Drawing Session: Curtis Holder with model & dancer, DMAC

Drawing Projects UK was created in 2009 to develop and promote research initiatives in drawing, including the Jerwood Drawing Prize project, now known as the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. In 2015,a centre for drawing and contemporary art at Bridge House in Trowbridge, Wiltshire wasestablished and the remit of Drawing Projects UK expanded to form a drawing network and community through a range of complementary activities. With a project space, exhibition space, workspaces for artists, designers, creative and cultural enterprises, bookable meeting rooms and cafe, Drawing Projects UK is a unique creative and cultural hub, and is conveniently located adjacent to Trowbridge railway station.

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Join us for this very special Saturday morning Drawing Session with Curtis Holder and draw  model and dancer, DMAC, at Trinity Buoy Wharf

Trinity Buoy Wharf

Join us for a Drawing Session with artist Curtis Holder and dancer and model DMAC at Trinity Buoy Wharf on Saturday 18 October! This is an in-person drawing session, where you'll draw DMAC, dancer and creative, and the model for Curtis Holder's drawing Echoes of Eshu II, with Curtis in the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 exhibition."Drawing has always been my way of mapping the emotional landscape between myself and my subjects. It is a process shaped by presence, memory, and ongoing dialogue. Echoes of Eshu II came from experimenting with a new durational approach to portraiture, an extended collaboration with dancer and creative, DMAC. Over several months of shared time, conversation and trust, we produced a series of works that deepened my exploration of drawing as an act of co-creation. This second drawing in the series shows DMAC mid-undress, his upper torso exposed as he pulls off his shirt, with layered echoes of his body starting to unbuckle his jeans. It embodies conversations we had about revealing yourself as a Black gay man and navigating the complex realities of colourism, masculinity, and the impulse to suppress femininity. The drawing is created through repeated observation and intuitive mark-making, capturing not only DMAC’s form and movement but also the emotional tension beneath. While part of a larger sequence, Echoes of Eshu II stands alone as a moment of transition, a visual record of DMAC beginning to strip back layers of identity and of me learning to see him with care and respect."Curtis Holder (b.1968 Leicester, UK) studied BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Kingston University (1988–91) and PGDip Character Animation at Central Saint Martin’s, UAL (2004–05). Solo exhibitions include: Portraits of Brotherhood, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham (2025); Silent Echoes, Spoken Truths, Leeds Art Gallery (2024–25); Curtis Holder: Drawing Carlos Acosta, Birmingham Museum &amp; Art Gallery (2024–25); Portraits of Brotherhood, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford (2024); The Makers: Portraits from Backstage, National Theatre, London (2023). Group exhibitions include: Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (2025); Drawing (Paper) Show, Bridewell Studios &amp; Gallery, Liverpool (2025, 2023); Fragile, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London (2024); Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022, London &amp; UK Tour (2022-23). Recent awards include: Yaddo residency, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA (2025); John Ruskin Prize (2024); President’s Award, Society of Graphic Fine Art (2024); The Tom Coates Memorial Prize, The Pastel Society (2024); Guildford House Open (2023); Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year (2020). He lives and works in London in the UK.DMAC is a life model, dancer and creative, a self employed graphic artist and illustrator, based in London. You can find out more about DMAC on Instagram @dmaclifedrawingPlease bring pencils, sketchbooks and paper to this practical Drawing Session. The Drawing Session will take place in the exhibition in the Buoy Store at Trinity Buoy Wharf.#TBWDP25 #DailyDrawingImage: Curtis Holder, courtesy of the artist; Echoes of Eshu II, 2024, coloured pencil on paper, 150 x 121cm, photo: Colin Mills for TBWDP25

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Drawing Session: Curtis Holder with model & dancer, DMAC

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