Drawing Room Stages Drawing Biennial 2026 with Simon Periton and Nicola Tyson
June 15, 2026, Drawing Room at Tannery Arts in London opened the twelfth edition of its Drawing Biennial, presenting more than 300 new drawings on A4 paper by international artists including Simon Periton and Nicola Tyson. The free exhibition runs until June 23, 2026, and concludes with a two-week online auction fundraiser where bidding starts at £400. Artists were selected by a committee of the gallery’s co-founders and directors together with invited curators and collectors, responding to themes of ecology, identity, spirituality, politics and imagined worlds.
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The biennial arrives as Drawing Room prepares to mark its 25th anniversary in 2027, reinforcing the institution’s focus on drawing as a core contemporary discipline. Collectors gain direct access to new works by established practitioners through the low starting bids of the online auction, offering measurable entry points into an artist’s practice ahead of potential market shifts. The thematic breadth signals sustained institutional support for works on paper amid wider collector interest in accessible, edition-adjacent formats.
- Artists: Simon Periton, Nicola Tyson
- Galleries: Drawing Room
- Locations: London
- Prices: £400
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