Another week, another submission...

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2026 will take place at Mall Galleries, 7 to 16 May. Portrait artists working around the world were invited to submit work for this prestigious exhibition alongside members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in November. Rosie is one of the fortunate few from this part of the country to get her entry through to the final cut.

This year the prize fund for the exhibition has reached more than £40,000 with the introduction of several new prizes, all awarded to support and champion exhibiting artists, including The William Lock Portrait Prize (£20,000).

Most of the awards are open to all the artists exhibiting in the 2026 exhibition, whether a member or an artist selected from the open call. Many works are available for sale, some are the result of commissions, like Rosie's, and a number of commissions will be placed with participating artists during the exhibition.

We would like to wish Rosie the best and hope she is successful in getting through, and scooping an award! Notification of final selection will be announced on 3 March.

Mall Galleries
The Mall, London SW1Y 5AS

View more about the RP exhibition visit the Mall Galleries website

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Paul Barratt

Paul Barratt started working in contemporary art galleries in 1989, having graduated in Fine Art from Goldmsith’s, London University. He initially worked at Anthony d’Offay Gallery, one of the contemporary art dealers, who dominated the London art market in the 80s and 90s. He was approached by the Lisson Gallery to be gallery manager for the influential art dealer Nicholas Logsdail. This was followed by a short period in New York at Gladstone Gallery, to work for visionary art dealer Barbara Gladstone, working with the artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney.

 

On his return to London, Paul secured a place on the postgraduate curatorial course at the Royal College of Art, to complete an MA. After graduation in 2001, he worked as an independent curator on several projects in Oslo, London, Brighton and Basel, before joining Paul Vater at his design agency Sugarfree in 2004. He has worked with Paul ever since.

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