Drawing Room

Current artist in residence Barbara Walker will hold an Open Studio, revealing work produced over the course of her residency at Drawing Room. She will be joined by Jacqui McIntosh (Exhibitions Manager, Drawing Room) for an in conversation about her work.

An afternoon of presentations and discussions, selected from an open call, examines recent research and critical issues around contemporary drawing.

​“There is always a figure, the ineluctable trace of the human presence. A figure drawn on a plain sheet of paper, or occupying a painted space lain out with cursory indications of floors, walls, horizons, earth, sky. It is day or night or some other artifical time.” - Adrian Searle

Drawing Room Directors warmly invite you to an exclusive visit to British Land Corporate Art Collection​

A message from Drawing Room Founders and Directors Mary Doyle, Kate Macfarlane and Katharine Stout: A snapshot of contemporary drawing, Drawing Biennial 2017  is an exhibition and auction that includes 247 works on paper made for and donated to Drawing Room by leading artists of different generations...

Birmingham based artist Barbara Walker has been selected for the 2017 Bursary Award. The Bursary Award reflects Drawing Room’s commitment to supporting the development of artists’ practice by providing opportunities for risk taking and experimentation. Every two years we offer an artist the opportunity to develop a body...

Documentation of The Importance of Drawing Fri 17 March 2017 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm Artists Sonia Boyce, Margarita Gluzberg and Bob and Roberta Smith present drawings that were pivotal to their development as...

Drawing Room is pleased to offer Drawing Circle members the privileged opp​ortunity to see a number of works in the V&A Prints and Drawings collection for an event kindly hosted by the museum especially for members.

Double Take is an exhibition that seeks to explore the multifarious ways photography and drawing have been combined and mirrored to extend both practices into new arenas in...