding merit, The Stanley Grimm Prize – Two awards totalling £700 (first prize £400, second prize £300), to the painters whose works receive the most votes from visitors to the exhibition, Winsor & Newton Non-member Award – £150 worth of Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials, The Le Clerc Fowle Medal – In memory of Anne Le Clerc Fowle, presented annually for an outstanding group of paintings, The Menena Joy Schwabe Memorial Award – An award of £250 for an outstanding oil painter etc…