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The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in
London, United Kingdom. It has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions, education and debate.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the Royal Academy is made up of up to 80 practising artists, each elected by ballot of the General Assembly of the Royal Academy, and known individually as Royal Academicians (R.A.). The Royal Academy is governed by these Royal Academicians.
In 1768, the Instrument of Foundation allowed total membership of the Royal Academy to be 40 artists. The category of Associate Member of the Royal Academy (A.R.A.) was introduced in 1769 to provide a means of pre-selecting suitable candidates to fill future vacancies among
Academicians.
Originally engravers were completely excluded from the Academybut at the beginning of 1769 the category of Associate-engraver was created. Their number was limited to six, and unlike other associates, they could not be promoted to full
academicians, In 1853 membership of the Academy was increased to 42, and opened to engravers.
The number of Royal Academicians was increased once again in 1972 to 50, and in 1991 the maximum was set at 80. All Academicians must be professionally active, either wholly or partly, in the United Kingdom. Of the 80 Academicians, there must always be at least 14 sculptors, 12 architects and 8 printmakers with the balance being painters. Associate membership was abolished in 1991.
In 1918, it was decided that all Academicians and Associates on reaching the age of 75 become members of a Senior Order of Academicians so creating a vacancy in the other categories of membership. A senior member is effectively retired from the day to day government of the Academy but retains all other membership privileges. All RAs are entitled to exhibit up to six works in the annual Summer Exhibition. They also have the opportunity to exhibit their work in small exhibitions held in the Friends' Room and are occasionally invited to hold major exhibitions in the Sackler Galleries. Many Academicians are involved in teaching in the Schools and giving lectures as part of the Royal Academy Education Programme.
Tracey Emin Royal Academician (2007)
On 29 March 2007, Tracey Emin was made Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts. Emin became a member of the Royal Academy joining an elite group of artists including David Hockney, Peter Blake, Anthony Caro and Alison Wilding. This entitles Emin to exhibit up to six works in the annual summer
exhibition.
Emin has a long history of exhibiting her art at the Royal Academy, having been invited to include works at their Summer Exhibitions in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001. For 2004's Summer Exhibition, Emin was chosen by fellow artist David Hockney to submit two monoprints, one called And I'd Love To Be The One (1997) and another on the topic of Emin's abortion called Ripped Up (1995) as that year's theme celebrated the art of drawing as part of the creative process. Whilst 2007 saw Emin exhibit a neon work called Angel (2005). Emin's art was first included at the Royal Academy as part of the Sensation exhibition in 1997.
For the June 2008 Summer Exhibition, Emin was invited to curate a
gallery. Emin also gave a public talk in June 2008 interviewed by art critic and broadcaster Matthew Collings, contemplating her role within the Royal Academy, the Academy’s relationship to the contemporary art world, and her perspective, as an artist, on hanging and curating a gallery in the Summer
Exhibition. She also exhibited her famous "Space Monkey" print at the 2009 Royal Academy Summer
Exhibition.
LIST
OF RAs 1935 - 2007
'The WoFrancis Dodd (1935)
Dame Laura Knight (1936)
Harold Knight (1937)
Frederick William Elwell (1938)
Vincent Harris (1942)
Algernon Newton (1943)
John Nash (1951)
Louis de Soissons (1953)
Richard Eurich (1953)
Donald McMorran (1962)
John Aldridge (1963)
William Roberts (1966)
Eric Schilsky (1968)
Willi Soukop (1969)
Hugh Casson (1970)
Edward Ardizzone (1970)
John Bratby (1971)
Norman Adams (1972)
Sir Frederick Gore (1972)
Fred Cuming (1974)
Bryan Kneale (1974)
Sir Kyffin Williams (1974)
Olwyn Bowey (1975)
Elizabeth Blackadder (1976)
Anthony Green (1977)
Sandra Blow (1978)
Eduardo Paolozzi (1979)
David Tindle (1979)
Peter Blake (1981)
William Bowyer (1981)
Tom Phillips (1984)
Donald Hamilton Fraser (1985)
Allen Jones (1986)
Michael Kenny (1986)
Sir Ove Arup (1987)
Norman Ackroyd (1988)
Craigie Aitchison (1988)
Ann Christopher (1989)
Gillian Ayres (1991)
John Bellany (1991)
Kenneth Draper (1991)
David Hockney (1991)
Bill Jacklin (1991)
R. B. Kitaj (1991)
Joe Tilson (1991)
Sir Terry Frost (1992)
Brendan Neiland (1992)
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (1994)
Christopher Orr (1995)
Patrick Procktor (1996)
Eva Jiřičná (1997)
Stephen Farthing (1998)
Ian Ritchie (1998)
Anish Kapoor (1999)
Alison Wilding (1999)
Maurice Cockrill (1999)
David Nash (1999)
Will Alsop (2000)
Gary Hume (2001)
Richard Long (2001)
Fiona Rae (2002)
Ian McKeever (2003)
Frank Bowling (2005)
David Remfry (2006)
Tracey Emin (2007)
Tony Bevan (2007)
John Carter (2007)
Gillian Wearing (2007)
CONTACTS
Royal
Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD
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your visit
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enquiries
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Department – To book Events
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Buying
art by Royal Academicians
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Exhibition
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RA
Schools
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Library
& Collection information
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Library
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Programme
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Academy Trust
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Associates of the Royal Academy Trust
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Academy website
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