The summer exhibition “There’s No Place Like It” is open to all members and fellows of the Royal Society of Sculptors, working in any medium. This year the work will be exhibited at Dora House, the home of the Royal Society of Sculptors in South Kensington from 19 September to 28 November 2026. The Summer Show will be selected and curated by Acclaimed designer Henry Holland. The opening day will be 19 September 2026 and Dora House will be open on Sunday 20 September as part of our opening celebrations.

The theme for the show is “There’s No Place Like It”

There’s No Place Like It”, explores the idea of home through the language of sculpture. I am looking to bring together works that reflect comfort, memory, ritual and belonging.

Works that consider the spaces we create around ourselves and the objects that quietly shape and bring joy to our everyday lives.

From the intimate to the architectural, the show invites entrants to reflect on what home truly means to them personally, emotionally, physically and culturally.

CURATOR

HENRY HOLLAND

Acclaimed designer Henry Holland has been designing products for fashion and interiors for the last 15 years, most notably with his label House Of Holland and recently launched Henry Holland Studio.

Established in 2008, House of Holland rose to fame with its cult slogan T-shirts - "I’ll Tell You Who’s Boss Kate Moss" - which catapulted the brand into becoming a regular at London Fashion Week for 13 years with its distinctive approach to bold pattern and colour.

In 2021, Henry stepped away from fashion and started taking ceramics lessons at his local pottery studio in Hackney.

Initially intended only as a part-time endeavour, he quickly fell in love with the calming process of building ceramics by hand, enjoying the slower pace it offered compared to the fast world of fashion.

Exploring his own interpretation of the nerikomi ceramic technique, Henry created a signature look for his ceramics using different brightly coloured clays.

This technique involves the slow method of stacking, folding and rolling differently coloured clay into slabs, then hand moulding them into functional shapes.

The result was a distinctive signature aesthetic and unique hand-crafted products that led to Henry establishing Henry Holland Studio following demand from Instagram followers.

His debut collection of ceramics launched in April 2021, selling out within 48 hours online, and was shortly picked up by Liberty London which launched in-store in May that year.

As well as launching its own in-house ceramic collections, Henry Holland Studio is now also working with different manufacturers in the UK to launch a series of collaborative products for different areas of the home.

"I have a strong belief that collaboration is key for small brands looking to develop a global footprint.

Working with like-minded creatives will allow us to offer our customers beautiful and exciting new products for the home, as well as championing some of the best craftsmanship we have here in the UK”.

Summer Show Award - Supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust

We are pleased to let you know that thanks to the generous support of The Marsh Charitable Trust, the curator of the 2026 Summer Show, Henry Holland will be able to award a £1,000 prize for an artwork of their choice.

KEY NOTES

The artwork submission form has changed from previous years - please allow additional time to familiarise yourself with this.  

• Artists may submit up to 5 works. The entry fee is £5 per work, with a maximum of 5 works permitted per artist.
• The submissions ask for installation and packaging details to assist in planning for the show, providing full information helps the curator and exhibition team.

Artist drop off at Dora House:

Between 10 am and 5 pm on

Monday 7 September

Tuesday 8 September

Wednesday 9 September

Work is to be delivered and unpacked with packaging removed unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Artist collection from Dora House is:

Between 10 am and 5 pm on Wednesday, 2 December

Up to Midday on Thursday, 3 December

• If work is being sent from abroad package labelling must be marked as 'Temporary import for exhibition' to avoid additional fees.
  
  
• Artists will need to supply their own plinths.
  
  
• The curatorial decision is final, no feedback will be given.
  
  
• Installation instructions must be provided in advance, if they are not already covered in the application we welcome further details via email or the instructions can be submitted via video.
  
  
• If appropriate works must be PAT tested, proof of testing will be required. If a work is not fully functioning on the day of installation it cannot be included in the show and may be removed.
  
  
• Artists will not be present for installation, experienced technicians will install work. Please provide detailed instructions if needed. 
  
  
• Artwork can be for sale. Commission is 30%, please consider this when listing your sales price on the form. 
  
  
• Entry is via this online application form only. Entry fee is £5 per artwork. You may enter up to five (5) artworks as separate submissions to be considered for exhibition within the Society’s gallery spaces (not the sculpture terrace).

The closing deadline for online submission is:

5 PM, 16 JUNE 2026

Notification of all results will be sent by email in early July 2026.

After submitting your first artwork, you will then be directed to make a payment. Select the amount for the number of submissions you would like to make.

If this is more than one, you will then be able to make further submissions by submitting additional forms up to the number of artworks you have paid for.