On behalf of the President and Council of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, congratulations to the award winning artists at the ROI Annual Exhibition 2025:
The Lady of the Chateau Award
For a work that reveals the world through a luminous, deeply personal lens — a place in the immersive painting workshops at Château de Puy Vidal in southwest France
Winner: Nia Mackeown ROI, Studio Sill with Bottles
The Fred Beckett Memorial Artist Award
A crystal trophy in honour of former ROI President Fred Beckett (1933-2025) will be awarded; the winner will receive a smaller replica of the trophy to keep
Winner: Aurelijus Kovaliovas, Unwanted Messages
The Roger Remington Award
£4,000 for an outstanding painting
Winner: Wendy Barratt, Peter
The Peter Wileman Award
£500 for an imaginative work
Winner: Stuart Jarvis, Monument
The ROI Themed Painting Prize
£500 for the standout painting on the theme of ‘HOME’
Winner: Sarah Manolescue ROI, Blue Boat
The Menena Joy Schwabe Memorial Award
An award of £250 for an outstanding oil painter
Winner: Julia Hawkins NEAC ROI
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
Winner: Alexis Guenier
The Rosemary Brushes Award
For expressive brushwork, a voucher for £250 worth of Rosemary & Co Artist Brushes
Winner: Olivia Dunn, Ophelia
The Small Painting Prize
An award of £250 for the best small painting on display (maximum dimension of 30.5 cm, excluding frame)
Winner: Inga Knysh, Black River
The Tony Merrick Memorial Prize
An award of £250 in memory of Tony Merrick ROI (1948-2018)
Winner: Paul Newland NEAC, The Town Below: Sussex, Winter
Winsor & Newton Non-member Award
£150 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials
Winner: Robert O’Brien, Untitled
Art Academy London Award
A prize of a term’s worth of life drawing classes (worth £125) for an outstanding emerging painter
Winner: Natasha Cooke, Morning Enchantment
The Artist Magazine Award
The winning artist will be featured in a forthcoming issue of The Artist magazine, print and digital editions
Winner: Rupert W Brooks, Suspension
The Dry Red Press Award
The winning work will be published as a greetings card by Dry Red Press in their ‘Prize Winners’ range
Winner: Andrew Farmer ROI, Autumn Sunrise
Frank Herring Easel Award
An award of a versatile easel
Winner: Michael John Ashcroft ROI, The Dilly, Piccadilly, London
The Le Clerc Fowle Medal
In memory of Anne Le Clerc Fowle, presented annually for an outstanding group of paintings
Winner: Rob Pointon ROI
The Dartington Crystal Chalice
Presented to a member in recognition of outstanding service and contribution
Winner: Gregory Mason ROI
Art Academy London Student Prize
An opportunity for a student at Art Academy London to have their work included in the ROI Annual Exhibition
Winner: Sebastian Rowlands, Warning: Explicit Content (Rose)
Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award | Third Prize
£400 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials for an artist aged 30 or under
Winner: Romer Kitching, Our Staircase
Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award | Second Prize
£600 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials for an artist aged 30 or under
Winner: Alexis Guenier, The White Door, Thinking of Sargent
Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award | First Prize
£1,000 Winsor & Newton Fine Art Materials for an artist aged 30 or under
Winner: Johnty Robinson, Bowl Full of Sprats
Highly Commended
Christopher Green, A Nice Cup of Tea at Mum’s House
Ben Hopkins, La Giralda, Seville
Cédric Toussaint Pico, Focus
