News & events
ROI 2020 Annual Exhibition – Prize winners
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Mall Galleries would like to congratulate all prizewinners and give a special thank you to all our prize-givers. The full exhibition can be viewed on the Mall Galleries website. Prize Winner Work The Stanley Grimm Prize (II)...
ROI 2020 Annual Exhibition – now online
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters presents this year’s annual exhibition exclusively online. The shows goes on, online, making it easy to browse the exhibition from the comfort and safety of home and buy works at the click of a button. Even better is that sold works...
Brian Ryder ROI – paintings for this year’s annual show
Following on from my Venice paintings I exhibited last year with some success I vowed to exhibit something different this year as I continually strive to explore the world of painting, believing that trying different approaches and subjects you better yourself as a...
ROI members participate in NHS ‘Portraits for Heroes’ initiative
A number of ROI members including Tim Benson PROI and Adebanji Alade VPROI recently participated in a fantastic art intiative to help celebrate the dedication and service of our NHS key workers. When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020 to contain the spread of the...
John Walsom ROI – ‘New Landscapes’ exhibition
John Walsom ROI has a fantastic 'New Landscapes' exhibition running at the Fountain Gallery in East Molesey from July 21st - August 2nd 2020. The gallery is open 11am-5pm, Tuesday-Sunday. Gallery details: The Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road, Hampton Court, East...
Luis Morris ROI – Wimbledon tennis All-England club project
Luis Morris ROI has been busy working over the last three years on a project for the All-England Club, Wimbledon, to record the rebuilding of Number 1 court to add a sliding roof. Luis describes what he has been up to: I did something similar for them with Centre...
Happy 100th birthday – Kathleen Crow ROI
The ROI would like wish Kathleen Crow ROI a very happy 100th birthday! Kathleen was born in 1920 in Oxton, Nottinghamshire (where she still lives) and studied part time fine art at Nottingham Art College with Ronald Thursby and later with Leslie Goodwin. Kathleen grew...
ROI ‘Rhapsody’ exhibition – now open with The Gallery Holt
The ROI are delighted to announce that their exhibition 'Rhapsody' is now available to view in person with The Gallery Holt in North Norfolk. This exhibition by Members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) will continue until Tuesday 21st July 2020, 10am –...
Some sad news
It is with great sadness that we report two of our members, Edman O'Aivazian ROI and Tom Wanless ROI, recently passed away. Both were long standing, highly respected members of the society and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with their families and friends at...
Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA – upcoming exhibition
Poetry of light, an exhibition of work by Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA. The exhibition will be held at: The Russell Gallery 12 Lower Richmond RoadPutneyLONDONSW15 1JPEmail russgallery@aol.com Telephone 0208 780 5228 The exhibition runs from 20th February to...
Peter Wileman FROI – upcoming exhibitions
Peter Wileman FROI RSMA FRSA will be exhibiting at the London Art Fair, 22 - 26 January, with Thompson's Gallery (Stand G23). The London Art Fair provides a space to showcase the most exceptional modern and contemporary art of our time, to discover and to buy. The...
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: Andrew Farmer ROIAlice Hall ROIRob Pointon ROI We are also delighted that we have three newly elected Associate members. Michael J AshcroftDerek...