TRINITY BUOY WHARF DRAWING PRIZE 2023

Announcement of the Selection Panels &

International Call for Entries

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; Barbara Walker MBE RA, British artist.

L-R: Laura Hoptman, Dennis Scholl AM, Barbara Walker MBE RA (Photo: Chris Keenan)

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 Exhibition: The Selection Panel will choose drawings from those submitted for an exhibition to be held at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London from 28 September to 15 October 2023 which will then tour to venues in the UK until June 2024. There will be a fully illustrated exhibition publication.

The exhibition will launch on 27 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf when the following Awards will be announced: First Prize of £8,000, Second Prize of £5,000, Student Award of £2,000 and the biennial Evelyn Williams Drawing Award of £10,000.

There is a separate submission and selection process for the Working Drawing Award of £2,000. This award is open for drawings by architects, designers and makers. It will be selected by Ben Heath, Principal, Grimshaw Architects; Debbie Hillyerd, Senior Director of Learning, Hauser & Wirth; Michael Pavelka, Costume & Set Designer for Stage, Screen, and Opera. 

Founding Director, Professor Anita Taylor, Artist and Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee says:

“We are thrilled to announce such a distinguished panel of selectors for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023 and for the Working Drawing Award. As we enter the thirtieth year of this open drawing exhibition project, we continue to attract eminent selectors and look forward to seeing drawings submitted from across the world to form an exhibition that will demonstrate the vital role and value of drawing within creative practice today.” 

L-R: Ben Heath, Debbie Hillyerd (Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Photo by Sim Canetty-Clarke), Michael Pavelka

The Call for Entries is open to all drawing practitioners worldwide, whether they are emerging, mid-career or established. For practical reasons, there are two separate submission and selection processes for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023: for those based in the UK and for those based outside of the UK who will submit as International Entries. 

Key dates for the Call for Entries:

5 June 2023: International & Working Drawing Award Entries Close 

30 June 2023: UK Entries Close

20 July 2023: Announcement of Shortlisted Drawings 

27 September 2023: Exhibition & Publication Launch & Awards Announcement

28 September 2023: Exhibition open to the public at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London 

15 October 2023: Exhibition closes at Trinity Buoy Wharf, then tours in UK

To enter (UK): https://tbwdrawingprize.artopps.co.uk/

To enter (international): https://tbwdpinternational.artopps.co.uk/ 

For press enquiries, please contact Marine Costello at Parker Harris:

E: marine@parkerharris.co.uk T: 020 3653 0891

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For information and updates on the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize see:

Website: trinitybuoywharfdrawingprize.drawingprojects.uk

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Photo: Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 installed in the Buoy Store, Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

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Credit to Aberystwyth University who provided the above press release