Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Announces 2025 Call for Entries & Selection Panel

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 Panel. The annual open exhibition has a longstanding reputation for celebrating excellence in contemporary drawing practice and is led by its founding Director, Professor Anita Taylor.

We are delighted to announce the Selection Panel for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025:

• Fiona Bradley OBE, Director of Fruitmarket
• Kieran Long, Director of Amos Rex
• Soheila Sokhanvari, Artist

All selected works will be included in a high-profile exhibition that will launch at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London on 9 October 2025 and then tours widely in the UK until July 2026.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated publication and a programme of educational and engagement activities, including a symposium at Trinity Buoy Wharf.

Drawings shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 eligible for the following awards:

• First Prize: £8,000
• Second Prize: £5,000
• Student Award: £2,000
• Evelyn Williams Drawing Award: £10,000

The deadline to register for entry for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is 17 June 2025, 5pm. Following online registration, all entrants submit their artworks to one of the Collection Centres located across the UK. All works submitted are seen in person by the Selection Panel.

You will find the Entry Portal for the TBW Drawing Prize here.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 exhibition will be launched at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London on 9 October 2025 and will be on show to the public until 21 October 2025. The exhibition will then tour to a number of venues, and until the summer of 2025. The Exhibition Launch & Awards Ceremony will take place at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London on Wednesday 8 October 2025. Everyone with drawings selected for the exhibition will be invited to this event. A fully illustrated publication will be produced to accompany the exhibition. Educational and engagement programmes will accompany the exhibition, including a symposium at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Thursday 9 October.

Exhibition address:

Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JY

Exhibition open to the public:

Thursday 9 October – Friday 21 October 2025

The Buoy Store, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 0JY

Followed by an exhibition tour, venues to be announced shortly.