Introduction to the TBWDP26 Exhibition & Education Pack

Join Anita Taylor & Chloe Briggs for an introduction to the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 Exhibition & Education Pack

Join Anita Taylor & Chloe Briggs on Thursday 17 September from 6pm to 7pm for this introduction to the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition and education pack in the Buoy Store at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

While this event provides a unique opportunity for teachers and lecturers to be introduced to the exhibition and the free downloadable education pack by artist and educator, Chloe Briggs, and Director of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Anita Taylor others are able to join this free session.

The fully illustrated publication can also be purchased at this event. Please use a School, College or University email address to qualify for a discount on the publication.

About the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026:
Selected by Matthew Burrows MBE, Sook-Kyng Lee, and Anita Taylor, the exhibition includes 92 drawings by 86 artists living and working in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Spain, and the USA. The selected drawings represent a diversity of contemporary drawing practice today, from modest and large-format works on paper to moving image and three-dimensional drawings that encompass an array of subject matter and content from observational and documentary drawing, social commentary, exploration of scientific systems, abstract and expressive depictions, storytelling, narratives, and reimagined worlds.

The drawings shortlisted for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 are by:
Susan Absolon / Elisa Alaluusua / Iain Andrews / Lucy Austin / Fi Bailey / Jeanette Barnes / Sharon Beavan / Vivien Blackett / Mandy Bonnell / Jane Bottery / Sian Bowen / Ruth Brumby / Lucinda Burgess / Caroline Burraway / Richard Burton / Robbie Bushe / Stephen Carley / Annie Cattrell / Louise Cattrell / Jung-Geun Choi / Liz Coxford / Yvonne Crossley / Kelly Cumberland / Adam Dant / Toni Davey / Jane Dixon / Steven Dixon / Sarah Duncan / Roy Eastland / Bella Easton / Kristian Evju / Sophie Firth / Charlie Ford / Efe Gago / Greg Genestine-Charlton / Ann Gillies / The Baron Gilvan / Andy Gomez / Aron Greenwood / Richard Gregory / Nick Grellier / Elena Grossi / Lee Hardman / Russell Herron / Harriet Mena Hill / Tracy Hill / Charlotte Hodes / Lucie Holzer / Alanna Luz Hutton / Christopher Jones / Nick Kennedy / Gary Lawrence / M Lohrum / Juliette Losq / William Lowry / Norman Mathieson / Heather McAteer / Kate McDonnell / Janet Melrose / George Meyrick / Jim Mooney / Tamsin Nagel / Simon Page / Patricia Paolozzi Cain / Lalinthorn Phencharoen / Sandra Porter / Dan Roach / Lewis Robinson / Clive Rose / Eunice Routledge / Paul Ryan / Minty Sainsbury / Solveig Settemsdal / Maggie Shafran / Chris Shaw Hughes / Stuart Shearer / Mark Shields / David Symonds / Sarah Tew / Chris Thomas / Jonathan Waller / Calum Wallis / Hannah Wu / Qinlin Yang / Trevor Youdale / Zhi Qian Jacqueline Yu

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition will open to the public at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 0JY from Thursday 17 September to Sunday 4 October 2026 before touring to venues across the UK into 2027. A fully illustrated publication, education pack and engagement programme will accompany the exhibition and tour.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize has an established reputation as the UK’s most important annual open exhibition for drawing. Founded in 1994 by artist and educator, Anita Taylor, Professor of Fine Art and currently Associate Vice Principal (Research & Innovation) at the University of Dundee. The annual Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize celebrates talent and excellence in current drawing practice. The exhibition provides an important platform for artists and drawing practitioners as a catalyst within their careers, and champions the role, breadth, and value of drawing in creative practice today. The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust, and 2026 marks the 9th year of their generous support for the annual open exhibition.

Drawing is Free was created in 2013 by artist Chloe Briggs in Paris. Drawing is Free is an initiative designed to bring people together around the pleasure and practice of drawing. It began as an invitation to a school community – students, faculty, administration, support staff and friends – to draw together. The idea was to offer drawing sessions that were free to attend and were free from judgement and critique (often reasons why people stop drawing).