Launched in 1984, ROSL’s visual arts programme provides support and exhibition opportunities for emerging visual artists. We have a dedicated exhibition space hosting a rolling programme of exhibitions, presenting contemporary works of art in a historic setting in the heart of St James’s.
Annually, we offer creative residencies for artists from Commonwealth countries and our biennial Photography Competition showcases the best photographic talent from around the world expanding our reach far beyond our London clubhouse. We regularly partner with other arts organisations, galleries and exhibition spaces and welcome opportunities to collaborate.
24 April – 7 July 2024
RBA RISING STARS, produced in partnership with the Royal Society of British Artists, showcases the extraordinary talent of 41 artists shortlisted for the RBA Rome Scholarship 2024.
The exhibition acts as a window into the breadth and diversity of UK emerging art scene. Presenting the perfect opportunity to engage with the work of the most promising young practitioners of today, RBA Rising Stars 2024 showcases the trajectory of what is to come in the leading contemporary art practices of the future. View the exhibition at Over-Seas House from April 2024.
Members can view the rolling programme of visual arts exhibitions in the Central Lounge, Over-Seas House.
Established in 2019, ROSL PHOTO is a biennial photography competition, free to enter via digital submission. Now in its third iteration, ROSL PHOTO has continued to build on its reputation and tripled the number of entries in 2023.
Since 1985 ROSL have annually purchased an artwork from a graduating MA Ceramics & Glass student at Royal College of Art to be awarded to the winner of the Overseas Prize.
ROSL’s partnership with The Art House, Wakefield (TAH) provides two residency opportunities each year for artists living and working in a Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) country, the USA, EU and EEA countries or Switzerland who have not yet exhibited or worked in the UK.
In 2021, the Royal Over-Seas League commissioned Nisha Duggal, an established London-based artist, experienced in working with young people, to deliver an exciting new project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, in partnership with Riverley Primary School in Leyton, East London.
Established in 2019, ROSL PHOTO is a biennial photography competition, free to enter via digital submission. Now in its third iteration, ROSL PHOTO has continued to build on its reputation and tripled the number of entries in 2023.
Since 1985 ROSL have annually purchased an artwork from a graduating MA Ceramics & Glass student at Royal College of Art to be awarded to the winner of the Overseas Prize.
ROSL’s partnership with The Art House, Wakefield (TAH) provides two residency opportunities each year for artists living and working in a Commonwealth (or former Commonwealth) country, the USA, EU and EEA countries or Switzerland who have not yet exhibited or worked in the UK.
In 2021, the Royal Over-Seas League commissioned Nisha Duggal, an established London-based artist, experienced in working with young people, to deliver an exciting new project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, in partnership with Riverley Primary School in Leyton, East London.
RBA RISING STARS, produced in partnership with the Royal Society of British Artists, showcases the extraordinary talent of 40 artists shortlisted for RBA Rome Scholarship 2023.
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Find out moreInternational is a survey show of twelve ROSL supported artists from the past decade; Isabella Agbaje, Joey Chin, Viil Coward, Madhu Das, Nisha Duggal, Muhammad Amdad Hossain, Tirtha Lawati, Shake Makelele, Cole Ndelu, Samuel Nnorom, Shubhodeep Roy and Dimple B. Shah, raising awareness of the important work that the Royal Over-Seas League has done in establishing […]
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Isabella Agbaje
2019 ROSL Photo Competition Camera Winner
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