A selection of Royal Cambrian Academician’s work exhibited within Chester Cathedral.

A two person exhibition featuring Royal Cambrian Academicians Ben Johnson and Barry Davies.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award aims to celebrate and promote the role of drawing within architecture, design and making processes. It is a special category within the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition and has a separate Entry Process and Selection Panel.

Selected from original artworks, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize and exhibition has an established reputation for its commitment to promoting excellence in, and celebrating the breadth of, contemporary drawing practice. This open exhibition is a platform for drawing practitioners to showcase their work alongside other leading contemporary artists and makers in the field with the exhibition launched in London and touring widely in the UK. In offering emerging, mid-career and established artists and makers an influential platform to exhibit their drawings, this longstanding exhibition project has developed new insights into the role and value of drawing in creative practice today.

The Architecture Drawing Prize, now in its 7th edition, celebrates the art of drawing in three main categories: hand-drawn, digital, and hybrid. The Prize attracted nearly 250 drawings from around the world, a record for the competition, with the majority of entries being in the hand-drawn category. The winners of each category have been announced. The winning drawings, along with the shortlisted entries will be displayed at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 29 November until 1 December 2023, and at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London from 31 January to 3 March 2024. The Overall Winner will announced on 29 January 2024 as part of a webinar hosted by Sir John Soane’s Museum, ahead of the exhibition.

Hand-Drawn Category Winner - Ben Johnson

The Architecture Drawing Prize, now in its 7th edition, celebrates the art of drawing in three main categories: hand-drawn, digital, and hybrid. The Prize attracted nearly 250 drawings from around the world, a record for the competition, with the majority of entries being in the hand-drawn category. The winners of each category have been announced. The winning drawings, along with the shortlisted entries will be displayed at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 29 November until 1 December 2023.

Winner of the Hand-Drawn Category - Ben Johnson

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award aims to celebrate and promote the role of drawing within architecture, design and making processes. It is a special category within the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition and has a separate Entry Process and Selection Panel.

Selected from original artworks, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize and exhibition has an established reputation for its commitment to promoting excellence in, and celebrating the breadth of, contemporary drawing practice. This open exhibition is a platform for drawing practitioners to showcase their work alongside other leading contemporary artists and makers in the field with the exhibition launched in London and touring widely in the UK. In offering emerging, mid-career and established artists and makers an influential platform to exhibit their drawings, this longstanding exhibition project has developed new insights into the role and value of drawing in creative practice today.

The act of making a painting is equal parts magic and science. The ability to create a picture of an entirely new place, whether inspired by imagination or observed in the physical world, has fascinated people since the dawn of time. And no matter how many times in modern and contemporary art history painting has been declared passe or even dead as a creative force, painting abides.

Reflecting on the history of American Realism one can see the endless variety of approaches artists choose to record their world. Beyond the Lens: Photorealist Perspectives on Looking, Seeing, and Painting continues this thread, offering viewers an opportunity to explore a singular and still vigorous aspect of American painting.

Photorealism found its roots in the late 1960s in California and New York, coexisting with an explosion of new ideas in art-making that included Conceptual, Pop, Minimalism, Land and Performance Art. At first representational realism coexisted with the thematic and conceptual explosion, but eventually found itself relegated to the margins in terms of critical and curatorial attention. Often misunderstood and sometimes negatively criticized or lampooned as a betrayal of modernism’s commitment to abstraction, the artists involved in Photorealism nevertheless remained committed explorers of the particular trail they had blazed. In the decades of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, realistic and representational painting has experienced a renaissance, as contemporary artists are increasingly drawn to narrative and storytelling.  Concurrently, the use of a camera as a preparatory tool equally legitimate and valuable as pencils and pens, has made the rubric of Photorealism increasingly relevant.

Photorealism shares many of the approaches of historical and modernist realism, with the exception of an emphatic reliance on the use of photography and computer programs as image capture devices, incorporating formal tactics such as detached perspective and flattened compositional space. The use of the camera as a basic tool for capturing and organizing visual information in advance of painterly expression is now quite common, but Photorealists embarked on a new way of seeing and depicting that relied on taking the photographic image, quite literally, as the starting point in the world in their creative process. What we see, how we see, and how we respond to and express visual information is at the heart of the concept of Beyond the Lens: Photorealist Perspectives on Looking, Seeing, and Painting.

This exhibition is organized by the Asheville Art Museum and guest curated by Terrie Sultan. This exhibition is sponsored by Jim & Julia Calkins Peterson.

New work by members of the Royal Cambrian Academicians in the 140th annual summer exhibition. A diverse show, with something for everyone.

This year, celebrated British painter David Remfry RA takes the reins as exhibition co-ordinator. Remfry’s Summer Exhibition will explore the theme Only Connect, taken from the famous quote in Howards End by E.M. Forster.

A major figure of world architecture who is often seen as a leader of the "high tech" trend, British architect Norman Foster has designed many iconic creations throughout the world. Foster has selected a number of Ben Johnson paintings to exhibit alongside a vast collection of not only architectural models and drawings but many distinguished art pieces including works by Ai Wei Wei, Brancusi and Boccioni.

Occupying nearly two thousand two hundred square metres, the exhibition presents a large range of drawings, workbooks and multiple scale models and prototypes, affording us an overview of some one hundred projects in both architecture and design. A selection of works of modern and contemporary art underscores the degree to which they were markers of decisive aesthetic periods for Norman Foster. As an architect of networks, transport and exchange systems and organs of communication, Foster has always sought to place the idea of environmental control at the heart of his creations in order to transcend the idea of nature as completely external and ecology as protection and preservation. He thus developed a systemic global comprehension of nature and technology, reconciling technological progress and a sustainable ecological approach. 

Showing a selection of paintings, drawings and prints by Ben Johnson.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 exhibition of shortlisted drawings was launched at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Wednesday 28 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. From over 3,200 submissions by 1,673 artists located in 45 countries,134 works by 112 drawing practitioners were shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022.

A fully illustrated publication and public engagement programme will accompany the exhibition and tour.

The Working Drawing Award is a special category within the exhibition which celebrates the role of drawing within architecture, design and making processes. From almost 400 entries by 135 candidates, 21 working drawings by 19 practitioners were selected for the Working Drawing Award by: Peter Clegg, Architect, Senior Partner, Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios; Niall Hobhouse, Collector, Writer & Trustee, Drawing Matter; Tania Kovats, Professor of Drawing & Making, University of Dundee; and Daniel McAuliffe, Education Director (Hubs), The Prince’s Foundation.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 exhibition of shortlisted drawings was launched at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Wednesday 28 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. From over 3,200 submissions by 1,673 artists located in 45 countries,134 works by 112 drawing practitioners were shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022.

A fully illustrated publication and public engagement programme will accompany the exhibition and tour.

The Working Drawing Award is a special category within the exhibition which celebrates the role of drawing within architecture, design and making processes. From almost 400 entries by 135 candidates, 21 working drawings by 19 practitioners were selected for the Working Drawing Award by: Peter Clegg, Architect, Senior Partner, Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios; Niall Hobhouse, Collector, Writer & Trustee, Drawing Matter; Tania Kovats, Professor of Drawing & Making, University of Dundee; and Daniel McAuliffe, Education Director (Hubs), The Prince’s Foundation.

The annual Architecture Drawing Prize celebrates the importance of drawing as a tool in capturing and communicating architectural ideas.

Below are the 2022 winning and shortlisted entries, which will also go on display at the World Architecture Festival, 30 November – 2 December 2022 and at the Sir John Soane’s Museum, 8 February – 7 May 2023.

Private View 7th February 6pm - 8pm

Sir John Soane’s Museum

13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP

Louis K. Meisel Gallery , Stand n° AM408

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 exhibition of shortlisted drawings was launched at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Wednesday 28 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. From over 3,200 submissions by 1,673 artists located in 45 countries,134 works by 112 drawing practitioners were shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022.

A fully illustrated publication and public engagement programme will accompany the exhibition and tour.

The Working Drawing Award is a special category within the exhibition which celebrates the role of drawing within architecture, design and making processes. From almost 400 entries by 135 candidates, 21 working drawings by 19 practitioners were selected for the Working Drawing Award by: Peter Clegg, Architect, Senior Partner, Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios; Niall Hobhouse, Collector, Writer & Trustee, Drawing Matter; Tania Kovats, Professor of Drawing & Making, University of Dundee; and Daniel McAuliffe, Education Director (Hubs), The Prince’s Foundation.

The exhibition will further tour to ArtHouse Jersey 9th February 2023 - 26th March 2023.

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022 exhibition of shortlisted drawings was launched at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Wednesday 28 September at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. From over 3,200 submissions by 1,673 artists located in 45 countries,134 works by 112 drawing practitioners were shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022.

The exhibition of shortlisted works is open to the public, and free to see, at Trinity Buoy Wharf from 29 September to 16 October 2022. The show will then tour to venues across the UK. A fully illustrated publication and public engagement programme will accompany the exhibition and tour.

The Working Drawing Award is a special category within the exhibition which celebrates the role of drawing within architecture, design and making processes. From almost 400 entries by 135 candidates, 21 working drawings by 19 practitioners were selected for the Working Drawing Award by: Peter Clegg, Architect, Senior Partner, Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios; Niall Hobhouse, Collector, Writer & Trustee, Drawing Matter; Tania Kovats, Professor of Drawing & Making, University of Dundee; and Daniel McAuliffe, Education Director (Hubs), The Prince’s Foundation.

The exhibition will tour to The Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery (Hampshire Cultural Trust) 26th October 2022 - 22nd January 2023 & ArtHouse Jersey 9th February 2023 - 26th March 2023.

Under The Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Federal Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, Cultural Affairs Department at Sharjah Department of Culture and information, has organised the 24th Edition of Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival.

The annual Islamic Arts Festival began in 1998 under the supervision and organisation of the Directorate of Art in the Department of Culture and Information, with the intention of exhibiting various kinds of traditional and contemporary Islamic arts. 

Over its consecutive editions, the Festival was able to display different vibrant styles of Islamic Art through a selection of art projects illustrating the authenticity of Islamic Art and its ability to keep up with current artistic changes.

The Festival is one of the most renowned Islamic Art events in the region, and its events include local and international exhibitions, intellectual programmes, and interactive activities.

The V&A has teamed up with Make Architects to launch the Vault of Contemporary Art's (VCA) inaugural exhibition Perfect Spaces: Paintings by Ben Johnson. Transforming the museum’s John Madejski Garden into a digital gallery, to coincide with London Festival of Architecture, visitors will access the experience via a dedicated website and navigate twelve pavilions, each containing the stunningly detailed works of artist Ben Johnson. Featuring artworks, additional content, a virtual studio tour and video footage, audiences will be able to view Johnson’s process and works like never before. Created in meticulous detail, Johnson’s paintings are large-scale interpretations of iconic architecture, from the Crystal Palace to Neues Museum - paintings that are sometimes years in the making. 

Christopher Turner, the curator and Head of Architecture and Digital at the V&A said: "Ben Johnson's meticulous, detailed paintings of buildings, which mix traditional modes of artistic production with digital technology, are the result of 50 years of deep engagement with architecture. The first time I saw one of his canvases, depicting the swimming pool at Norman Foster's Willis Building in Ipswich, full of glamour and geometry, I had to seek out its maker. The resulting studio visit, a history lesson in architecture, led to this virtual retrospective".

https://www.vca.gallery 

Curated by Marguerite Horner

Exhibiting Artists: John Atkin, Franki Austin, Day Bowman, Luke Caulfield, Claudia De Grandi, Alex Hanna, Kaori Homma, Ben Johnson, Graham Martin, Sneh Mehta, Kate Mieczkowska, Alan Rankle, Rob Reed, Katherine Russell, Sarah Shaw, Andrew Stahl, Judith Tucker.