“The Drawing Room supports drawing as a practice intrinsic to visual creative life.

As an institution that celebrates and investigates this essential expressive medium

it is a resource for all practicing and aspiring artists. It is an important enrichment of London’s artistic life.”

Antony Gormley (artist)

THE DRAWING ROOM explores ideas around contemporary drawing and makes them visible in the public domain.

As the only public gallery in the UK, and indeed Europe, dedicated to the investigation and support of contemporary drawing practice, THE DRAWING ROOM provides a unique resource for the promotion of drawing, its practice, theory and methodology. It provides opportunities for emerging and established artists, across nationalities, generations and cultures, to develop their practice. The programme incorporates a wide range of ideas from the traditional to the experimental, and is triggered by an awareness of artists' practice. It supports the production

of new work, acting as a catalyst to test the parameters of drawing.

Every Eye sees differently as the Eye (installation shot), 4 October - 2 December 2007; In collaboration with The Great Unsigned. Foreground: Kerstin Kartscher, The Sabine, 2005; from left to right: Heiko Blankenstein, Helioland, 2005, World at large, 2007; Ernesto Caivano, Unions and Offerings, 2004. Photo: Andy Keate

Geoffrey Farmer, The Last Two Million Years (installation view). Foamcore plinths, perspex frames and cutouts from selected pages of the history-book The Last Two Million Years Courtesy Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver Touring to Spacex, Exeter; 6 October - 1 December 2007. Sounds like Drawing, Robin Rhode, Bottles, 2005 Courtesy of Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York. Photo: David Austen The Secret Theory of Drawing, 2006 installation view Photo: Michael Franke  Laburnum Street Party Workshop on 1 July 2007 with Alison Guile

THE DRAWING ROOM ADVISORY BOARD is a source of advocacy, review, scrutiny and expertise and includes:

David Austen (artist and Director, Tannery Arts),  Peter Jenkinson OBE (Cultural Broker and member of 2012 Olympics Cultural & Education Committee), Cornelia Parker (artist), Andrew Renton (Director of Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London), Jeni Walwin (Freelance Curator & writer), Grant Watson, (Curator, MuHKA, Antwerp) and Sigrid Wilkinson (Director of Arts Co. & Arts Business Consultant).