RHA Awards given at the Annual Exhibition

1. The de Veres Art Award for a work of distinction: Michael Cullen RHA
2. The James Adams Salesroom Award: Gearord Hayes
3. The Fergus O'Ryan RHA Memorial Award: Brigid Delahunty
4. The Keating McLoughlin Medal and Prize: Jennifer Trouton
5. The Connor/Moran Award for Sculpture awarded by the ESB
   - Medal & Award: Sonja Landweer
6. The K&M Evans Painting Prize: Hugh Delap
7. The Whyte's Award: Eoin Llewellyn
8. The Abdul and Katharine Bulbulia Art in Health Award: Eugene Conway
9. The Oriel Gallery Award: Walter Verling
10. The Don Niccolo d’Ardia Carraciolo Award: Francis O’Toole
11. The Ireland – US Council & Irish Arts Review Portrait Prize: Una Sealy
12. The AXA Insurance Prize for Drawing:  Bláthnaid Ní Mhurchú.
13. The Curtin O’Donoghue Photography Prize: Erin Quinn
14. The Curtin O’Donoghue Emerging Photographic Award: Dragana Jurisic
15. The RHA Conor Fallon Sculpture Award sponsored by Gormleys Fine Art:
    Carolyn Mulholland RHA
16. The Hennessy Craig Scholarship: Francis Matthews & Hugh Delap
17. The Arthur Gibney Medal – for Architectural Drawing was won by David Mulkeen
18. The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Bursary at the RHA was won by Maggie Madden

1. The Hennessy Craig Scholarship - €10,000
2011 recipient: Francis Matthews & Hugh Delap
This prize in memory of H. Robertson Craig RHA and Patrick Hennessy RHA, was created through a generous bequest to the Academy by H. Robertson Craig and the terms under which it is awarded are those specified in his will.

The Scholarship is open to any painter under the age of thirty-five exhibiting in the open submission section of the Academy’s Annual Exhibition. The painter must have studied at a recognised art college on the island of Ireland. The award of €10,000 is to enable the painter to pursue a course of further self-determined study either in Ireland or abroad.

Applicants for the Scholarship will be required to furnish the Academy with an outline of their proposed study project for its approval. The successful candidate will be chosen by the Selection Committee of the Academy’s Annual Exhibition, solely on the merit of the work submitted by artists to that Annual Exhibition.

List of Previous Recipients
2002 David King
2003 Michael Canning
2004 Sonya Shiel
2005 Colin Martin ARHA
2006 Keith Wilson
2007 Gillian Lawler
2008 Comhghall Casey
2009 Gabhann Dunne, Ann Quinn, Tim Millen
2010 Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Patrick Horan


2 The RHA Conor Fallon Sculpture Award sponsored by Gormleys Fine Art- €3000
2011 recipient: Carolyn Mulholland RHA

Previous Winners
2008 Janet Mullarney
2009 Eilis O’Connell RHA
2010 Joe Butler


3 The Ireland – US Council and Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award - €5000
2011 recipient: Una Sealy ARHA

Previous Winners
2007 Gary Coyle RHA
2008 Carey Clarke PPRHA
2009 Jonathan Dalton
2010 Colin Davidson


4 The Curtin O’Donoghue Photography Prize - €5000
2011 recipient: Erin Quinn

Previous Winners
2007 Fred Reilly
2008 Ulla Schildt
2009 Jackie Nickerson
2010 Fergus Martin


5 The Curtin O’Donoghue Emerging Photographic Artist Award - €2500
2011 recipient: Dragana Jurisic


6 The AXA Insurance Prize for Drawing - €5000
2011 recipient: Blaithnid Ni Muruchu
Previous Winners
2007 Patricia Lambert
2008 Jim Savage
2009 Joe Dunne ARHA
2010 Michael Quane RHA


7 The James Adam Salerooms Award
2011 recipient: Gearord Hayes

Previous Winners
2007 Donald Teskey RHA
2008 Eamon O’Doherty
2009 Francis Matthews
2010 Miseon Lee


8 The De Veres Art Award - For a work of distinction - €1500
2011 recipient: Michael Cullen RHA

Previous Winners
2007 Barbara Warren RHA
2008 Kim Cunningham
2009 Patrick O’Reilly
2010 Graham Gingles


9 The Don Niccolò d’Ardia Caracciolo RHA Medal and Award - €1500
2011 recipient: Francis O’Toole

Previous Winners
2007 John Hearne
2008 Kit French
2009 Patrick Horan
2010 Comhghall Casey


10 The Fergus O’Ryan RHA Memorial Award - €1500
2011 recipient: Brigid Delahunty

Previous Winners
2007 Conor Foy
2008 Seamus O’Byrne
2009 Patricia Burns
2010 Joe Dunne ARHA


11 The Keating/McLaughlin Award for Outstanding Art Work: A Silver Medal and a cash prize of €3000 awarded by the ESB
2011 recipient: Jennifer Trouton

Previous Winners
2007 Francis Matthews
2008 Eugene Conway
2009 Colin Davidson
2010 Eoin MacLochlainn


12 The Oriel Gallery Award
2011 recipient: Walter Verling

Previous Winners
2007 Michael Canning
2008 David Crone RHA
2009 Willie Evesson
2010 Patricia Lambert


13 The K + M Evans Painting Prize - €1500
2011 recipient: Hugh Delap

Previous Winners
2007 Eoghan McGrath
2008 Claire Halpin
2009 Michell Considine
2010 Marcel Vidal


14 The Whyte’s Award - €1500
2011 recipient: Eoin Llewellyn

Previous Winners
2007 Gillian Lawler
2008 Mary Theresa Keown
2009 Gabhann Duune
2010 Joshua Sex


15 The Connor/Moran Award for Outstanding Sculpture: A Silver Medal and cash prize of €3000 awarded by the ESB
2011 recipient: Sonja Landweer

Previous Winners
2007 Elizabeth O’Kane
2008 Dorothy Cross
2009 Redmond Herrity
2010 Jean Greene


16 The Abdul and Katharine Bulbulia Art in Health Award - €1500
2011 recipient: Eugene Conway

Previous Winners
2007 John Short
2008 Charles Harper RHA
2009 Rita Duffy
2010 Jane O’Malley


17 The Arthur Gibney Medal – for ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
The Arthur Gibney Medal is an award which was created at the wishes and on foot of a bequest to the RHA by Arthur Gibney’s widow Phyllis Gibney. Arthur was a past President of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, an active member of the Royal Hibernian Academy and its President for many years. He prioritised the skill of manual drawing and was one of the most distinguished draughtsmen of his architectural generation. This award is in his memory.

The RHA has invited applications for this award from architectural students across the nation’s architecture schools.

The award recipient shall receive the solid silver Arthur Gibney Medal, awarded at the RHA Annual Exhibition prize giving ceremony on May 22nd. The award recipient shall be selected by the Council of Academy and the winning work shall be exhibited at the RHA’s Annual Exhibition in May.


18 The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Bursary at the RHA
This travel scholarship, worth €2500, is awarded to an Irish Citizen or those born on the island of Ireland under the age of 35 who plan to study abroad. It is named in memory of Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, a lifelong friend and supporter of the visual arts in Ireland. The Purser family, into which Elizabeth was born in 1904, was part of a Dublin community with many artistic affiliations. Between 1930 and 1980, Elizabeth was closely connected with many of the leading artists and cultural figures of the time, including Sarah Purser – her great aunt – Jack Yeats, ‘AE’, Mainie Jellet and Mary Swanzy.

The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Bursary is selected from applications by the three youngest Members of the Academy. The award will be offered again in 2012. Congratulations to the winner of the 2010 Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Bursary, Maggie Madden, whose work is included as part of the award, in this year’s Annual Exhibition.