Royal Scottish Academy Show, Architects, Awards, Winners

RSA Annual Exhibition 2006 : Architecture Information + Images

RSA Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland

Royal Scottish Academy Architects Awards - PR 200306 Student architects win awards at 30th Anniversary of RSA Student Exhibition David Eland (age 25), from Edinburgh University Architecture Department, won the Standard Life Investments Property Investment Architecture Award of £500 for travel to London for a day at the offices of Lord Norman Foster. Originally from Hull, David has started up a charity with some fellow students to help other charities around Europe design and build building. This summer they are going to Romania to build a school for an impoverished Roma community! Craig Miller (age 22) from the University of Strathclyde, won the RSA Architecture Prize of £400 for his architectural project 'A Gallery for Figurative Art on George Square'. The aim of his award winning project was to create a defined, vibrant space at the heart of Glasgow city centre. Originially from Strathaven, Craig attended Strathaven Academy. Up to £10,000 worth of cash awards, medals and awards in kind have been presented this year. Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and Edinburgh College of Art have particularly swept the board in terms of award winners, taking 22 of the 30 prizes awarded! The Exhibition is open until Thursday 23 March and features 320 final year and postgraduate fine art & architect students. The RSA Annual Student Exhibition is a prime platform for the new wave of artists to display their work prior to embarking on their careers. Now in its 30th year, it is the largest of its kind in the UK and is an exciting opportunity for the public to sample, in one venue, the progress of all final year and post-graduate students from the four main Colleges of Art and six Schools of Architecture in Scotland. As well as offering the students from Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh an opportunity to showcase their art, it also provides for them an insight into the development of professional practice. A staple of the academic and exhibitions calendar, it is a much-anticipated event and offers a glimpse of the emerging talent to be showcased at the degree shows later in the year. There is no selection process - every student may submit work! Painting, prints, interactive pieces, Installation works, sculpture, performance and architecture all brought together by the RSA for this showcase extravaganza. We are also celebrating our 13 year partnership with the RSA Student Exhibition Sponsors, Pillans & Waddies, who are the leading print, direct mail and communication company in Scotland. ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION AWARD WINNERS 2006 Ordered by Colleges/Schools of Art DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART DUNDEE Emma Reeves RSA Sculpture Prize, £400 Norah Bain Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy Award £500 (£250 joint winner) Graduating this year, Norah will also be exhibiting alongside other final year DJCO students at their degree show. John Eaves (age 22) The DCA Data Solutions Award, £100 for an outstanding piece of work in the discipline of painting Also a final year student, John will be exhibiting with other DJCA students at their degree show oepning on May 19th. Originally from Kennoway in Fife, John attended Buckhaven High School. Lara Scouller (age 22) RSA Landscape Award, £100 for a landscape in oil or watercolour, or a drawing Final year student. Landscapes and organic forms are her main source of inspiration. Working from nature, she uses her sketchbooks to build up into large scale paintings. She is originally from Darvel in Ayrshire GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Laurie McCrone Glasgow Print Studio Award - Free membership and session fees for a Glasgow-based printmaker For her lithograph entitled 'Prediction' which reproduces a double page speread of the Herald newspaper but replaces all the letters with the numbers from predictive text messaging! Michael Kent RSA Chalmers-Jervise Prize, £30 any category For his print entitled 'Monolith' UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE Craig Miller (age 22) University of Strathclyde Architecture Department RSA Architecture Prize £400 For his architectural project 'A Gallery for Figurative Art on George Square' The aim of his award winning project was to create a defined, vibrant space at the heart of Glasgow city centre. Originially from Strathaven, Craig attended Strathaven Academy. EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART Darren Farquhar (age 28) Hope Scott Trust Postgraduate Award, £1,000 for an outstanding postgraduate work Originally from Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Darren's performance is inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ film (Vincent Price). Materials used: metal tubular frame, large pendulum, blade, chain, canvas, latex, live (beef), strobe light. Trine Pedersen (age 27) RSA Sir William Gillies Bequest Award, £2,000 (£1000 joint winners) Originally from Denmark, Trine studied art there for 2 years before enrolling at ECA for her remaining 3rd & 4th years. She is a joint winner of this prestigious award, sharing the prize with Lynden Page from Grays School of Art in Aberdeen. She is also an avid Flamenco dancer! Mary Ferguson (age 22) Peacock Visual Arts Award for Moving Image - 6 months free access to Peacock’s digital facility A postgraduate student at ECA, Mary's work is based on daily routines and mundane events that would normally be overlooked. She conducts this investigation through a variety of media, of which animation is just one. She grew up in Morayshire and went to school in Forres. Johannes Sailer (age 23) Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Award - Free membership and one months session fees Johannes is in his final year at ECA. His sculpture (Girder) Fusion Vol. 2 is a complicated and abstract work, merging different objects and symbolising the quest to find balance within disparate personality traits. Katie Pope (age 21) Rendezvous Gallery/Linda Clark Nolan Award, £400 for a painting (the winner will be invited to exhibit in the Rendezvous Gallery within 18 months of graduating) A final year student at ECA, Katie is looking forward to her degree show in June. Katie's interests also include music and creative writing and she was a pupil at Dalziel High School in Motherwell. Charlotte Watters (age 22) RSA Adam Bruce Thomson Award £100 any category Growing up by the Sea in Ullapool, Charlotte is greatly influenced by nature. Her work is concerned with the landscape, the sea and environmental issues. Ida C Kvetny (age 25) RSA Painting Prize, £400 plus the Maclaine Watters Medal Originally from Odense in Denmark, Ida is in her final year at ECA. Liz Webster (age 39) Scottish Further Education Unit Purchase Prize – awarded to students who have studied at a Scottish FE College prior to their current course Liz is I her final year and will be exhibiting along with other students at the ECA degree show opening on the 16th June. She is originally from East Kilbride, and attended Hunter High School. Ewan Sinclair (age 27) RSA Stuart Prize, £50 any category Alexa Hare RSA Sir Robin Philipson Medal for painting UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT David Eland (age 25) Standard Life Investments Property Investment Architecture Award, £500 for travel to London and includes one day at the offices of Lord Norman Foster Originally from Hull, David has started up a charity with some fellow students to help other charities around Europe design and build building. This summer they are going to Romania to build a school for an impoverished Roma community! GRAY' SCHOOL OF ART ABERDEEN Karen Meldrum (age 22) Pillans and Waddies Prize £1,000 for painting (Sponsor’s Prize) Karen's work has developed into collages portraying consumerism and manufacturing. She tries to represent the mundane daily activities of people’s lives in an interesting way. Recently she has become involved in a community arts project working with young school pupils. Karen is originally from Inverurie where she attended Inveruruie Academy. Lynden Page Double award winner for her painting 'Diaspora' * RSA Sir William Gillies Bequest Award, £2,000 (£1000 joint winner) * Scottish Further Education Unit Purchase Prize for students who studied at a Scottish FE College prior to their current course Lynden is a final year student at Grays from Aberdeenshire. She attended Banff & Buchan College of Further Education where she completed an HNC Art & Design Robert Walker (age 21) Double award winner for his series of prints 'Room of the World’ * RSA Printmaking Prize £400 * David Gordon Memorial Trust Awards totally £750 for works by students born or studying in Grampian Region (one of four winners) Originally from Lochgilphead, Argyll, Rob is a final year student and looking forward to his degree show in June. Mhairi Malcolm David Gordon Memorial Trust Awards totally £750 For works by students born or studying in Grampian Region (one of four winners) Mark Moynihan David Gordon Memorial Trust Awards totally £750 For works by students born or studying in Grampian Region (one of four winners) For his painting 'Ingrid, Chris and Mark' George Stewart (age 65) David Gordon Memorial Trust Awards totally £750 For works by students born or studying in Grampian Region (one of four winners) For his sculptural painting 'Ship in Making'. Originally from Aberdeen, George's work is based on his past experience as a ship-yard man (naval architect). He is a retired Engineering Consultant. Sarah Tingle (age 23) Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy Award £500 (£250 joint winner) For her painting ' Sight You've Been'. Sarah is graduating this year from Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and she will also be exhibiting alongside other final year students in their Degree Show which opens to public 17th-23rd June 2006. Sarah lives in Bridge or Don and is interested in writing and music, with a new album due out this summer. Sandra McEwan (age 54) Scottish Further Education Unit Purchase Prize - for students who studied at a Scottish FE College prior to their current course A final year student, Sandra's work evokes nostalgia and stories that have become altered through their retelling. She uses found objects as well as cherished memorabilia. Many of her stories are based on her travels where she also uses old maps to work with. She uses copper plates onto which she etches, woodcuts, lino, mono print and collograph! After graduation she intends to travel to Africa to work with children making 'memory boxes' of their families who have either died from being HIV positive or are infected with the disease. She hopes the 'memory box' project will help the children trace their family roots. Prior to enrolling at Grays, she attended Aberdeen College of Further Education where she completed an HNC & HND in Art & Design (1998 – 2002). Rebecca Turnbull (age 31) RSA Carnegie Travelling Scholarship, £200 for painting For her painting entitled ‘Curious Beasties’. Rebecca is fascinated with the natural world and much of her work is influenced by insects, animals, plants and the life and death cycle. Scott McNab (age 21) RSA Chalmers Bursary £75 for any category For his pink knitted sculpture ' Yeah Yeah Yeah' Scott is in his final year at Grays. Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition: 2005 Review Cameron Mackintosh: House, West Coast Scotland Ushida Findlay Architecture - Kathryn Findlay This year sees some changes. Firstly it's only for Academicians. Secondly the architecture is interspersed with the art. Good or bad? The former aspect means there's much less material, less of the crowded Salon and more calm art gallery. It could be interpreted as being a bit elitist but it feels much more professional and enjoyable this year. Architecture being mixed up with the art means there should be more engagement from either camp, a more rounded experience as you flit through the galleries looking for architecture. This year there are simply models, drawings and photographs. I would have preferred an incisve analysis of (first showing) Kathryn Findlay's latest work or projects rather than the pot pourri approach, we've seen that stuff before (well anyone who reads architecture magazines). It was the equivalent of Terry Farrell's huge boards that Alan Dunlop criticised in 2004 (letter below). The model of the clifftop house shown above was a highlight, but nothing really set the heather on fire and I hear Deyan Sudjic's words ringing in my ears from the time of the RIAS Best Building of the Year Launch. FESTIVAL CONNECTIONS Royal Scottish Academy 179th RSA Annual Exhibition 13 Aug - 25 Sep 2005 Admission free, entrance via Princes St Mon to Sat 10 - 5, Sun 12 - 5pm Also featured are Ric Russell's Calyx, Page & Park's Maggies Highlands and Richard Murphy Architects' Caernarfon Arts Centre and their latest Edinburgh Filmhouse model (above). Academicians not exhibiting include Malcolm Fraser. 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