Royal Society of Sculptors

Royal Society of Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors was created more than 100 years ago to champion contemporary sculpture and the artists who create it.

Join us for a new edition of Material Encounters, a new online series of talks presented by independent curator and cult...
30/05/2026

Join us for a new edition of Material Encounters, a new online series of talks presented by independent curator and cultural producer Isabel de Vasconcellos.

Each conversation pairs two Fellows of the Society and invites them to zoom in on a shared element of their practice: to unpack how they work with a particular material or process, exploring what draws them to it and how it has come to define their sculptural language.

For our next conversation on Wednesday 24 June we are pleased to have Amy Stephens FRSS and Nathaniel Rackowe FRSS

Register here to join: https://sculptors.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/nathaniel-rackowe-frss-and-amy-stephens-frss-conversation

About the artists:

Amy Stephens FRSS

Underpinned by geology and travel, Amy is interested in how we reuse, recycle and re-appropriate everyday materials from our daily environment. The artist's intention is to celebrate artefacts in a considered way to generate a new perspective about time and our appreciation of the landscape.

Nathaniel Rackowe FRSS

'My often large-scale urban referenced structures, and light sculptures are designed to recreate the experience of navigating the city around us. They are abstracted impressions of metropolitan experience evoked through the vicissitudes of light as it fluctuates through the city.'

We are delighted to announce that the first two artists in residence at Dora House will be Claire Morgan FRSS (October ...
30/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that the first two artists in residence at Dora House will be Claire Morgan FRSS (October 2026) and Tahira Noreen MRSS (November 2026)! On hearing the news, this was Tahira's reaction:

'I’m extremely grateful to have been selected for the residency at Dora House and very excited to spend time working in London for the first time. My practice often develops through slow processes of cutting, repetition, and reconstruction, so the opportunity to step away from the pressure of producing finished work and instead focus on research, experimentation, and reflection feels incredibly valuable. I’m especially looking forward to exploring the city, engaging with its artistic spaces and archives, and seeing how those experiences begin to shape new directions within my practice.'

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Tahira Noreen lives and works in Islamabad, Pakistan. She graduated with honours in Painting from the National College of Arts, Lahore. Her work explores movement, time, and memory through hand-cut, carved, and assembled paper works that draw from maps and everyday journeys, engaging with repetition and fragmentation. She has exhibited internationally, including in London, Edinburgh, Dubai, and Milton Keynes, and was shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025. She is the recipient of the ADA Award in 2D Art and has participated in residencies including Creatives in Residence, Hangzhou, and Dastaangoi, Islamabad.

📸 images courtesy of the artist

https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/dora-house-artist-residency

We are delighted to announce that the first two artists in residence at Dora House will be Claire Morgan FRSS (October 2...
30/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that the first two artists in residence at Dora House will be Claire Morgan FRSS (October 2026) and Tahira Noreen MRSS (November 2026)! On hearing the news, this was Claire's reaction:

'I’m over the moon to be the first artist to be offered the new flat and studio for sculptors at Dora House. Having dedicated time and a base from which to engage with London’s cultural ecosystem and meet or catch up with the brilliant curators and artists based in the capital is a privilege I look forward to greatly.

The Society supported my practice early on, just over 20 years ago, so it’s going to be lovely to return at a time when the society is celebrating this milestone too!'

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Claire Morgan is an Irish multidisciplinary artist based in Gateshead, UK, whose practice incorporates sculpture, drawing, installation, writing and printmaking, to engage deeply with notions of transience and the human condition.

Her exhibition history spans 20 years, including museum shows in Europe, Asia, Australia. Solo shows include Hold me tightly lest I fall, State Gallery of Lower Austria (2024) and Joy in the Pain, Saarlandmuseum Moderne Galerie (2021).

Works have featured in group exhibitions at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice; Museum of Arts and Design, New York.

Morgan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 2024.

📸 images courtesy of the artists and ©️ John McKenzie

https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/dora-house-artist-residency

We are delighted to announce that Chris Peterson FRSS is the winner of the Thread Artist Residency 2026, offered in part...
27/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that Chris Peterson FRSS is the winner of the Thread Artist Residency 2026, offered in partnership with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and this was his reaction:

'I’m honored to join the Thread team in Senegal for this special opportunity, spending meaningful time living and working in the rural village of Sinthian. I’m especially interested in exploring the intersection between my own perspective and the experiences of the local community, particularly what it means to find shelter or to feel sheltered. I hope the residency will lead to a new body of work, but even more importantly, to experiences, insights, and stories that will shape me both personally and as a sculptor.'

About the artist:
Chris Peterson (De Bilt, NL, 1976) is a Dutch-British sculptor internationally known for his large-scale public artworks that explore the fluidity of identity and the evolving nature of space. His creations often serve as landmarks in urban and rural environments, prompting reflection on how spaces are perceived and used by diverse communities.

Last chance to join tonight's In Conversation with Alice Cunningham MRSS whose work Reach is currently on the sculpture...
13/05/2026

Last chance to join tonight's In Conversation with Alice Cunningham MRSS whose work Reach is currently on the sculpture terrace at Dora House

Alice will be in conversation with Isabel de Vasconcellos independent curator and writer at 6.30pm (London time) tonight Wednesday 13 May.

Alice has a diverse practice working with a breadth of mediums and is most commonly known for her sculptural carvings and work in social engagement. Alice is equally passionate about concept and materiality in her work. She has exhibited widely throughout the UK and internationally. Alice's 'Reach' is currently on display on the sculpture terrace at Dora House.

In 2022, the Royal West of England Academy commissioned Alice to make a new work for their landmark exhibition Earth: Digging Deep in British Art at the Royal West of England Academy. This resulting hand carved form, 'Reach' responds to the pressure we and our environment face due to rapid climate change.

To join register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6TgiZHA5QfmEKOrZMiXQtg

The Royal Society of Sculptors is delighted to be part of the South Ken Culture Quarter — a collective of world leading ...
07/05/2026

The Royal Society of Sculptors is delighted to be part of the South Ken Culture Quarter — a collective of world leading museums, galleries, parks, cultural and educational institutions. Together, we’re celebrating curiosity and making South Kensington one of London’s most inspiring places to visit.

https://www.southkenculturequarter.com/

We’re so excited to be part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival this summer and we invite you to make your own junk sc...
07/05/2026

We’re so excited to be part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival this summer and we invite you to make your own junk sculpture using up-cycled and everyday materials!

Join us on 6-7 June at The Great Exhibition Road Festival in celebrating 50 years sculpture at the Old Brompton Road’s Dora House—home to the Royal Society of Sculptors. Take home your own upcycled junk sculpture, or display it on our mini Dora House sculpture terrace, which will be re-created for the Great Exhibition Road Festival.

Sustainable Imperial will be collaborating on the workshop, showcasing examples of waste projects and offering advice on how we can be more creative and resourceful with our "junk".

If you want to be first to hear about updates and ticket releases, then make sure to register: https://www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/

Over the next few days we are welcoming new members who have recently joined the Society. Please join us in wishing a w...
06/05/2026

Over the next few days we are welcoming new members who have recently joined the Society. Please join us in wishing a warm welcome to Mella Shaw MRSS

Mella Shaw is an artist using clay to make thought-provoking sculpture and site-specific installations rooted in activism. With reoccurring themes of longing, loss, thresholds and edges, over the last decade she has made publicly-engaged environmental work addressing specific issues in the global climate crisis – with an intention to bring lesser-known subjects to a new audience and enact change.

📸 courtesy of the artist
📸 1 ©️Jo Spiller
📸 2 ©️ David Evans
📸 3 ©️ OliveandMaeve
📸 4 ©️ Jenny Harper

Over the next few days we are welcoming new members who have recently joined the Society. Please join us in wishing a w...
05/05/2026

Over the next few days we are welcoming new members who have recently joined the Society. Please join us in wishing a warm welcome to Isabel Young MRSS

Isabel Young is a sculptor and curator, her work focuses on an art-archaeology field concerned with building Heritage Futures and advancing interpretive possibilities. She is a Senior Tutor (Research) at the Royal College of Art, and her distinctive practice is informed by archaeological fieldwork at Neolithic sites. Isabel has two Masters in Fine Art (RCA) and Landscape Architecture (University of Greenwich). She works within an expanded field practice uniquely combining architectural model-making, sculpture and assemblage.

📸 courtesy of the artist

Over the next few days we are welcoming new members who have recently joined the Society. Please join us in wishing a w...
05/05/2026

Over the next few days we are welcoming new members who have recently joined the Society. Please join us in wishing a warm welcome to Makiko Harris MRSS

Makiko Harris is a Japanese + American multidisciplinary visual artist working across painting, sculpture, installation, film, and sound.

Harris' practice transforms symbols of identity expression such as fingernails, sewing needles, and fishnet stockings into monumental sculptures, paintings, and films that explore intimacy, desire, and the theater of the self.

Selected for New Contemporaries (2026) and finalist for The Cass Art Prize (2025), The Women in Art Prize (2025), and the Ingram Prize (2024), her work has been exhibited at institutions including Dulwich Picture Gallery, South London Gallery, Villa Schöningen, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (forthcoming). Her work is held in collections including The Bunker Museum (Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection).

Harris earned her MA in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art, London, and her BA in Philosophy and Studio Art from Tufts University. She is represented by Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London, Berlin, West Palm Beach) and lives and works in London.

📸 courtesy of the artist ©️ Ben Pipe

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