RDS Visual Art Awards Winners 2025

We would like to congratulate the very talented artists, detailed below, who have won this year's RDS Visual Art Awards.

We are especially pleased to announce Thaís Muniz as the winner of the RDS Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency Award.

Brazilian-Irish visual artist Thaís, who also won the R.C. Lewis-Crosby Award, studied at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. She works across multiple mediums to explore the intersections between inherited and acquired identities, memory, transit, and inward love.

Her two-channel piece The Kite Ballet was lauded for transforming kite flying into a ‘revolutionary act’ addressing environmental issues.

The work of this year’s shortlisted artists is on show until 25 January 2026 at the RHA Gallery, and we encourage you to attend.

2025 Visual Art Awards Winners

• RDS Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency Award - Thaís Muniz
• RDS Graphic Studio Dublin Emerging Visiting Artist Award - Charlie Dineen
• RHA Graduate Studio Award - Billie Adele O’Regan
• RDS Members' Art Fund Award - Lily Mannion
• R. C. Lewis-Crosby Award - Thaís Muniz
• RDS Taylor Art Trust Award - two winners in 2025 splitting the prize: Clara McSweeney and Vicky Ochala

Supporting emerging artists is a core pillar of our CSR strategy. Read more about our support of visual arts or find out more about the RDS Visual Art Awards.