Pauline Mercier Award 2025
The assessor for the Pauline Mercier Award for 2025 was Dr. Hannah Lyons, Curator of University Art Collections, University of Reading.
Winner
2025
Collection of Limestone Sculptures
Limestone
Roger Smalley
Assessor: Dr. Hannah Lyons
Congratulations to Roger Smalley winner of the 2025 Pauline Mercier Award for his collection of limestone sculptures.
Hannah said about the winning 3D artworks “I have admired Roger’s limestone sculptures for a long time, and so tonight’s collection of 9 just caught my eye as soon as I came in here. I love the way he is able to manipulate the limestone into distinct forms, from human figures to more Modernist, geometric constructions.”
Hannah awarded Paul Whitehouse Highly Commended for his experimental piece “Composite I”, where he has used teak from Brunel’s SS Great Britain as a base, onto which is his familiar English alabaster.
Highly Commended
