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R O Y A L S C O T T I S H A C A D E M Y
Founded in 1826, the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture champions art and architecture in Scotland. The Royal Scottish Academy Building makes up one half of The Scottish National Gallery - situated on Princes Street in the heart of Edinburgh - where it showcases selected works by prominent artists and architects from Scotland and beyond.
I have been fortunate to have had my work selected for exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy on various occasions. These exhibitions are listed below.
199th RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
( ARCHITECTURE )
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY (& ONLINE)
2025
Working within the conservation area and fishing village of Crovie on the Northeast coast of Scotland, 45 Crovie seeks to breathe new life into an existing listed cottage - embracing the characterful vernacular of box beds and oar hatches and evolving these features to meet the needs of modern life.
Simple interventions have been made to improve the home's flow and connect down internally to the lower storey of the building (which can currently only be accessed via external steps). Pocketed thick curtains are proposed as a cost effective and unobtrusive solution to subdivide the newly opened living spaces, allowing the main floor to expand and contract between a single open airy space in the height of summer and two cosy, stove heated, rooms during stormy winters. Improvements to the insulation envelope have been carefully considered to ensure the thick stone walls maintain their breathability - aiding the preservation of the structure so that it can be enjoyed for generations to come!
The accompanying pen collage illustration dives into the site's surrounding coastal ecology and aims to bring the building's unique setting to life. Just metres away from the building's front gable, the landscape of jagged rock pools, turbulent waters and exposure to the elements can often place these historic homes at the mercy of nature.
The work was selected for exhibition at The Scottish National Gallery as part of the Royal Scottish Academy's 199th Annual Exhibition - which ran from the 3rd of May to the 8th of June 2025 - and was awarded both The Royal Scottish Academy's 2025 Medal For Architecture and the 2025 RSAxWASPS Award. My Illustration was later featured on the front cover of The RIBA Journal after being awarded a Commendation in the RIBAJ's 2025 Eye Line Drawing Competition.
The exhibition was also convened in an online format, which is available to view here:
https://www.rsaannualexhibition.org/viewing-room/11-architecture-viewing-room/
198th RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
( ARCHITECTURE )
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY (& ONLINE)
2024
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Inspired by my time building with bamboo in the Balinese jungle, this illustrative work provides an overview of bamboo's application within the built and natural environment - maintaining ecosystems by adopting an agroforestry approach to farming, applying appropriate post-harvest treatment and creating sweeping structural forms that take advantage of this fast-growing grass's characteristics.
The illustration was intended to serve as both an introduction to bamboo as a building material and a glimpse into a unique subsection of the construction industry on the other side of the planet.
The work was selected for exhibition at The Scottish National Gallery as part of the Royal Scottish Academy's 198th Annual Exhibition - which ran from the 11th of May to the 16th of June 2024.
The exhibition was also convened in an online format, which is available to view here:
https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/281-198th-rsa-annual-exhibition/video/
196th RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
( ARCHITECTURE )
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY (& ONLINE)
2022
Returning to a physical format after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, my "Hiroshima Shadows" animation was selected for exhibition at The Scottish National Gallery as part of the Royal Scottish Academy's 196th Annual Exhibition - which ran from the 23rd of April to the 12th of June 2022.
The exhibition was also convened in an online format.
A video of the exhibition is available to view here:
https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/236-the-196th-rsa-annual-exhibition/video/
194th RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
( ARCHITECTURE )
ONLINE
2020
Screenshot from 2020 RSA Annual Online Website
Seeking to further explore animation as a medium to communicate architectural concepts, I revisited my final year university project and put together an entry for the Royal Scottish Academy's 194th Annual Exhibition. Upon selection, COVID-19 ground the country to a halt. However, the gallery staff worked hard to ensure that the exhibition went ahead in an online format, with my entry being showcased alongside works from prominent Scottish offices.
This was the first time in the exhibition's 194-year history that the public were unable to see the selected works in person.
193rd RSA ANNUAL EXHIBITION
( ARCHITECTURE )
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY
2019
Following on from success across the Atlantic at the 2018 Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition, my Tonlé Sap animation was submitted and selected for the Royal Scottish Academy's 193rd Annual Exhibition - which ran from the 1st of November to the 11th of December 2019 in the Scottish National Gallery.
RSA OPEN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY
2014
Running from the 29th of November 2014 to the 20th of January 2015, a drawing produced for my final year “Koji” project was selected for exhibition in the lower galleries of the RSA building.
This work was also featured in the e-magazine Scottish Art Scene - Issue 41.
