Riverside Artists Group (RAG) is an independent group run by artists for artists. Its aim is to encourage and promote constructive dialogue/interaction between a diverse group of up to forty practicing visual artists. Members have exhibited nationally and internationally. New members are welcomed annually, to create an exciting and progressive community. Artists work mainly within 2D: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and collage, with the range extending to sculpture, installation, performance, video, digital and public art. RAG is currently, and has been historically, at the forefront of innovative and ground-breaking presentations. In 1989, pre-perestroika, they were one of the first groups of British artists to be shown in the Soviet Union with work that toured Russia and was previewed at the Artists’ Union in Moscow. This led to an exhibition by Russian Artists at Riverside Studios in 1989.
