Drawing Biennial 2026

"Featuring over 300 works by artists at the forefront of contemporary practice, this exhibition reaffirms drawing as a fundamental and enduring discipline. It is also an important fundraising auction that offers a great opportunity to acquire drawings by renowned artists working internationally, while providing vital support that helps keep Drawing Room open and accessible to all.

Artists were invited to respond to an A4 sheet of paper, using any method or medium, with the resulting works exhibited at the gallery and auctioned online during the exhibition’s final two weeks, with bids starting at £400. In the Biennial catalogue... four writers - Chloë Ashby (critic and author of The Second Self, 2023); Emily LaBarge (writer and author of Dog Days, 2025); Kadish Morris (editor, writer and poet); and Cleo Roberts-Komireddi (art historian, broadcaster and commentator) - provide different perspectives on the myriad of drawings on show, which represent a barometer of our collective psyche, through explorations of nature, ecology, identity, spirituality and world-building."

Featuring:

Pio Abad
Samira Abbassy
Kesewa Aboah
Bunmi Agusto
Maha Ahmed
Okiki Akinfe
Shadi Al-Atallah
Jonathan Allen
Emii Alrai
ruby onyinyechi amanze
Layla Andrews
Saelia Aparicio
Caroline AreskogJones
Kate Atkin
David Austen
Charles Avery
Vanessa Baird
Bobby Baker
Josephine Baker
Mahesh Baliga
Sarah Ball
Amelia Barratt
Anna Barriball
David Batchelor
Olivia Bax
Shiraz Bayjoo
Rana Begum
Sara Berman
Ingrid Berthon-Moine
Huma Bhabha
Andrew Bick
Sutapa Biswas
Juliette Blightman
Bea Bonafini
Frank Bowling
Gabriella Boyd
Shailesh BR
Jyll Bradley
Lewis Brander
Jessie Brennan
Koen van den Broek
James Scott Brooks
Pavel Büchler
Jane Bustin
Faiza Butt
Nicholas Byrne
Muhanned Cader
Victoria Cantons
Brian Chalkley
Alice Channer
Nandini Chirimar
Jione Choi
Lubna Chowdhary
Toby Christian
Jai Chuhan
William Cobbing
Mac Collins
Eileen Cooper
Marcus Cope
Rhys Coren
Emma Cousin
Michael Craig-Martin
Dorothy Cross
Martyn Cross
Layla Curtis
Peter Davies
Kate Davis
Richard Deacon
Benjamin Deakin
Ayla Dmyterko
Kimathi Donkor
Jatinder Singh Durhailay
Nicola Durvasula
Charlotte Edey
Marcel van Eeden
Simon English
İnci Eviner
Kristian Evju
Nicolas Feldmeyer
Cecilia Fiona
Leo Fitzmaurice
Laura Footes
Lilah Fowler
Jason Fox
Niv Fridman
Franziska Furter
Neil Gall
Ryan Gander
Jamie George
Joy Gerrard
Nuno Gil
Simryn Gill
Ludovica Gioscia
Margarita Gluzberg
Catherine Goodman
Dryden Goodwin
Alexander Gorlizki
Lothar Götz
Fiona Grady
Mary Griffiths
Oona Grimes
Catherine Anyango Grünewald
Adrian Haak, Jr.
David Haines
Susie Hamilton
Tom Hammick
Frank Hannon
Marie Harnett
Mona Hatoum
Paul Heber-Percy
Sophie von Hellermann
Mary Herbert
Paul Hodgson
Curtis Holder
Louise Hopkins
Rachael House
Rachel Howard
Donna Huddleston
Rowena Hughes
Gary Hume
Callum Innes
Vanessa Jackson
Ann-Marie James
Jerome
Chantal Joffe
Patrick H. Jones
Fidelis Joseph
Sanya Kantarovsky
Jasleen Kaur
Laurence Kavanagh
William Kentridge
Naiza Khan
Fiza Khatri
Suleman Aqeel Khilji
Radhika Khimji
Christina Kimeze
Richard Kirwan
Sharon Kivland
Ragnar Kjartansson
Serena Korda
Tania Kovats
Matthew Krishanu
Ansel Krut
Sameer Kulavoor
Michael Landy
Erin Lawlor
Deborah Lerner
Peter Liversidge
Liza Lou
Kate Lyddon
Anna Lytridou
Sarah Macdonald
Ellie MacGarry
William Mackrell
Goshka Macuga
Richard Maguire
Alice Maher
Jessie Makinson
Sverre Malling
Hynek Martinec
France-Lise McGurn
Jeff McMillan
Emma McNally
Robert McNally
Lindsey Mendick
Sam Messenger
Lisa Milroy
Haroon Mirza
Francesca Mollett
Jade de Montserrat
Simon Moretti
Mali Morris
Nicole Morris
Susan Morris
Ryan Mosley
Huma Mulji
Ciprian Mureşan
David Murphy
Ishbel Myerscough
Avis Newman
Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Paul Noble
Isabel Nolan
Minoru Nomata
David Noonan
Kristin Nordhøy
Jockum Nordström
Ruairiadh O’Connell
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
Sola Olulode
Kemi Onabule
Precious Opara
Julian Opie
Sikelela Owen
Rupaneethan Pakkiyarajah
Hardeep Pandhal
Fani Parali
Manisha Parekh
Aimée Parrott
Anna Paterson
Florence Peake
Hamish Pearch
Anna Perach
Peter Peri
Simon Periton
Kofi Perry
Lydia Pettit
Heather Phillipson
Sarah Pickstone
Benedetto Pietromarchi
Cathie Pilkington
Diogo Pimentão
Lucía Pizzani
Amedeo Polazzo
Jacqueline Poncelet
Prajakta Potnis
Candida Powell Williams
Kathy Prendergast
Alex Price
Paloma Proudfoot
Ana Prvački
Celia Pym
Saba Qizilbash
Saad Qureshi
Nathaniel Rackowe
Jagdeep Raina
Anne Carney Raines
Renuka Rajiv
Zara Ramsay
Richard Mark Rawlins
Andrew Reyes
Abigail Reynolds
Giulia Ricci
Frances Richardson
Joydeb Roaja
Ro Robertson
Francisco Rodriguez
Danny Rolph
Giles Round
Anupam Roy
Tanmoy Samanta
Prasanta Sahu
Matt Saunders
Amba Sayal-Bennett
Gal Schindler
Lara Shahnavaz
Tai Shani
Corbin Shaw
George Shaw
Adam Shield
Shine Shivan
Mike Silva
Vanessa da Silva
Daniel Silver
Michael Simpson
Sin Wai-Kin
Gagan Singh
Vibeke Slyngstad
Rae-Yen Song
Alexis Soul-Gray
Elinor Stanley
Georgina Starr
Mary Stephenson
Olivia Sterling
Holly Stevenson
Emma Stibbon
Soma Surovi Jannat
Shaan Syed
Niloofar Taatizadeh
Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck
Emma Talbot
Anne Tallentire
Liorah Tchiprout
Chandraguptha Thenuwara
Caragh Thuring
Mark Titchner
Suzanne Treister
Troika
Alison Turnbull
Luc Tuymans
Nicola Tyson
Markus Vater
Caroline Walker
Sharon Walters
Yu-Chen Wang
Charmaine Watkiss
Jerusha West
Alison Wilding
Georg Wilson
Hugo Wilson
Caroline Wong
Anna Woodward
Rose Wylie
Joel Wyllie
Rafal Zajko

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