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Doug Kirton
painter
Canadian,
b. 1955
Doug Kirton received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1978, and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Guelph in 1994. As both an artist and as a professor, Kirton has earned the respect and fondness of his peers and students. He joined the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) in 2001. For his exceptional teaching, Kirton was honoured with the UWaterloo Distinguished Teacher Award as well as the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010. His knowledge and excitement for learning inspires new generations of artists year after year. Kirton was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2002. He has exhibited across Canada as well as the United States, Europe and China, and his work is found in many private and public collections including the Shanghai Art Museum, China; the Vancouver Art Gallery (BC); the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON); and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto).