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Two UAL graduates win awards at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024

A solid border frames an intricate black and white pattern of lines.
  • Written byEleanor Harvey
  • Published date 08 October 2024
A solid border frames an intricate black and white pattern of lines.
Window, 2024, ink on linen (diptych), 120 x 15cm by Hyeyeon Chung

Two University of the Arts London alumni have won awards in the 2024 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious open exhibition for drawing, the winners were chosen from 2,280 submissions by 1,270 candidates across the world.

  • Hyeyeon Chung received the Student Award worth £2,000.
  • Emma Douglas received the Working Drawing Award worth £2,000.

Hyeyeon graduated earlier this year with an MA in Fine Art: Drawing from Camberwell College of Arts . Emma completed her Art & Design Foundation course in 1976 at Central School of Art and Design, now Central Saint Martins (CSM).

About the winners

Hyeyeon Chung was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1992. Drawing is a pivotal part of her practice. Her intricate, monochromatic compositions are inspired by contemporary landscape, memory and diasporic experiences.

The Working Drawing Award celebrates the role of drawing within architecture, design and making. Born in London in 1965, Emma Douglas has exhibited in both group and solo shows across the UK including The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Flowers Gallery, Arusha Gallery and Norwich Cathedral. Her winning drawing is the plan for a mural the artist installed in Spa Fields, Skinner Street, London. It’s the eleventh work in a series of 22 murals in memory of her son Cato who died in 2010 aged 21.

Shortlist

In total, 24 alumni from across UAL were featured on the awards shortlist.

Camberwell College of Arts

Catherine Greenwood
Geoff Bartholomew
Lizzie Mary Cullen
Sara Choudhrey

Central Saint Martins

Akash Bhatt
Esteban Peña Parga
Martha Zmpounou
Susie Hamilton

Chelsea College of Arts

Carole Romaya
Ciaran Hughes
Felicity Warbrick
Kristian Evju
Phill Wilson-Perkin

London College of Communication

Elisa Alaluusua
Shihui Li

University of the Arts London

Chris Blackburn
Nicolas K Feldmeyer

Wimbledon College of Arts

Brian Shields
Eric Butcher
Juliette Losq
Justine Moss
Stefan Gant

Also included on the shortlist was Lucy Algar, current Course Leader for the BA Theatre Design course at Wimbledon.

Five paper cups lined up on a wooden shelf. Each as a detailed line drawing of a person in either orange, red or blue ink.
Life is Like a Paper Cup by Akash Bhatt
Pencil drawing of a person in a white vest, glasses and their hair in a low ponytail.
Reflections I (2022) 22 x 17.5 cm, pencil on paper by Kristian Evju
Concertina of paper with ink drawings on
Sessile oaks concertina sketchbook, Korean ink drawing by Lucy Algar
A mother kneeling with a baby resting on her leg. They're both looking down at the mother's hands.
Mother and child, watercolour on paper 2024 by Martha Zmpounou
Detailed drawing of abstract, rounded shapes coloured in different colours
Cartoon for a tapestry by Carole Romaya

About the prize

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Prize was founded in 1994, by artist Professor Anita Taylor (Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee) . It's established reputation as the UK’s most important annual open exhibition for drawing, championing the role, breadth and value of drawing within creative practice.

A total of 115 works will be on display at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 0JY until Wednesday 16 October 2024. The exhibition will then tour venues across the UK until July 2025.

Visit the Trinity Buoy Wharf Prize website.

Explore

Explore courses on offer at Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication and Wimbledon College of Arts.

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