ABOUT
Shirley Kirkcaldy
Fine Artist
Artist Profile
Shirley Kirkcaldy is a contemporary landscape artist living on Dartmoor in the South West, a location that greatly informs her work. She thrives on the solitude of wild and windswept places and, what she sees and feels in the landscape, inspires an explorative and experimental approach to her practice. Colour, light and texture are elements that feature significantly and form the foundation for what she aims to capture on canvas – an ‘intuitive response to a place and time’. Working expressively in a variety of media, images that exist in actuality, are transposed as reflections of the prolific drawings and visual notes she makes on location. In the studio, these combine with materials to explore ideas created and by subtracting or abstracting information, final images move further away from documentary and towards anonymity. Thus, she is inviting the viewer to form their own interpretation whilst always conveying a personal significance. Shirley’s work is represented in private collections in UK, USA and Europe and exhibits regularly throughout the year.
Shirley Kirkcaldy CV
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Education / Development
2018 – Printmaking [Monoprinting, Drypoint, Collagraph] 2016 – Defining Practice [1 year], Newlyn School of Art 2015 – Plymouth College of Art [Life Drawing]
2015 – Oils and techniques, Newlyn School of Art 2014 – Pastel techniques
2014 – Colour and Abstraction, Newlyn School of Art
2013 – Printmaking [Etching, Collagraph, Drypoint, Monotype] 2013 – PTLLS Adult Teaching Diploma
2011 – St Ives School of Painting [Creative Materials] 2008/11 – Various workshops and courses
Exhibitions
Solo
2016 – ‘Defining View’ – Dulwich, London 2014 – Flavel Centre – Dartmouth
2013 – Devon Open Studios, 360 Gallery – Plymouth 2012 – Colour and Light’, Art at the Works – Tavistock 2011 – Bistro One – Plymouth
2010 – Devon Open Studios, 360 Gallery – Plymouth
Collaborative
2018 – ‘Carn, Cove & Common Ground’ – Dulwich, London
2018 – ‘Carn, Cove & Common Ground’, Salthouse Gallery – St Ives
2018 – Wildwood Gallery, Landscape Exhibition – Dartmoor [Selected Exhibitor 2018 – Delamore Arts – Ivybridge, Devon [Selected Exhibitor]
2018 – Wildwood Gallery Spring Exhibition – Dartmoor
2017 – SWAc [South West Academy] – Exeter [Selected Exhibitor] 2017 – ‘Sea Moor, See More’, Harbour House Gallery – Kingsbridge 2017 – Defining Boundaries’ -Harbour House Gallery – Kingsbridge 2015 – Salcombe Contemporary Art Fair [Selected Exhibitor]
2014 – Devon Open Studios, 360 Gallery – Plymouth 2013 – Mariners Gallery, – St Ives [Selected Exhibitor] 2012 – Phoenix Centre – Exeter [Selected Exhibitor] 2009 – Eddystone – South Hams
Representation
Tidal Gallery, Kingsbridge Wildwood Arts Gallery, Dartmoor
Texts and Articles
2018 – Featured artist ‘Devon Life’ magazine [May] 2017 – Featured artist ‘Dartmoor’ magazine [December]
Nominations / Awards
2014 – Finalist “Up and Coming Artist”, Fine Art Trade Guild.
Memberships
Drawn totheValley West Country Artists
DevonArtistsNetwork Pastel Society SAA Professional Member
Represented in private collections in UK, USA and Europe
Shirley Kirkcaldy
Experience
2016 [Feb-Dec]
Defining Practice, Newlyn School of Art, Cornwall
2015
Creative Painting, Plymouth College of Art
2015
Life Drawing, Plymouth College of Art
2014/15
Landscape as Power and Emotion, James Tatum
2014/15
New Pastel School
2015
Oil with Pallet Knife, Neil Pinkett, Newlyn School of Art
2014
Colour and Abstraction, Gareth Edwards, Newlyn School of Art
2013
Printmaking [ etching, collagraph, monotype], Mary Gillett, Devon
2011
Creative Materials, St Ives School of Painting
2008-2013
Various workshops and courses
Exhibitions
Scheduled Oct 2016
“Defined View”, Dulwich, London SE22 9EU
June 2014
Flavel Centre, Dartmouth
September 2013
Devon Open Studios, 360 gallery, Plymouth
November 2012
Colour and Light, Art at the Works, Tavistock, Devon
April – May 2011
Bistro One, Plymouth
September 2010
Devon Open Studios, 360 gallery, Plymouth
Collaborative
August 2015
Salcombe Contemporary Art Fair [Selected Exhibitor]
September 2014
Devon Open Studios, 360 Gallery, Plymouth
May 2013
Mariners Gallery, St Ives
September 2012
Phoenix Centre, Exeter
November 2009
Eddystone, South Hams
Media
Oil, Acrylic, Pastel [soft and oil], Charcoal, Graphite, Ink]
Nominations / Awards
Finalist for “Up and Coming Artist of the Year” 2015 – Fine Art Trade Guild
Memberships
West Country Artists
Pastel Society
Drawn to the Valley
Devon Artists Network
SAA Professional Member
Work Currently Exhibited At:
Mayflower Arts Gallery, Barbican, Plymouth
Hope Cove Gallery, South hams
Drawn to the Valley
360 Gallery, Plymouth [Resident Artist]