About Richenda Court.

 

Richenda trained in fine art and contemporary dance at Brighton University and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

In 2021 Richenda was elected an associate member of the Royal Society of Painters and Printmakers (A.R.E) and a full member (R.E) in 2024. The Royal Society Of Painters and Printmakers is based at Bankside Gallery, Hopton Street, London next to Tate Modern. As a member Richenda’s prints are regularly exhibited throughout the year at Bankside Gallery.

Her preferred mediums centre around relief and intaglio printmaking developed at Morley College, London, for nearly twenty years under Richard Michell and Frank Connolly esteemed master printers to David Hockney and Birgit Skiöld.

Richenda particularly enjoys linocut with the fineries of line and freedom of pattern making. 

The prints are mostly made at her home studio in Esher. The more expansive, complex prints are printed at Thameside Studios, Woolwich or Simon Lawson-drawing on large professional presses.

In 2020 Richenda won the prestigious Stuart Southall Printmaking Prize at the Royal Society of British Artists at The Mall Galleries, London with her linocut ‘Behind the Human Ocean’. And in 2012 represented Surrey in the Olympics 

Her prints are inspired by fluid detailed line drawings; progressing subconscious idea’s not knowing where they may lead. This process is the foundation of her practice.

‘Glass Town’ is the most recent project centred around a couple who’s daily lives are thrown into question when they awaken to a paused world. Crystal’s, glass chess pieces and mountains lead them on a journey to reflect on their lives. The body of work includes drawings, linocuts and etchings as well as a collaboration with animator Hannah Brewerton and musician Amit Rai Sharma to produce a short, animated film of ‘Glass Town’ recently selected for the International Original Print Exhibition at Bankside Gallery. 

Over the past six years many large-scale prints have been created. Working larger and more ambitiously allows Richenda more time to pause and reflect on the image. In the most recent prints etching and linocut are brought together in one print which has been both technically and physically challenging to master, a technique first introduced by Simon Lawson.

Richenda’s prints are held in the RE Diploma Collection, V & A Museum and British Library. Richenda has exhibited extensively in the UK including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries and Henry Sotherans Ltd, Piccadilly, London.

 

Exhibitions & Workshops

  • RE Originals 2026
    Bankside Gallery, Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH
    24th April- 31st May

    London Original Print Fair 2026
    Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
    14th -17th May

  • RE at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
    4 Brook Street, Birmingham, B3 1SA

    Summer Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery

    Reframing Women Art Exhibition
    ‘Books on the Rise’, Richmond

    RE Originals
    Bankside Gallery

    RE Original Prints
    Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich

    Guardian International Printmaking Conference, Beijing, China
    ‘A President’s Choice’ representing the Royal Society of Painters and Printmakers

    London Original Print Fair: 40th Anniversary
    Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

    ‘Other Worlds’ at The Burton, Bideford, Devon
    Kingsley Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 2QG

    ‘Original Works on Paper’ by ‘For Arts Sake’ Gallery
    Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, Ealing Green London W5 5EQ

  • Mini- Picture Show
    Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    Burlington House, Piccadilly W1 1OB

    RE Originals
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    REVEAL: An Exhibition by Morley Tutors in Printmaking, Sculpture and Bookbinding
    Morley Gallery, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT

    Mini Picture Show
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

  • Small But Mighty
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    RE/RWS Summer Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    Richenda Court Solo Exhibition ‘Print Reflections’
    Henry Sotheran Ltd. 2 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London W1S 3DP

    RE Original Prints Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    Royal Society of British Artists -200th Anniversary Exhibition
    Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

    The London Original Print Fair
    Somerset House, London, WC2R 1LA

    Mini Picture Show 2022
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

  • International Original Print Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    Impact 12: The Printmakers’ Voice
    UWE Bristol

    LOOP Artists
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    RE/RWS Summer Show
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    RE Original Prints
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    London Original Print Fair
    RE Stand W16, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

    ‘Glass Town’ Solo Exhibition
    The Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, London W11 1LR

  • 2021

    RE and RWS Winter Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    Woolwich Contemporary Art Fair
    Woolwich Works, No1 Street, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich London SE18 6HD

    International Original Print Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    LOOP2021 Artists, Espacio Gallery
    159 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7DG

    RE and RWS Summer Exhibition
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH

    RE Originals 2021 Bankside Gallery
    London SE1 9JH

    2020

    Solo Exhibition
    The White Box Gallery. Blackheath, London SE3 0RB

    Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition
    The Mall Galleries, London SW12019

    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    Piccadilly

    Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition
    The Mall Galleries, London SW1

    LOOP Artists
    Chapel Arts, Knapp Road, Cheltenham GL50 3QQ

    2018

    Solo Exhibition at Henry Sotheran’s Ltd
    }2-5 Sackville Street, Mayfair, London W1S 3DP

    LOOPArtists
    Bankside Gallery, London SE1

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