Following his BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths (2017), Dougal graduated from The Royal Drawing School’s postgraduate scholarship programme (2022) where he was awarded the ACS Drawing prize.

He currently has works in the Royal Collection and private collections internationally.

Past Exhibitions

‘Whispers on the Walls’ - A participatory drawing installation inspired by the work of Paula Rego. The Wilson Museum. (2026)

‘CCA Emerging Artist Award’ (2026)

‘Land-ing: Vision, Ritual, Dream’ - The Neo Ancients festival stroud (2026)

‘Contemporary Printmaking prize’, Fen Ditton Gallery (2026)

‘Other Landscapes’ Field System Gallery, Ashburton (2026)

‘Earth Magic’ Museum in the park Stroud (2025)

‘Placed’ Rattle and Brash, Stroud (2025)

'Reassurance Across The Aeons’ Solo Show. SVA Stroud. (2025)

Woolwich contemporary the directors cut August (2025)

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair- Woolwich Works, London (2024)

'Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair- Directors Cut'- Online (2024)

‘The Very Hours Pass Unnoticed’ - Warbling Collective. (2024)

‘Between earth and Sky’ Chapels of Rest, Stroud, group show (2023).

‘Dougal Kirkland in Residence’ - TOAST Westbourne Grove (2023)

‘Works on Paper’ - Blue shop Cottage Gallery, group show (2023)

‘Opening Show’ - Not for sale gallery (2023)

‘Gloaming’ - Weven Folk Gallery, group show (2022)

‘Orbury Common around the Maypole’ - The goods shed (2022)

‘Best of the drawing year’ - Christie’s (2022)

‘Drawing Year Exhibition’ - Royal Drawing School (2022)

‘Estival’ - Weven Folk Gallery, group show (2021)

‘Labyrinth - A Solstice Celebration’ - Studio 18, group show (2019) Curated by Dougal Kirkland

‘Sweet Art’ Espacio Gallery, group show (2018)

‘Final Show’ - Goldsmiths (2017)

Residencies

Barbara Webb Printmaking Award. GPC Stroud (June - October 2024)

Dumfries House- Printmaking Residency. (2024)

TOAST Westbourne Grove - Drawing Residency & Exhibition - (2023)

Dumfries House - Drawing Residency (2023)

Stroud Valley Arts - Drawing Residency & Exhibition. (2021)

Awards
ACS Drawing Prize (2022)

CCA Emerging Artist Award (2026)- Highly Commended

Fen Ditton Contemporary printmaking prize (2026) - Shortlisted

Publications:

'Emergence'- Unlimited Publications- Published in Turkish and English (2026)

'Reassurance across the Aeons' - Good on paper magazine. (2025)

'Seedlings V: Queer as nature'- Seedlings publications limited edition (2025)

'Dougal Kirkland'- The wandering wizard issue 2 (2025)

A young man with light brown hair, wearing a dark shirt and a purple apron, sitting on a wooden stool in an art studio surrounded by colorful landscape paintings on the walls. The studio has paint splatters on the wall and floor.