Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2025 | Award Winners
/ Royal Institute of Oil Painters
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
ROI Annual Exhibition 2025
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters is the only major national art society that is devoted exclusively to the art of oil painting, and it is this fact that gives its annual exhibitions their unique place in the London art scene.