Royal Scottish Academy 200: Celebrating Together With Frances Walker And Ade Adesina At Rozelle House

Royal Scottish Academy 200: Celebrating Together with Frances Walker and Ade Adesina at Rozelle House

Three black-and-white artworks displayed side by side depict a surreal desert-like landscape with rippling, woodgrain-like textures across the ground and sky. Left image: A baobab-shaped tree rises from the textured ground, its trunk incorporating tall, cylindrical architectural forms resembling towers or chimneys. Sparse plants sit in the foreground beneath a swirling sky. Center image: A single baobab tree stands beneath a bright full moon. An ornate circular clock is embedded in the tree’s trunk, with small containers at its base. The surrounding terrain and sky share the same flowing, striated patterns. Right image: Two baobab-like trees stand close together. One tree contains small architectural structures, including a lighthouse-like form near the top. The textured ground and swirling sky continue, creating a unified, dreamlike scene across all three images. Image credit: Beyond the Line by Ade Adesina, woodcut, 2018. © the artist. Used with permission.

In 2026 the Royal Scottish Academy celebrates its 200th anniversary with RSA200: Celebrating Together. This partnership project will bring hundreds of artists, partners, galleries and institutions together for an extraordinary year of exhibitions, events and performances. 

South Ayrshire Council’s Museums and Gallery service is taking part and the exhibition at Rozelle House celebrates two prominent Royal Scottish Academy artists, Frances Walker RSA and Ade Adesina RSA, as part of the RSA200 national programme.

The exhibition will feature one-of-a-kind artwork on loan from the Royal Scottish Academy as well as several other collections across Scotland.

Our guest artists both work with themes of environment & landscape, and work predominantly with printmaking in their works.

Frances Walker RSA

‘Coastal Glimpses’ was a series of works featuring the Ayrshire coastline, made in the mid-1990s by Frances Walker for Ayr Hospital, though it is not in any local collections. Rozelle House is delighted to be able to show the entirety of the series for the first time since its initial creation, alongside other loaned works by the artist from several collections across Scotland. A newly commissioned edition of posters will be specially created for the exhibition in collaboration with Peacock Studios and will be available for sale at the gallery.

Ade Adesina RSA

This will be the first time RSA Academician, Ade Adesina, RGI, RE, LG, will be showing work in the region. Adesina produces exceptionally detailed, large scale print works with themes of environment and global concerns. He combines depictions of objects, places and scenes from both his African heritage and British culture through traditional printmaking techniques. Ade visited the galleries in spring during the development of the project.

A new edition of prints has been specially commissioned and created for the exhibition and will be available for purchase at Rozelle House.

Related activities

Rozelle House will be hosting fun and free activities relating to the artwork themes and content, such as a family friendly exhibition trails, and hosted lino print workshop sessions for adults and children. The gallery will also be facilitating the production of a public participatory art project for all to enjoy. Keep an eye on our What’s On for more information!

Opening Hours

Monday to Saturday
10am – 5pm

Sunday
12 noon – 5pm

Image credit: Beyond the Line by Ade Adesina, woodcut, 2018. © the artist. Used with permission.