News & events
ROI Friends Annual Picnic 2023
Members of the ROI met with ROI Friends in Hyde Park on 12th August for a fun day out at the Serpentine - dodging showers to paint and picnic together. This annual event is a firm favourite on the ROI Friends calendar giving them a chance to mingle with members and...
Extraordinary Portraits 2023 – Episode 5 – Adebanji Alade & The Edwards.
ROI President Adebanji Alade is delighted to be featured as the selected artist for Episode 5 of the BBC programme 'Extraordinary Portraits'. Be sure to tune in on August 14th (8:30pm BBC1) and here are a few words from Adebanji about the programme. I’m pleased to...
Call for entries – Annual ROI Exhibition
Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the ROI Annual Exhibition 2023. This year’s special theme is ‘Urban Life’, which can be interpreted widely, and for which The ROI Themed Painting Prize is...
Patchings Festival 2023
The ROI are thrilled to be taking part in the 2023 Patchings Festival. In celebration of the festival’s 30th year selected artists from the ROI will be working and exhibiting in an informal setting in the Royal Society's Marquee. This is a unique opportunity to meet...
Congratulations to our newly elected members!
Following recent elections at the ROI AGM we have the great pleasure to announce the following new full members of the ROI: Frances Bell ROI Benjamin Mowll ROI Adam Ralston ROI Sarah Spackman ROI We are also delighted that we have four newly elected Associate members....
ROI 2022 Annual Exhibition – Prize winners
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Mall Galleries would like to congratulate all prizewinners at the ROI Annual Exhibition 2022 and give a special thank you to all our prize-givers. The Artist Magazine Award The winning artist will be featured in a forthcoming...
ROI 2022 Annual Exhibition
We're really looking forward to this year’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition which once again showcases the work of many of the UK’s most exciting young painters alongside the work of more established names. It is an opportunity to gauge the continued...
Rob Pointon ROI – Household Cavalry exhibition
Rob Pointon ROI has a stunning new solo exhibition of paintings from his recent residency with the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. The project’s purpose has been to document an extraordinary period in the history of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. A...
Brian Bennet FROI, MA (Oxon), NS, Hon UA
It is with deep regret and sadness that we learn of the passing of Brian Bennett FROI, MA (Oxon), NS, Hon UA. Brian was President of the ROI from 1988-1995 as well as Governor of the FBA from 1990-1996. Essentially a landscape painter, Brian worked almost exclusively...
Ken Howard OBE RA Hon RBA RWA PPNEAC ROI
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Ken Howard OBE RA Hon RBA RWA PPNEAC ROI, born 1932. Elected a member of the RoyaI Institute of Oil painters in 1966, Ken painted marine, landscape, interior, townscapes, beach scenes and sunlit studio paintings...
Graham Webber ROI – New solo exhibition
ROI member Graham Webber is currently exhibiting at The Gallery, Holt. His solo show 'Inspired by Atmosphere' brings together a year of paintings across East Anglia and beyond and runs until 13 September and is accompanied by a new book written by Adrian Hill FRSA. To...
Greg Mason AROI – Friends event in Devon
The ROI recently hosted a fabulous painting event for Friends of the ROI in Devon. The weather was gloriously sunny and Greg Mason AROI led a day's painting for Friends of the ROI at a beautiful riverside location. A great day was enjoyed by everyone and Greg kindly...