Academicians
Like the Royal Academies, the South West Academy is a charity run by its artist members. Known by its acronym SWAc, the Academy was formed in Exeter in 2000 by a group of artists and devotees who wished to restore the lost balance between the fine and the applied arts. Led by its first President Alan Cotton, they established a constitution whose chief aims were to exhibit the works of its members and to promote the public’s appreciation of the fine and applied arts.
The Academy created an organizational structure consisting of a group of Trustees led by a Chair and an Executive Director. The various tasks of the Academy are assigned to individual Trustees to lead on such matters as finance, education, publicity and exhibition events.
Hon. Academicians
Honorary Academician is conferred on an artist of distinguished achievement associated with the South West region. This artist can either be an existing Academician or one outside the Academy whose artistic contribution is seen to coincide with the Academy’s values. Conferment entitles artists to the affix Hon. SWAc after their names.
Alison Summerfield
Vin Jelly
Laurel Keeley
Robert Mountjoy
Jenny Pymont
Peter Randall Page
Ann L Roe (Jones)
Chrissie Wilson
Lar Cann
Alan Cotton
Phil Creek
Jed Falby
John Hurford
Anne Aggett
Peter Bennett
Sir Peter Blake
Peter Brown
Simon Butler
The Academicians
An Academician is a practising artist who either by invitation or examined application becomes an elected member of the Academy. Full Academy Membership is not only conferred for recognized achievements in art as the criteria also include a maturity of understanding in the execution of the particular arts pursued, knowledge of the relevant arts traditions, and a perception of the artist’s own contribution in relation to the traditions. Academicians are entitled to the affix SWAc after their names.
Kate Aggett
Colin Allbrook
Simon Ashby
Rod Ashman
Olya Baklan
Ray Balkwill
Rebecca Barnard
Peter Blakesley
Ann Blockley
Alan Bourne
David Brooke
Rupert Brooks
Michael Carter
Ann Chester-King
Philip Clayton
Debbie Coles
Ken Cosgrove
Jonathon Coudrille
Carolyn King
Shirley Kirkcaldy
Nadezhda Lisak
James Lester
Pete Levy
Sue Luxton
Peter Mallison
Karen McEndoo
Ian McConaghy
Marcelle Milo-Gray
Cathryn Nettles
Clark Nicol
David Norman
Lisa Parkyn
Jan Phethean
Chris Pitman
Karen Popham
Isabel Coulton
Ian Cox
Judith Cummings
Alan Dax
Jo Dixon
Robert Dudley
Martin Dutton
Julie Dunster
Adrian Edwards
Annie Field
Mark Fielding
Caroline Flage
Simon Gray
Patrick Haughton
Matt Hoile
Dawn Jordan
Steve Kenna
Helen Ridehalgh
Alan Ridley
Chris Sampson
Luke Shepherd
Penny Silverthorne
Andrew Sinclair
Lucie Sivier-Voller
Solly Solomon
James Tatum
Andrew Thomas
Richard Thorn
Louis Victory
Alison Whateley
Jane Witheridge
Tony Williams
Kevin Wright
Paula Youens
Past Academicians
The Academy gratefully wishes to remember the names of former members. These were our friends who were active in the promotion of the Academy’s ideals. In their art they are with us still.
Mary Fedden
John Hammond
Judy Hempstead
Lionel Aggett
Robert Clement
Ashton Chadwick
Michael Morgan
Keith Stott
Tracy Whitbread
Rose Hilton
Ken Howard
Alexandra Jacobs