What is the Secret Postcard Auction?  

The RWA Secret Postcard Auction, held annually, invites artists to create a postcard size artwork to be auctioned, in secret. 

The funds raised help support the RWA, a registered charity, in our mission to create life long journeys with art. 

The Secret Postcard auction has over 350 brand-new artworks up for grabs.

This years contributing artists are: 

ashar, Julia Adams, Lidija Antanasijevic RWA, Jemma Appleby RWA, Malcolm Ashman, RWA RBA, Vicki, Atkinson, Lucy Austin RWA, David Backhouse FRBS FRSA RWA, David Bailey, Dave Bain, Louise, Balaam RWA, Sally Baldwin, Derek Balmer PPRWA, Olivia Bax, Nicola Bealing RWA, Basil Beattie RA RWA (Hon), Rana Begum RA, Martin Bentham RWA, Francesca Berlingieri Maxwell, Jackie Berridge, Iain Biggs RWA, Sir Quentin Blake, Jan Blake, Vera Boele-Keimer RWA, Jane Boot, Anna Boss, Jane Bottery, Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA RWA (hon) Martyn Brewster, John Brooks, Hannah Brown, Lauren Bryden, Rebecca Buchanan RWA, Duncan Bullen, Gina Burdass, Lucinda Burgess, Peter Burke RWA, Emma Burleigh, Carol Burns, Eric Butcher, Liz Butler, Prof. David, Carpanini, RWA PPRE Hon. RWS NEAC, Jill Carter, Beth Carter RWA, Dorcas Casey RWA, Helen Cass, Nigel G Casseldine RWA, Ian Chamberlain RWA, Nancy Chambers, Amanda Chambers RWA, Anurita Chandola, Faith Chevannes, Rebecca Child, Ann Christopher RA RWA (Hon), Esme Clutterbuck, Elaine Collett, Niamh Collins, Dallas Collins RWA, Jessica Cooper RWA, Andy Council, Richard Cox, Grace Crabtree, Mona Craven, Dr. P. J Crook MBE RWA, Martyn Cross, Yvonne Crossley PhD RWA, Colin Crumplin, Monica Cuellar, Serena Curmi, Rosalind Cuthbert RWA, Toni Davey RWA, Rose Davey, Patrick Daw RWA, Tete de Alencar, Susan Derges RWA (Hon), Marion Deuchars, Keshani Douglas, Simon Drew, Jon Dudley, Sara Dudman RWA, Deborah Duffin, Hugh Dunford-Wood, Chris Dunseath FRBS RWA, Julie Dyer, Sara Easby, John Eaves RWA, Tim Edgar, Martin Edwards, Gareth Edwards RWA, Karen Edwards RWA, Pennie Elfick RWA, Wendy Elia RWA,Chuck Elliott, Paul Emsley RWA Mark Entwisle, Jessa Fairbrother RWA, Peter Ford RE RWA, Elle Ford, Ros Ford RWA, Colette Fowler-Marson, Lucy Fraser, Anthony Frost, FULLER, John Garbutt, Stewart Geddes PPRWA, Nick Gerolemou, Sarah Gillespie RWA, Anna Gillespie RWA, Christopher Glanville RWA, Leslie Glenn Damhus RWA, Bex Glover, Sir Antony Gormley OBE RA, Paul Gough PhD MA RWA FRSA, Emily Gravett, Mr Penfold,Carla Groppi, Adam, Grose, Jemma Gunning RWA, Frances Gynn RWA, Mark Haddon, Trevor Haddrell RWA, Thompson Hall, Nigel Hall RA, Roxana Halls, Maggi Hambling, Susie Hamilton, Nicola Hancox, Marcelle Hanselaar, Andrew Hardwick RWA, Jennifer Harris RWA, Alex, Hartley, Mark Hearld,Jane Hedges, George Henry Rowe, Pippa Hetherington, Tina Hill, Thorie Hinds, David Holt, Sophie Howard, Laura Howarth, Henry Jabbour, Dr Kurt Jackson RWA, Stephen Jacobson RWA, Luke Jerram RWA (Hon), Lesley Jones, Judith Jones RWA, Sean Julian, Sir Anish Kapoor CBE RA, Janette Kerr PHD PPRWA, Alice Kettle RWA, David King RWA,Hilary Kington, Catherine Knight, Sue Knight, Nicky Knowles RWA, Kim L Pace, Maria Lalić, Ellika Larsson, Ursula Leach, Cynthia Lear RWA, Debbie Lee RWA, Sara Lee, Marco Livingstone, Angela Lizon RWA, Debbie Locke RWA, Henning Löhlein, Sir Richard Long CBE RA RWA (Hon) Peter Lord CBE, Juliette Losq RWA, John Maine RA RWA, Melanie Manchot, David Mankin, Danny Markey, Barry Martin, Gail Mason, Anna Mazzotta, Kate MccGwire, Jenny McGee, Stuart McHarrie, Prof Ian McKeever RA, Chitra Merchant, Stuart Mitchell, Hemali Modha, Tom Mole, Nick Moore, Mali Morris RA, Sally Muir, Alice Mumford RWA, Andrew Munoz RWA, Lawrence Nash RWA, Maureen Nathan, Paul Newman, Camilla Nock RWA Alison Orchard, Gina Parr, Jenny Partridge, Giles Penny RWA, Howard Phipps RWA, Sue Pickering, Catherine Pink, Ingram Pinn, Tristan Pollard, Michael Porter RWA, Sandra Porter RWA, Charlotte Price RWA, Simon Quadrat PPRWA, Nik Ramage RWA, Peter Randall-Page RA RSA RBS RWA Hon D'Art, Maxine Relton RWA, David Remfry MBE RA, Carol Robertson RWA, Rosalind Robinson RWA, Fiona Robinson PRWA, Anne Rothenstein RWA, Remi Rough, Mary Rouncefield, Cecilia Rouncefield, Ben Rowe MRSS RWA, Paul Seed, Terry Setch RA RWA, Robin Sewell, Bina Shah, Miriam Sheppard, Christopher Shurrock RWA, Penny Simons, Ilona Skladzien, Jennie Slater, Laurel Smart, Gina Soden, Jem Southam RWA (Hon) , Emma Stibbon RA RWA, Trevor Sutton, Jilly Sutton, Mellony Taper, Giuliana Terran, Louise Thompson, Onny Thomson, Sadie Tierney, Francis Tinsley, Gavin Turk, Nicholas Turner RWA, Elizabeth Turrell RWA, George Tute RWA (Hon), Patricia Volk RWA, Johannes Von Stumm, Maryam Wahid, Caroline Walker, Ruth Wallace, Tom Watson, Chez Watts, Maz Weineck, Sue Whale RWA, Alison Wilding  RA, Melanie Williams, Lucy Willis RWA, Joy Wolfenden Brown, Bill Woodrow RA, Melissa Wraxall, Lisa Wright RWA, Hamish Young RWA, FYONAFINN, STEWY

The online auction reaches 100,000+ people from the UK and around the world. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, this year the cards will be on display in our beautiful upstairs Kenny Gallery, offering a stunning showcase. 

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