Jemma Appleby wins Charles Wollaston Award at the 2026 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

We would like to congratulate Jemma Appleby, who has been awarded the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award for 'the most distinguished work' in the 2026 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. Jemma received the award for her large-scale charcoal drawing ‘#1300615’, pictured below. We were proud to show Jemma’s work in our group exhibition ‘Music From Out There’, presented in January 2026.

Photos by © Justine Trickett.