A prestigious UK art award exhibition is being brought to Dundee for the first time.
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize was established in 1994 by Professor Anita Taylor, now Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design at Dundee University.
Since her appointment at DJCAD last year, Professor Taylor has worked to involve the university in the prize.
Leading figures from the city’s cultural scene will help decide the award winners, with Sophia Hao, curator of DJCAD’s Cooper Gallery, and Sophie McKinlay, director of programme at V&A Dundee, appointed to this year’s selection panel.
An international call for entries has been launched to celebrate the 25th annual open drawing competition.
Shortlisted works will be exhibited at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London in September, when prizes with a total value of £17,000 will be awarded.
It will then go on tour, with the Dundee date and venue yet to be confirmed.
Professor Taylor said, “I am delighted that the University of Dundee is to be the new academic home of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize project.
“Drawing is a vital means of communication and expression for all, and relevant to all that we do in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.
“It is also worth noting that one of the very first award-winners in 1994 was Louise Cattrell, a DJCAD alumna.”
Professor Taylor is an artist, educator and curator, who founded the prize, then known as the Rexel Derwent Open Drawing Exhibition, in 1994.
This year marks the third year of support for the prize by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust
The prize has established a reputation for providing new insights into contemporary drawing practice and championing the role and value of drawing more widely.
It is selected by an annually changing panel of expert selectors.
Several individual awards are presented including a student award and working drawing prize which focuses on the role of drawings in art, architecture, design, engineering, manufacture, production and science.
