About this Event
Join in with this exploratory drawing session with exhibiting artist, Elisa Alaluusua, on Saturday 3 October at 2.30pm at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition, in the Buoy Store at Trinty Buoy Wharf.
Be inspired by the 92 drawing on show in the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition and enjoy this unique opportunity to draw at Trinity Buoy Wharf in a drawing session led by Elisa Alaluusua, an award-winning artist and an experienced artist-educator, working with sketchbooks, making works on paper and using moving image as integral elements of her drawing practice.
Elisa Alaluusua's drawing included the exhibiton is of embroidered fabricand made with graphite on paper (150 x 150cm, 2026) and titled, From Her Hands to Mine. Elisa says of her drawing: "About a hundred years ago, my great-grandmother Alina made beautiful textiles by hand in the village of Pelkosenniemi in Finnish Lapland. She was the first schoolteacher in the village, a well-respected figure in the community, and a keen craftswoman who loved passing on her skills to the next generation. My mother vividly remembers Alina never idle, her hands always busy with stitching and embroidering. A few years ago, I was given a treasure-trove by my aunt, full of delicate items by Alina. Handling them a hundred years later brings me close to the great-grandmother I never met."
Drawing materials will be available but please bring along a sketchbook and pencils. Suitable for 16+. The session runs for 1.5 hours, please gather in the exhibition before 2.30pm, as the session will start promptly.
Elisa Alaluusua (b.1970 Rovaniemi, Finland) studied MA Art as Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University (1994-95); MA Art Education, University of Lapland (1991-99); PhD, Chelsea College, University of the Arts London (2009-16). Selected group exhibitions: John Ruskin Prize 2026, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London (2026); Earth Photo 2025, Royal Geographical Society, London & UK tour (2025-26); Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024, 2023 & 2022, London & UK tours (2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23); Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017 & 2015, London& UK tours (2017-18, 2015-16). Solo exhibitions: Lost & Found, Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland (2026); Absentees, Korundi Wall, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland (2023); Memory Nuclei, Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Finland (2022); Sketchbooks – A Revelation, Art Space Gallery, London, UK (2018). Recent Awards: Highly Commended, RBSA Drawing Prize 2025, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, UK; First Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022; Second Prize, Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015. Lives and works in London, UK & Finnish Lapland.
About the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026: Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026, is the 32nd edition. A total of 92 drawings by 86 drawing practitioners were chosen by the distinguished Selection Panels for the exhibition, and shortlisted for the annual awards. Find out more: trinitybuoywharfdrawingprize.org
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition is open to the public from Thursday 17 September until Sunday 4 October 2026 at Trinity Buoy Wharf, open daily from 11am to 6pm. It will then tour to museums and galleries into 2027.
Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated Exhibition Publication, a downloadable Education Pack, and a programme of educational events including a Drawing Symposium on Thursday 17 September 2026.
The session is suitable for participants aged 16+, under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.
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Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, London, United Kingdom
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