UK TO CHINA   CHINA TO UK

The Red Mansion Art Prize was established to promote artistic exchange between China and the UK. In addition to the six long-standing colleges (The Royal Academy Schools, The Royal College of Art, Chelsea College of Art, Central St. Martin, Slade School and Goldsmiths College), in 2006 we also invited the Ruskin School in Oxford to take part in the Art Prize competition. Each college short-lists six post-graduate students from which The Red Mansion panel of judges selects seven winners, one winner for each college.

The 2009 panel of Judges was composed of Iwona Blaswick (Director of Whitechapel Gallery), Patricia Bickers (Editor of Art Monthly magazine), Katie Patterson (Artist and recent graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art) and Nicolette Kwok (Director of The Red Mansion Foundation).


SAAD AHMED QURESHI The Slade School of Fine Art
ELIZABETH PORTER The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
ESMERELDA VALENCIA The Royal Academy Schools
UNA KNOX Goldsmiths College
KEH NG Central Saint Martins
PIPPA GATTY Chelsea College of Art & Design
SABINA DONNELLY The Royal College of Art

The winners travel to China during the summer for one month, where they are given studio space and live and work alongside local artists. Flights, accommodation and living expenses are provided.

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"If you’re not in China, you’re not playing the game"
Lester Thurow, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology