Senior and Honorary Academicians
Senior Academicians
Senior Academicians are Royal Academicians over the age of 75. They retain their full voting rights, but are no longer eligible to serve as Officers or on the Academy’s Committees. Artists over the age of 75 who are elected as Royal Academicians automatically become Senior Academicians. There are currently around 40 Senior RAs.
Mimmo Paladino Hon RA, Nude Che Scende le Scala No.XI Honorary Academicians
Honorary Academicians are distinguished artists who are not resident in the UK. They do not take part in the governance of the RA and do not have voting rights. A maximum of two per year may be appointed by the RAs.
Tadao Ando
Georg Baselitz
Frank O Gehry
Rebecca Horn
Arata Isozaki
Jasper Johns
Ellsworth Kelly
Anselm Kiefer
Per Kirkeby
Jeff Koons
Daniel Libeskind
Bruce Nauman
Mimmo Paladino
Renzo Piano
Ieoh Ming Pei
Ed Ruscha
Julian Schnabel
Richard Serra
Cindy Sherman
Frank Stella
Antoni Tàpies (1923 - 2012)
James Turrell
Ai Weiwei
Honorary Fellows
Honorary Fellows are non-artists who are distinguished within their own fields. A maximum of two per year may be appointed by the RAs.
Sir David Attenborough CH CVO CBE FRS
Alan Bennett Esq
Sir Harrison Birtwistle CH
Prof Quentin Blake CBE RDI
Alfred Brendel Hon KBE
Dame Antonia S Byatt DBE FRSL
Edward Fox OBE
Sir Nicholas Goodison FBA FSA
Robert Hughes Esq
Dame Jennifer Jenkins DBE
Sir Denis Mahon CH CBE FBA
Sir Jonathan Miller CBE
Pierre Rosenberg Esq
Professor Joseph Rykwert
Prof George Steiner FBA
David Storey Esq
Sir John Tusa
