Previous Exhibitions

The Open 2016

Exhibition Opens at 2pm at the Royal Cambrian Academy. This is a mixed exhibition showcasing up and coming Artists from all over Wales. Also running concurrently, is the Young Wales/Cymru Ifanc 2016 - an exhibition of work by young artists in Wales. Aged between 15 and 25 years of age, The Royal Cambrian is proud to encourage and exhibit work by the younger generation and be the first gallery to support them in their artistic careers.

Lesley Barker RCA - "Cuttings"

Tom Jones RCA

Celebrating two decades as a member of the RCA, an exhibition of castles, farms and water that have given Tom the inspiration for his work.

4 Artists - 4 Journeys Ken Elias RCA, Heather Eastes RCA, Ceri Thomas RCA & Gustavius Payne

Ken Elias, Heather Eastes, Ceri Thomas & Gustavius Payne

Alan Salisbury RCA

A Retrospective

Alan Salisbury RCA 

In the Round an Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings

Artists: Bev Bell-Hughes, Wendy Lawrence, Sally Matthews, Wendy Mayer, Pea Restall, Meri Wells & Stephen West

Elaine Preece Stanley

Leo Carroll RCA

Peter Kettle RCA

The Annual Summer Exhibition

134th Annual Summer Exhibition

134th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION

THE 134TH ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION - SHOWCASING THE LARGEST SELECTION OF WORK BY ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMICIANS 

RE-TAKE RE-INVENT

A project devised, curated and managed by Andrew Smith, Director of Fine Art, Bangor University. This project is made up of practising artists, many of whom are tutors on the BA Fine Art degree course / MA Fine Art degree course at Bangor University.

Royal Cambrian Academy in Swansea

For this exhibition Attic Gallery have invited Members to contribute to a group exhibition to demonstrate the range and quality of work produced by them.

'By Invitation' 2016

By Invitation 22nd October - 19th November

Opens at 2.00 pm Saturday 22nd October

An exhibition of notable contemporary artists, Welsh or working in Wales - invited by RCA President Jeremy Yates and fellow member Peter Archer to produce what promises to be a memorable exhibition.

Christmas Exhibition

Affordable works of art from RCA members.

OPEN ART EXHIBITION

A selected exhibition submitted by non-members of the Academy, offering a broad range of subjects and media.

2017 EXHIBITION PROGRAMME

EXHIBITION PROGRAMME 2017

7th January - 4th February

Upper Gallery - Christine Kowal Post RCA

Lower Gallery - Malcolm Ryan RCA

25th March - 29th April

Upper Gallery - Rob Piercy RCA
Lower Gallery - Diane Lawrenson RCA

6th May - 10th June

New Members - mixed show of Academicians elected to the RCA in 2016
Josh Bowe RCA - David Brightmore RCA - Mick Brown RCA - Ann Catrin Evans RCA - Susan Gathercole RCA - Gareth Griffith RCA - David Jones RCA - Elfyn Lewis RCA - Gareth Nash RCA - Alan Palmer RCA

17th June - 22nd July

Upper Gallery - Graham Cox RCA
Lower Gallery - Pine Feroda

29th July - 9th September

ACADEMICIANS ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION

16th September - 14th October

Upper Gallery - Jan Gardner RCA

Lower Gallery - Paul Joyner RCA

21st October - 12th November

Upper Gallery - BY INVITATION - Clive Hicks Jenkins RCA
Lower Gallery - Gilly Thomas RCA

18th November - 2nd December

NEW ART WALES - CELF NEWYDD CYMRU

6th December 2017 - 6th January 2018

Members Christmas Exhibition

Christine Kowal Post - 'They Think They Are Fallen Angels'

'They Think They Are Fallen Angels'

As humans we like to think of ourselves as apart from the rest of the World. We are not mere animals, we have consciousness, we are spiritual, we are Fallen Angels made in the image of God.

Malcolm Ryan RCA - 'Night Paintings'

Malcolm Ryan RCA - 'Night Paintings'

Rob Piercy RCA - Landscapes, Drawings & Personal Memories

Diane Lawrenson - Nightmares & Demons

TEN New Members of the RCA

The RCA introduces TEN New Members: Josh Bowe - David Brightmore - Mick Brown - Ann Catrin Evans - Susan Gathercole - Gareth Griffith - David Jones - Elfyn Lewis - Gareth Nash - Alan Palmer

Graham Cox RCA

Approaches to Landscape

Jan Gardner RCA - Reveries

Reveries - New works by Jan Gardner RCA

Paul Joyner RCA Eiconau Cymreig - Welsh Icons

Paul Joyner RCA 

Eiconau Cymreig - Welsh Icons

GILLY THOMAS RCA

CLIVE HICKS-JENKINS RCA

Garry Barker: Philip Cooper: Geoffrey Coupland: Orson Coupland: Neil Hadfield: Jonny Hannah: Sharon Hannah: Peter Lloyd: Desdemona McCannon: Chichi Parish: Sarah Raphael-Balme: Sarah Thwaites: Ian Whadcock: Abi Whitehouse

NOVA 2017

Nova is a biennial arts prize that is open to submission for all Welsh visual artists aged thirty-five or under and can be free to enter.

Nova aims to support and promote excellence in emerging Welsh art through offering artists the chance to have their work seen by our panel of high profile selectors, alongside being selected to exhibit their work, at the RCA, Conwy, as part of the inaugural Nova exhibition in November 2017.

The selection panel for Nova 2017 are:
Bedwyr Williams; Alfredo Cramerotti; Hannah Firth; Bruce Haines; Emily Weiner; Susan Liggett

Alongside inclusion as part of the Nova exhibition, there are a range of prizes and bursaries for exhibitors to win.

This year's exhibiting artists are:

Billy Bagilhole; Hannah Barnes; Ethan Beswick; Tom Cardew; Paolo Carzana; Philip Cheater; Catrin Davies; Rebecca Davies; Rory Duckhouse; Paul Eastwood; Lisa Evans; Alexander Fell; Mohamed Hassan; Alys Jones; John Lawrence; Jessica Lloyd-Jones; Catrin Llwyd; Gweni Llwyd; Hope Mappley; Eva Masterman; Catrin Menai; Elin Meredydd; Hannah Prescott; Alice Roberts; Anne J Steves; Aled Simons; AJ Stockwell; Jennifer Taylor; Alana Tyson; Samuel Whitaker; Ellie Young

MEMBERS CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

This winter we’re delighted once again, to host our popular Members Christmas Exhibition at the gallery here in Conwy

Open 2018

A selected exhibition of work submitted by non-members of the Academy.

NEW MEMBERS OF THE RCA

In 2017 the Academy elected eight new members, these new members have been invited to exhibit at the RCA in a joint exhibition.  

This exhibition showcases work by RCA members - David Bower, Lynne Cartlidge, Carl Chapple, Patricia McParlin, Barry Morris, Ondre Nowakowski, Wil Rowlands and Vivienne Williams.

SUSAN GATHERCOLE RCA

Blwyddyn o Grochenwaith,  Planhigion a Phatrymau - A Year of Pottery, Plants and Pattern

JOHN HEDLEY RCA

Gwaith ar y Gweill Ffurfiau Naturiol Crete ac Ynys Mon - Work in Progress, Natural Forms Crete and Ynys Mon

PETER HOLLOWAY RCA

Gorwel Disgyrchiant Ffurf Gwacter - Horizon Gravity Form Emptiness

ANGERDD I GYMRU - A PASSION FOR WALES

Yn Cofio Celf Kyffin Williams PPRCA Centenary Celebration

136th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION

Glannau Epig a Byddoedd Mewnol - Epic Shores and Inner Worlds

TRWY WAHODDIAD - BY INVITATION

Stephen West AFG yn curadu ddetholiad o artistiaid Cymreig, peintiwr, ceramegwyr a cherflynwyd - Stephen West RCA curates his selection of Welsh artists, painters, ceramicists and sculptors

SHANI RHYS JAMES AFG/RCA

Preswyliaeth Efrog Newydd - New York Residency

ROGER CECIL

Join us today, Saturday 27 October at 2pm for the opening of this exhibition.

Arddangosfa wedi'i drefnu gyda'r ystâd Roger Cecil a Peter Wakelin awdur y Llyfr 'A Secret Artist' - An exhibition organised with the Roger Cecil estate and Peter Wakelin author of the book 'A Secret Artist'.

Roger Cecil (1942-2015) has been described as one of the great abstract artists of his generation, yet in his lifetime he was hardly known outside a circle of fellow painters. He was content to paint for himself, protecting his privacy and exhibiting rarely. If he did show his work, collectors rushed to acquire it. Among curators, he was a legendary figure.

At art college in the early 1960s he was a star of his generation, but he walked out on a scholarship to the Royal College of Art and returned to practise on his own in the South Wales mining village and terraced house where he grew up. He devoted himself to painting, living simply and working as a casual labourer, opencast miner and art tutor while producing work of extraordinary beauty and sophistication. After his parents’ deaths the whole house became his studio.

ARDDANGOSFA GAEAF AELODAU AFG - RCA MEMBERS WINTER EXHIBITION

Detholiad o weithiau fforddiadwy i'w gwerthu oddi ar y wal - A selection of affordable works for sale off the wall

OPEN EXHIBITION 2019

Many thanks to everyone who joined us for the opening of our annual Open Art Exhibition 2019, on 5 January. The exhibition runs until 9 February, and the work is available for sale.