The Selection Panel for the international Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition and awards has been announced as Matthew Burrows MBE, Artist and Founder of Artist Support Pledge; Sook-Kyung Lee, Director of The Whitworth and Professor of Curatorial Practices at The University of Manchester; Professor Anita Taylor, Artist and Founder of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
The distinguished Selection Panel will choose drawings for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition and awards from those submitted by artists and drawing practitioners from the UK, and across the world, through the Call for Entries.
Drawings selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 touring exhibition are eligible for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 of £15,000; student entrants are eligible for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Student Award of £2,000 ; and those living and/or working in London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Greenwich are eligible for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Three Boroughs Award of £1,000.
Drawing is an extraordinary act, a movement that leaves a residue of stillness in its wake. Learning to draw, I suspect, is less about making judgments and more about celebrating what the human imagination can achieve with the most rudimentary means. The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize embodies that celebration, revealing the depth and diversity of drawing in all its forms.
As always, I am looking forward to seeing each of the drawings submitted through the Call for Entries in all their diversity, and that demonstrate the vitality of contemporary drawing as a fundamental practice for artists from across the world
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition will be held at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from 17 September to 4 October 2026 and will tour to venues in the UK until 2027, accompanied by a fully illustrated publication. The Awards will be announced at the exhibition preview on the evening of Wednesday 16 September 2026 at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
The Call for Entries for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 is open until Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 5pm. The direct link to the Entry Portal can be found here: https://artopps.co.uk/opportunities/tbw2026
