# List of RWA Academicians

This is a partial list of Royal West of England Academicians also known as RWA Academicians. The academicians of the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), the oldest public art gallery in Bristol and the UK’s only regional Royal Academy of Art.
Academicians have post-nominals: RWA, PRWA, PPRWA, VPRWA or HonRWA (depending on their membership type). A full list is available on the web pages of the RWA's website.
Note. Associate RWA membership has been discontinued and successful candidates are elected directly to full RWA Academician status.
List of Academicians of the Royal West of England Academy of Art (RWA) :
| Name | Elected ARWA | Elected RWA | Elected HonRWA | Notes |
| Lidija Antanasijevic | | | | |
| Diana Armfield | | | | Married to Bernard Dunstan PPRWA RA |
| Malcolm Ashman | | | | |
| Peter Amos | | | | |
| Lucy Austin | | | | |
| Becky Buchanan | | | | |
| Bronwen Bradshaw | | | | |
| Basil Beattie | | | | |
| Clive Blackmore | | | | |
| Elizabeth Blackadder | | | | |
| Iain Biggs | | | | |
| Denis Baxter | | | | |
| Derek Balmer | | | | |
| David Backhouse | | | | |
| Louise Balaam | | | | |
| Frank Bowling | | | 2021 | |
| Jon Buck | | | | |
| James Bruges | | | | |
| June Berry | | | | |
| James Beale | | | | |
| John Butler | | | | |
| Olwyn Bowey | | | | |
| Martin Bentham | | | | |
| Nicola Bealing | | | | |
| Vera Boele-Keimer | | | | |
| Peter Blake | | | | |
| Ian Chamberlain | | 2022 | | |
| Peter Clegg | | | | |
| Eileen Cooper | | | 2022 | |
| Dorcas Casey | | | | |
| Beth Carter | | | | |
| Amanda Chambers | | | | |
| Denis Curry | | | | |
| Dallas Collins | | | | |
| Gerald Cains | 1970 | 1978 | | |
| Jessica Cooper | | | | |
| Jane Carpanini | | | | |
| Nigel Casseldine | | | | |
| David Carpanini | | | | |
| P J Crook | | | | |
| Yvonne Crossley | | | | |
| Thomas Coates | | | | |
| Trevor Challinor | | | | |
| Susan Caines | | | | |
| Ros Cuthbert | | | | |
| Chris Dunseath | | | | |
| Adelaide Damoah | | 2019 | | In 2019, Damoah became the first black artist to be elected an academician of the Royal West of England Academy (RWA). |
| Katie Davies | | | | |
| Leslie Glenn Damhus | | | | |
| Patrick Daw | | | | |
| Philomena Davidson | | | | In 1990 Davidson became the Royal Society of Sculptors first female President, a post she held for six years. |
| Richard Dack | | | | |
| Sara Dudman | | | | |
| Susan Derges | | | | |
| Toni Davey | | | | |
| Seyed Edalatpour | | | | |
| Anthony Eyton | | | | Anthony Eyton retired as an active member of the RWA in December 2004, becoming an RWA (Emeritus). |
| Karen Edwards | | | | |
| John Eaves | | | | |
| Gareth Edwards | | | | |
| Wendy Elia | | | | |
| Gareth Fisher | | | 2022 | Elected President of the Royal Scottish Academy in 2022. Ex officio HonRWA. |
| George Ferguson | | | | |
| Peter Ford | | | | |
| Peter Folkes | | | | |
| Susan Foord | | | | |
| Terry Flaxton | | | | |
| Ros Ford | | | | |
| Anna Gillespie | | | | |
| Christopher Glanville | | | | |
| Frances Gynn | | | | |
| Paul Gough | | | | |
| Sarah Gillespie | | | | |
| Stewart Geddes | | | | |
| Simon Garden | | | | |
| Ashley Hold | | | | |
| Andrew Hardwick | | | | |
| Elizabeth Hunter | | | | |
| John Huggins | | | | |
| Jennifer Harris | | | | |
| Moira Huntly | | | | |
| Ken Howard | | | | |
| Stephen Hoskins | | | | |
| Michael Hitchings | | | | |
| Tim Harrisson | | | | |
| Trevor Haddrell | | | | |
| Simon Hitchens | | | | |
| David Inshaw | | | | |
| Donald Insall | | | | |
| Sax Impey | | | | |
| Luke Jerram | | | 2020 | |
| Judith Jones | | | | |
| Kurt Jackson | | | | |
| Robert Jennison | | | | |
| Stephen Jacobson | | | | |
| Alan Kingsbury | | | | |
| Janette Kerr | | | | |
| Nicky Knowles | | | | |
| Amy Krauss | | | | Painter and Potter |
| Juliette Losq | | | | |
| Angela Lizon | | | | |
| Allan Laycock | | | | |
| Debbie Locke | | | | |
| Cynthia Lear | | | | |
| Margaret Lovell | | | | |
| Jason Lane | | | | |
| Richard Long | | | 2000 | Former RWA student, who 'made a plaster path through the college studio to “explore relative movement, using the body as a moving object over still things”...But the RWA staff were less than impressed and, after informing his parents that their son was “mad”, promptly expelled him'. Elected HonRWA in 2000 |
| Sonia Lawson | | | 2005 | |
| Warren & Mosley | | | | Artist and Architect Collaboration comprising Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley |
| Bridget McCrum | | | | |
| Andrew Muñoz | | | | |
| Alice Mumford | | | | |
| Ian Middleton | | | | |
| John Maine | | | | |
| Will Maw | | | | |
| Lawrence Nash | | | | |
| Rachael Nee | | | | |
| Midge Naylor | | | | |
| Camilla Nock | | | | |
| Martin Parr | | | | |
| Jane Pascoe | | | | |
| Ione Parkin | | | | |
| John Palmer | | | | |
| Dione Page | | | | |
| Giles Penny | | | | |
| Charlotte Price | | | | |
| Mark Prescott | | | | |
| Michael Porter | | | | |
| Sandra Porter | | | | |
| Howard Phipps | | | | |
| Simon Quadrat | | | | |
| Tom Russell | | | | |
| Anne Rothenstein | | | | |
| Carol Robertson | | | | |
| Fiona Robinson | | | | |
| Mike Richards | | | | |
| Maxine Relton | | | | |
| Peter Randall-Page | | | | |
| Nik Ramage | | | | |
| Rosalind Robinson | | | | |
| Karl Singporewala | | 2022 | | Architect |
| Rebecca Salter | | | | |
| Tim Shaw | | | | |
| Carl Swanson | | | | |
| Christopher Shurrock | | | | |
| Ann Scampton | | | | |
| Diana Bourdon Smith | | | | |
| Emma Stibbon | | | | |
| Howard Silverman | | | | |
| Dawn Sidoli | | | | |
| Laurie Steen | | | | |
| Terry Setch | | | | |
| Barrington Tabb | | | | |
| George Tute | | | | |
| Elizabeth Turrell | | | | |
| Paul Thirkell | | | | |
| John Taulbut | | | | |
| Nicholas Turner | | | | |
| Patricia Volk | | | | |
| Susan Whale | | | | |
| Amanda Wallwork | | | | |
| Gordon Ward | | | | |
| Janet Watson | | | | |
| Deborah Westmancoat | | | | |
| Lucy Willis | | | | |
| Glo Williams | | | | |
| Anthony Whishaw | | | | |
| Lisa Wright | | | | |
| Hamish Young | | | | |