International Call for Entries & New Awards for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 The annual Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is now open for the 2026 edition - offering artists, and all who draw, from around the world the opportunity to showcase their drawings in the UK’s leading open exhibition dedicated to contemporary drawing. Artists and drawing practitioners worldwide are invited...
30-01-2026
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 is now on tour to The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Wirral CH43 4UE, and on show until 21 February 2026. The exhibition is free to see and open 10am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 10am to 9pm on Fridays, and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays. The Williamson Art Gallery...
15-11-2025
Established in 1994, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is regarded as the foremost annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the UK. On Wednesday 8th October, the 2025 Awards of £27,000 were announced. See images of the evening and the announcements at Trinity Buoy Wharf here. From a diverse and impressive worldwide submission of works, 82 drawings by 76 artists were...
08-10-2025
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 exhibition is accompanied by a range of educational materials including a fully illustrated publication, an education pack, and an almost daily programme of events to join in during the exhibition from Thursday 9 to Sunday 19 October 2025. The educational programme and materials aim to engage a wide audience with the annual open exhibition from...
14-09-2025
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 will announce £27,000 of awards for contemporary drawing on Wednesday 8 October at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 exhibition and shortlist includes 82 drawings by 76 artists eligible for awards with a total prize fund of £25,000. A further 21 drawings by 20 practitioners shortlisted for the Working Drawing Award...
12-08-2025
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 Call for Entries will close at 5pm (UK) on 17 June 2025. Artists and drawing practitioners worldwide are invited to submit up to three drawings for consideration for the UK’s leading open exhibition dedicated to drawing with awards of a total prize fund of £25,000. Selection by a distinguished panel of experts, the annual open exhibition...
08-06-2025
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award aims to explore and enhance our understanding of working drawings today. A worldwide Call for Entries for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2025 is now open until Thursday 17 July 2025. Architects, designers, engineers, makers, planners, scientists, amongst others who make drawings from which something can be made, fabricated, constructed or...
09-04-2025
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 is now open for entries, offering drawing practitioners around the world the opportunity to showcase their work in the UK’s leading open exhibition dedicated to drawing with awards of a total value of £27,000. Artists and drawing practitioners worldwide are invited to submit up to three drawings for consideration by the distinguished Selection...
27-03-2025
TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2024 - EXHIBITION & TOUR DATES 3 October to 16 October 2024Buoy Store, Trinity Buoy Wharf,64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JYtrinitybuoywharf.com 26 October 2024 to 26 January 2025The Salisbury MuseumThe Kings House, 65 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EN salisburymuseum.org.uk 1 February to 10 May 2025Falmouth Art GalleryMunicipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth TR11 2RT falmouthartgallery.com 19 June to 25...
14-10-2024
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 is on show at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 0JY from Thursday 3 October to Wednesday 16 October 2024, and tours to Salisbury, Falmouth, Dundee, and Manchester - until October 2025.From a worldwide submission of contemporary drawings, 94 drawings by 88 artists were shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 exhibition...
03-10-2024
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 exhibition will be on show at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from Thursday 3 October to Wednesday 16 October 2024. The exhibition is open to the public from 11am to 6pm daily, and is free to visit. It will then tour to Salisbury Museum, Falmouth Art Gallery, Drawing Projects UK in Dundee, and Waterside, Manchester until October...
26-09-2024
We are running a number of public programmes and events alongside the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 exhibition while it is on display at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from 3 to 16 October. This includes a symposium on Thursday 3 October and a day of events on Friday 4 October followed by online and in-person Drawing Sessions and...
25-09-2024
I draw a line from me to you - a day spent making lines of connection through drawing: A One-Day Drawing Symposium will take place at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London on Thursday 3 October 2024 in association with the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024, kindly supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust as part of The Big Draw...
25-09-2024
Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 received over 2,280 submissions from 1,270 candidates located across the world for its 30th edition. A total of 115 works by 108 drawing practitioners were chosen by the two distinguished Selection Panels for the exhibition and shortlisted for the annual awards of £17,000. Mary...
15-08-2024
Join us for a Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 Information Session and hear from Professor Anita Taylor, founding Director of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, about the exhibition and the current Calls for Entries for this prestigious exhibition and awards. There will be a Q&A session with the audience, so please do book and come along to an...
05-04-2024
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2024 is open to drawing practitioners worldwide, and aims to explore and promote the role of drawing within architecture, design, and making processes. As a special category of the overall Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition, it has a separate online Entry Process and Selection Panel, more information on how to enter can...
31-03-2024
The International Call for Entries for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 is now open for all drawing practitioners to submit their work for the exhibition and awards. Widely considered to be the most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize presents an exceptionally wide range of current drawing practices, demonstrating the depth and...
09-03-2024
After the presentation of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London, the exhibition will embark on a nationwide tour until September 2024. Tour venues include: - TheGallery at Arts University Bournemouth, 2 February to 16 April 2024; - The Arts Institute, Plymouth University, 4 May to 29 June 2024; - Turnpike, Wigan, 13 July to 14 September...
07-12-2023
During the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London there are a number of in-person events: 30th September 2023, 2pm to 4pm: Drawing Session with Elisa Alaluusua at Trinity Buoy WharfOn Saturday 30 September award-winning artist, Elisa Alaluusua, will lead a practical drawing session at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London as part of the programme...
07-10-2023
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 is currently on show in the Buoy Store at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from 29 September 2023 to 15 October 2023. The exhibition is free to visit and open daily from 11am to 6pm until Saturday 14 October and 11am to 2pm on Sunday 15 October 2023. Supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust, is...
07-10-2023
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust, is widely regarded as the foremost annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the United Kingdom. The 2023 edition marks the 30th year of the exhibition project and the 6th year of generous support from Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust for the annual open exhibition. In 2023, the...
29-09-2023
Join us for a series of special events at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London as we celebrate the launch of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 exhibition and mark the thirtieth year of this open drawing exhibition on 27 & 28 September 2023. The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 exhibition will open daily to the public at Trinity...
07-09-2023
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 received 3,000 submissions from 1,450 candidates located across the world. A total of 123 works by 110 drawing practitioners have been chosen by the two distinguished Selection Panels for the exhibition and are shortlisted for the awards. The drawings selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 exhibition are seen 'in the real' and chosen on...
12-08-2023
The Call for Entries for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 is now open to all drawing practitioners from the UK - and worldwide - to submit their drawings for consideration by a distinguished panel of selectors: Laura Hoptman, Executive Director of The Drawing Center, New York; Dennis Scholl AM, Collector, Arts Patron and President & CEO of Oolite Arts, Miami; Barbara...
08-03-2023
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 is on show at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House from Friday 10 February 2023 to Sunday 26 March 2023. The exhibition reflects a broad scope of outstanding contemporary drawing practice from across the world. Showcasing over 120 shortlisted artworks from the 2022 competition, the breadth of work on offer promises to create a spectacularly...
08-03-2023
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 exhibition of shortlisted drawings was launched at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Wednesday 28 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. From over 3,200 submissions by 1,673 artists located in 45 countries,134 works by 112 drawing practitioners were shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022. The recipients of the four awards, worth £17,000 in...
01-10-2022
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 will open to the public at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from 29 September to 16 October 2022. Alongside the exhibition, we have commissioned Chloe Briggs of Drawing is Free to devise an Education Pack inspired by the exhibition. This booklet is free to download here - and available in the exhibition in print (free for...
22-09-2022
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