Drawing Biennial 2026

Exhibition dates, 16 Apr – 23 June 2026

Online auction open noon, 9 June 2026

Auction bidding ends 9pm, 23 June 2026

Drawing Biennial 2026 returns with more than 250 newly commissioned drawings by leading international artists. The free exhibition at Drawing Room culminates in a two-week online auction fundraiser, with bidding starting at £400.

As Drawing Room prepares to mark its 25th anniversary in 2027, this twelfth edition of the Drawing Biennial brings together artists working at the forefront of contemporary practice, reaffirming drawing as a vital and enduring discipline.

Selected by a committee of Drawing Room’s Co-founders and Directors alongside invited curators and collectors, participating artists respond to themes spanning ecology, identity, spirituality, politics and imagined worlds. Each artist is invited to produce a new drawing on A4 paper, using any medium.

Drawing Biennial 2026 includes artworks by Pio Abad, Bunmi Agusto,  Suleman Aqeel Khilji, David Austen, Charles Avery, Rana Begum, Huma Bhabha, Frank Bowling, Nicholas Byrne, Victoria Cantons, Alice Channer, Lubna Chowdhary, Eileen Cooper, Michael Craig-Martin, Richard Deacon, Charlotte Edey, Mona Hatoum, Donna Huddleston, Gary Hume, Chantal Joffe, Jasleen Kaur, William Kentridge, Ragnar Kjartansson, Matthew Krishanu, Michael Landy, Liza Lou, Goshka Macuga, France-Lise McGurn, Lindsey Mendick, Haroon Mirza, Francesca Mollet, Mali Morris, Paul Noble,  David Noonan, Isabel Nolan, Jockum Nordström, Precious Opara, Julian Opie, Hardeep Pandhal, Lydia Pettit, Paloma Proudfoot, Richard Mark Rawlins, Ro Robertson, Tai Shani, George Shaw, Mike Silva, Michael Simpson, Sin Wai Kin, Luc Tuymans, Nicola Tyson, Caroline Walker, Alison Wilding, Georg Wilson, Rose Wylie and many more.