Absolutely delighted to get the email through this morning that my drawing ‘The Villagers Decide’ is heading off to the RBSA Gallery (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists) Drawing Prize 2023!

It’s a real confidence booster having one of the new drawings accepted into such a prestigious show. The selection panel for 2023 are:

I’m a huge fan of artist Barbara Walker whose ‘Vanishing Point’ exhibition blew my mind, so it was especially thrilling to be selected this year.

delighted to get the email through this morning that my drawing ‘The Villagers Decide’ is heading off to the RBSA Gallery (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists) Drawing Prize 2023!

It’s a real confidence booster having one of the new drawings accepted into such a prestigious show. The selection panel for 2023 are:

I’m a huge fan of artist Barbara Walker whose ‘Vanishing Point’ exhibition blew my mind, so it was especially thrilling to be selected this year.

detail from my selected drawing 'The Villagers Decide', ink on paper, image size 16cm diameter, Charlie Kirkham, 2023
detail from my selected drawing ‘The Villagers Decide’, ink on paper, image size 16cm diameter, Charlie Kirkham, 2023

Congratulations to the other selected artists (if your link is wrong please let me know):

Andi , Ian Andrews, Brie Barnacle, Andrew Barrowman, Marius Bejera, Su Bonfanti, Hannah Broadhead, Christy Burdock, Moss Carroll, Guy Chapman, Lyndell Clarkson, Lizzie Coles, Sarah Cooling, Max Cooper-Clark, Ann Dangerfield, John Devane, Paul Digby, Sarah Dukes, Roy Eastland, Steve Evans, Ryan Everson, Malcolm Franklin, Mariacristina Gardiner, Nic Gear, Mark Gibbs, David Gleeson, Lawrence Green, Stanley Greening, Caroline Griffin, Lela Harris, Michele Harris, Martyn Harris, Sara Hindhaugh, Kaye Hodges, Curtis Holder, Diane Howse, Oliver Ireson, Ed Isaacs, Andrew Jackson, Alice Jaeger, Rose Jones, Vincent Kelly, Katie Kesterton, Charlie Kirkham, Maggie Kitching, Juliana Lagerstedt, Leisa Langmead, Sadie Less, Henry Lees, Colette Lilley, Mark Lippett, Sion Llyw, Sarah Locke, Madeleine Lohrum Strancari, Claire Lycett, Louis Mackenzie, Tessa Maiden, Angela Maloney, Sue Mann, Anna Mansurova, Juliet May, Heather McAteer, Patrick Morales, Lee James, Robert Morrison, Linda Nevill, Helen Nodding, Jacob Oelmann, Kinga Oktabska, Eve Parnell, Ankita Patel, Leanne Pearce, Jason Powers, Ryan Ranger, Richard Rawlins, Thomas Rimmington, Gabrielle Roberts-Dalton, Neil Rogers, Chris Salmon, Caragh Savage, Priyadarsini Shanmugasundaram, Georgie Sherrard, Ilona Skladzien, Anna Smirnova, Erika Stewart, Vincent Louis Stokes, Sally Struszkowski, Bob Swingler, Andy Taylor, Edward Thrush, Jonnie Turpie, Patrick Twiss-Prentice, Pete Underhill, Michaela Wheater, Teresa Whitfield, Nigel Whittaker and Emma Worth.

There have been plenty of the summertime ‘not selected’ emails hitting my mailbox too this week, so if you’ve had one, please don’t give up.

Looking forward to sharing more news about this as it happens. The exhibition opens on September 5 and runs until October 15, 2023 at RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK.


REFERENCE LINKS

RBSA Drawing Prize – RBSA

RBSA Drawing Prize 2023: Selected Artists Announced! – RBSA

RBSA Drawing Prize 2023: Selected Artists Announced! – RBSA

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