Lachlan Goudie (born 1976) is a Scottish artist and television presenter.

Early life

Lachlan Goudie was born in

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, in 1976, the son of Scottish figurative painter Alexander Goudie. He was educated at the

Kelvinside Academy Kelvinside Academy is an independent day school in Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 1878. It has a capacity of over 600 pupils and spans two years of Nursery, six years of Junior School (primary school), a transition year of Senior Preparatory, and ...

, after which he studied English Literature at

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...

. Following this, he was awarded the Levy-Plumb scholarship of a year's painting residency at Christ's College, Cambridge.

Career

Goudie was awarded the R. S. P. Prize for painting at the

Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) is an independent organisation in Glasgow, founded in 1861, which promotes contemporary art and artists in Scotland. The institute organizes the largest and most prestigious annual art exhibitio ...

in 1999, and the N. S. MacFarlane Prize at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2001. He studied at the

Camberwell College of Arts Camberwell College of Arts is a public tertiary art school in Camberwell, in London, England. It is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgrad ...

and is a member of the

Royal Institute of Oil Painters The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, also known as ROI, is an association of painters in London, England, and is the only major art society which features work done only in oil. It is a member society of the Federation of British Artists. Histor ...

. He has presented the television programmes ''Secret Knowledge: The Art of Witchcraft'' (2013) and ''Stanley Spencer: The Colours of Clyde'' (2014), both on BBC Four. In 2017 he was a judge on the BBC's ''

The Big Painting Challenge ''The Big Painting Challenge'' is a television programme first broadcast on BBC One on 22 February 2015. It is a contest in the style of ''The Great British Bake Off'' but with the craft of painting rather than baking. Series 1 (2015) Una Stu ...

''. In 2017 he was commissioned to document the construction of new aircraft carriers for the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

. In 2015 he wrote and presented the four-part BBC series ''The Story of Scottish Art.''

Selected solo exhibitions

*1999: "From Cambridge to Rajasthan", Christ's College, Cambridge *2001: "A London Eye", Gallery Q2, London *2006: "Showreel", The Cremer Street Gallery, London *2008: "New paintings from the South of France", Thompson's Gallery *2009: "Dreaming Places", The Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York *2010: "Of the Moment", Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow *2011: "A True Wilderness Heart", The Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York

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*http://lachlangoudie.com/ 1976 births Living people 21st-century Scottish male artists Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Artists from Glasgow People educated at Kelvinside Academy Scottish male painters {{Scotland-tv-bio-stub