Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust Award
Each year one student from the RCA is awarded a Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust Award.
The VBAT prize is made up of four main elements which are a SPACE studio for one year, a cash prize of £2,000 towards materials, an exhibition at the end of the year and support from a RCA tutor.
The VBAT awarded its first Valerie Beston Young Artists’ Prize in 2007. Former prize winners include:
- José Jun Martínez, 2024
- Edmond Brooks-Beckman / Jhonatan Pulido, 2023
- Emma Prempeh, 2022
- Catherine Repko, 2021
- Emily Moore, 2020
- Corsin Billeter, 2019
- Tahmina Negmat, 2018
- Seeun Kim, 2017
- Seung Ae Lee, 2016
- David Cyrus Smith, 2015
- Jonathan Lux, 2014
- Katrin Koskaru, 2013
- Matthew La Croix, 2012
- Nicholas Pankhurst, 2011
- Gareth Cadwallader, 2010
- Caroline Walker, 2009
- Lydia Gifford, 2008
- Laura Oldfield-Ford, 2007
Katrin Koskaru: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2013

Matthew La Croix: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2012

David Cyrus Smith: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2015

Nicholas Pankhurst: The Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust Prizewinner 2011

Seung Ae Lee: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2016

Tahmina Negmat: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2018

Jonathan Lux: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2014

Seeun Kim: Valerie Beston Prizewinner 2017
