Shirley Kirkcaldy [SWAc]
Born : London, England
Currently lives and works on Dartmoor, near Yelverton, Devon
shirleyk.arts@gmail.com | www.shirleykirkcaldyart.com
Shirley Kirkcaldy is an established artist, working primarily in oils and mixed media and painting the moorlands and coastlines of southwest England for almost 20 years. She is an Academician with the South West Academy of Fine & Applied Arts and exhibits across the UK. Shirley has featured across a range of media and sells her work through galleries, her website and Dartmoor studio
2025 EXHIBITIONS
July 18th - 25th / ‘Light in the West’ - Royal Watercolour Society Galllery, Whitcomb St, London
September 6th - 15th / Dartmoor Exhibition - Neadon Barn, Dartmoor, Devon
October 1st - ongoing / Whitfield Gallery, Salcombe, devon
October 28th - November 8th / SWAc, Kennaway Hiouse, Sidmouth, Devon.
PAST SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 / Featured Artist, Wildwood Arts, Dartmoor, Devon
2019 / Land and Sea, Salthouse Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2017 / From West to East, Dulwich, London
2016 / Defining View, Dulwich, London
2014 / Framing the Landscape, 360 Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
PAST SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 / Sou’Sou’ West Gallery, Symondsbury, 20th April - 12th May
2024 / SWAc, Delamore Arts, Cornwood, 1st - 31st May
2024 / Artizan Gallery, Torquay, 19th May - 30th June
2024 / RNLI, Newton Ferrers, 24th - 25th August
2024 / SWAc, Kennaway House Sidmouth
2023 / SHAF Arts Trail, Newton Ferrers, Devon
2023 / RNLI Art Fair, South Hams, Devon
2023 / Delamore Arts, Delamore Estate, Ivybridge, Devon [SWAc]
2023 / Creative Journey, Sou’ Sou’ West Gallery, Symondsbury, Dorset
2022 / Summer Show, Greenhill Arts, Dartmoor, Devon
2022 / Southwest Contemporary, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, Devon
2022 / RNLI Art Fair, South Hams, Devon
2022 / Delamore Arts, Delamore Estate, Ivybridge, Devon [SWAc] [Annual]
2022 / SWAc, Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
2021 / Winter Show, Wildwood Arts, Dartmoor, Devon
2021 / RNLI Art Fair, Salcombe, Devon
2021 / Female Artists of the Southwest, RHS Rosemoor, Devon
2020 / Into the Light, Artframe, Plymouth, Devon [Curator]
2019 / Contemporary Collective, Wildwood Arts, Dartmoor, Devon
2019 / SHAF Arts Trail, Tidal Gallery, Kingsbridge, Devon
2019 / SWAc Summer Show, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
2019 / Bath SW Children’s Hospice, Online, Art Gallery SW
2018 / Contemporary Landscape, Wildwood arts, Dartmoor
2018 / Carn, Cove & Common Ground, Salthouse Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2018 / Carn, Cove & Common Ground, Dulwich, London
2018 / South West Academy, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon
2017 / Sea Moor, See More, Harbour House, Kingsbridge
2017 / Defining Boundaries, Harbour House, Kingsbridge
2015 / St Ives Society of Artists, Mariners Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2015 / Contemporary Art Fair, Salcombe, Devon
2015 / Guild Society of Fine Artists, London
2014 / St Ives Society of Artists, Mariners Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2013 / St Ives Society of Artists, Mariners Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2012 / Devon Artist Network, Phoenix Centre, Exeter
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Sou’ Sou’ West Gallery, Symondsbury, Dorset
Delamore Arts, Cornwood, Devon
Wychwood Gallery, Cotswolds
Art Gallery SW [online]
Singulart [online]
MEMBERSHIPS
South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts [Academician]
FILM, TEXT, ARTICLES & MEDIA
2025 / ITV ‘Unwind’ Series 4 [Featured Artist]
2024 / ITV ‘Unwind’ Series 4 [Featured Artist]
2023 ITV ‘Unwind’ Series 3 [Featured Artist]
2021 ‘Light in the West’ – a book celebrating art and artists of the Southwest
2019 ‘The Artist’ [Featured Artist]
2018 & 2017 ‘Devon Life’ [Featured Artist]
2018 & 2017 ‘Dartmoor’ [Featured Artist]
NOMINATIONS
2015 Up and Coming Artist – National Finalist [Shortlisted 1 of 4], Guild Society of Fine Artists