RCA2025: School of Arts & Humanities Show

Featuring work by students from:

• Ceramics & Glass MA
• Contemporary Art Practice MA
• Curating Contemporary Art MA
• Jewellery & Metal MA
• Painting MA
• Photography MA
• Print MA
• Sculpture MA
• Writing MA
• Arts & Humanities MFA

Thursday 19 June – Sunday 22 June
12–6pm daily (late opening on Friday until 8pm)

Last entrance 30 minutes before closing time.

For more information on getting to the RCA, see Visiting the RCA.

The RCA has worked with AccessAble to create Detailed Access Guides to its Kensington, Battersea, and White City campuses.

View Detailed Access Guides for each RCA campus on the AccessAble website.

Join the V&A/RCA History of Design MA cohort of 2024/25 in celebrating the rich diversity of the discipline of the History of Design at Confluence, a free symposium and publication launch at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

The evening includes a series of student-led lectures exploring the major themes that have emerged through the cohort’s research.

RSVP essential. Booking details will be announced shortly.

Gorvy Lecture Theatre at V&A South Kensington

Monday 14 July, 6pm

RCA2025 is a series of free exhibitions and events and activities, showcasing the work of graduating RCA students on selected dates between 19 June to 19 July.

Discover the art and design world’s newest talent and latest innovations across our campuses in Battersea, Kensington and White City. Open to the public with some work for sale.

AA: Applied Art (Ceramics & Glass and Jewellery & Metal)
Woo Building, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Floors

CAP: Contemporary Art Practice MA
Studio Building, 2nd Floor

MFA: Arts & Humanities MFA
Studio Building, 1st Floor

CCA: Curating Contemporary Art MA
Studio Building, Ground Floor

PA: Painting MA
Painting Building, Ground and 1st Floor

PH: Photography MA
Dyson and Woo Buildings, 1st and 2nd Floors

PR: Print MA
Dyson and Woo Buildings, Ground and 1st Floors

S: Sculpture MA
Studio Building, 1st Floor and Studio Courtyard

W: Writing MA
Dyson Building, 1st Floor

G: Gorvy Lecture Theatre (for events and screenings)
Dyson Building, 1st Floor

RCA2025: School of Arts & Humanities Show

Thursday 19 June

1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Performative installation by Annie Edwards (Sculpture MA)
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

12–12.30pm: An ‘In Invocation’: with A’isha Odera Mu’azu
A sonic lecture turned temporal marker in four parts
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

12.30–2pm: Genesis Terminus 1
MFA Arts & Humanities performances by Matthew Kellison, Chris Kitisakkul and Fiona Morehouse.
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

2–4pm: Photography Screening
Showreel of MA Photography moving image work
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

2–4pm 6–8pm: Playground
An immersive soundscape by Zhuoqi Liu (Jewellery & Metal MA). Audiences will be invited to wear sound-generating jewellery and dance freely with the rhythm, becoming part of the performance.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

3–4pm: Banned from What We Are Made to Enter
A performance by Yitian Luo (Jewellery & Metal MA), centring on a mechanical installation.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

4–6pm: Contemporary Arts Practice Cinema
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Buildin

5–5.15pm: Fragment/Movement
A participatory performance that includes covering the artist in clay and a choreographed spoken-word piece.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 1st floor Woo Building

5–5.20pm: Pay No Attention to the Human Behind the Green Curtain!
An immersive performance by Yaqi Sun that simulates a real-time livestream scene. Part of the Curating Contemporary Art programme of events.
> Hangar, Ground floor Studio Building

Friday 20 June

12–6pm: Contemporary Art Practice performance
These will include live music, readings, collaborations and individual performances.
> Contemporary Art Practice studios, 2nd floor Studio Building

1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Performative installation by Annie Edwards (Sculpture MA)
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

3–4pm: Banned from What We Are Made to Enter
A performance by Yitian Luo (Jewellery & Metal MA), centring on a mechanical installation.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

3–4pm, 6–8pm: Playground
An immersive soundscape by Zhuoqi Liu (Jewellery & Metal MA). Audiences will be invited to wear sound-generating jewellery and dance freely with the rhythm, becoming part of the performance.
> Dark room, Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

4–6pm: Curating Contemporary Art Panel Discussion
With alumni Edward Ball, Kerry Campbell, Kit Hammonds, Rose Lejeune and Mala Yamey. Introduced by Head of Programme Professor Victoria Walsh, and chaired by Elisabeth del Prete, responding to this year’s CCA MA projects and curatorial themes.
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

5.30–7.30pm: Speculative Jurisprudence: Material Imaginaries of Law and
Myth-Making
Led by Aarti Pillai (MFA Arts & Humanities), this workshop explores law as an imaginative and affective force shaped by myth, narrative and material culture.
> Meet at the main entrance of the Studio Building 15 minutes before the start time to be guided to the classroom.

6–8pm: Showreel of MA Photography moving image work
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

6.30–6.45pm: Fragment/Movement
A participatory performance that includes covering the artist in clay and a choreographed spoken-word piece.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 1st floor Woo Building

6.30pm, 7.15pm: Performance by Liszu Tan (Sculpture MA)
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

Saturday 21 June

1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Performative Installation by Annie Edwards (Sculpture MA)
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

1.30pm: Fragment/Movement
A participatory performance that includes covering the artist in clay and a choreographed spoken-word piece.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 1st floor Woo Building

10am – 12 noon: Speculative Jurisprudence: Material Imaginaries of Law and Myth-Making
Led by Amanda Hansavathy (MFA Arts & Humanities), this participatory ritual invites you to consider ancestral connections and migrations across time and space. Please bring a small bowl and a small cup to participate. Amanda will have a maximum of 12 sets that can be borrowed on the day.
> MFA Arts & Humanities exhibition, corridor outside STU01.005, 1st floor Studio Building

10am – 5pm: Crossing
A day-long event of installations, interactive devices, natural materials and pigment celebrating bees and pollinators. Part of The Bee Friendly Trust’s Summer Solstice Celebrations. Organised by MFA Arts and Humanities students Emma Witter, Eviana Gerousi, Kate Youme, Greta Wu, Louise Higgs and Izabela Beata Kuchta.

11am – 1pm: Speculative Jurisprudence: Material Imaginaries of Law and Myth-Making
Led by Aarti Pillai (MFA Arts & Humanities), this workshop explores law as an imaginative and affective force shaped by myth, narrative and material culture.
> Meet at the main entrance of the Studio Building 15 minutes before the start time to be guided to the classroom.

12–12.30pm: Contemporary Art Practice MA performances
Including live music, readings, collaborations and individual performances.
> Contemporary Art Practice studios, 2nd floor Studio Building

12–6pm: Photography performances
Including readings, collaborations and individual performances.
> Photography Studios, 1st floor Dyson/Woo Building

2pm: Delaine Le Bas, St Sara Kali George
As part of the Curating Contemporary Art programme, High tides host a performance by Delaine Le Bas exploring the fable of the character – a hybrid persona that draws on Romani spirituality, mythology and political resistance.
> Hangar, Ground floor Studio Building

2–2.30pm & 3.30–4pm: Choral Performance by Esmeralda Conde Ruiz (Sculpture MA).
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

2–4pm, 6–8pm: Playground
An immersive soundscape by Zhuoqi Liu (Jewellery & Metal MA). Audiences will be invited to wear sound-generating jewellery and dance freely with the rhythm, becoming part of the performance.
> Dark room, Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

2.30–3pm: Discussion: Delaine Le Bas and Nouf Alhimiary
Rooted in the legacy of Bethan Huws film Singing for the Sea (1993), this conversation invites artists, researchers and audiences to consider how embodied and entangled forces can shape shared perceptions and open up new forms of cultural resistance and reclamation in the face of ongoing geopolitical and cultural shifts. Part of the Curating Contemporary Art programme of events.
> Hangar, Ground floor Studio Building

3–4pm: Banned from What We Are Made to Enter
A performance by Yitian Luo (Jewellery & Metal MA), centring on a mechanical installation.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

3–5pm: Writing Reading / Reading Writing
Writing Reading / Reading Writing allows the public to hear readings by the 26 students on this year’s Writing MA programme.
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

3.15–4.15p: And Your Witnessing Still Continues – A Conversation between Artists and Curators
In this conversation, artist Ana Čvorović and architect Riccardo Rizzetto reflect on their collaborative installation, shaped by questions of war, forced displacement and the politics of witnessing. Part of the Curating Contemporary Art programme of events.
> Hangar, Ground floor Studio Building

3.30pm, 4.15pm: Performance by Liszu Tan (Sculpture MA)
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

4.15pm: Pay No Attention to the Human Behind the Green Curtain!
An immersive performance by Yaqi Sun that simulates a real-time livestream scene. Part of the Curating Contemporary Art programme of events.
> Hangar, Ground floor Studio Building

Sunday 22 June

12–6pm: Photography performances
Photography students perform in their spaces, including readings, collaborations and individual performances.
> Photography Studios, 1st floor Dyson/Woo Building

12–6pm: Contemporary Art Practice performances
artists will perform in their spaces and around the CAP Studios. These will include live music, readings, collaborations and individual performances.
> Contemporary Art Practice studios, 2nd floor Studio Building

1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Performative installation by Annie Edwards (Sculpture MA)
> Sculpture Studios, 1st floor Studio Building

2–2.15pm: Performative Installation by Annie Edwards (Sculpture MA)
> Applied Art exhibition space, 1st floor Woo Building

2–2.30pm: An ‘In Invocation’: with A’isha Odera Mu’azu
A sonic lecture turned temporal marker in four parts.
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

2–4pm: Playground
An immersive soundscape by Zhuoqi Liu (Jewellery & Metal MA). Audiences will be invited to wear sound-generating jewellery and dance freely with the rhythm, becoming part of the performance.
> Dark room, Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building

2.30–5pm: Genesis Terminus 2
Performances by MFA Arts & Humanities students Matthew Kellison, Chris Kitisakkul and Fiona Morehouse, and a selection of moving image work from the programme.
> Gorvy Lecture Theatre, 1st floor Dyson Building

3–4pm: Banned from What We Are Made to Enter
A performance by Yitian Luo (Jewellery & Metal MA), centring on a mechanical installation.
> Applied Art exhibition space, 3rd floor Woo Building