Graham McDougal (b. Edinburgh, Scotland) studied at Cumbria College of Art and Design and at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland, before earning a Master of Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
His work and exhibitions begin with the printed page, which he approaches as a site, and source for research and studio production. This involves photographing and scanning pieces of print ephemera, rare books, essays on art, typography and architectural design. These are typically found in used book stores or located in library collections. The publications that inform his work often describe how radical changes in the means of production can alter the function and intention of objects.
His work has been exhibited recently at Providence College Galleries, Regina Rex, New York; Firstdraft and KNULP, Sydney, Australia; and Outside Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago and Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia. His prints and multiples have been included in projects at the Print Center Philadelphia, IPCNY and Printed Matter Inc, both in New York. McDougal is currently the co-director of the a collaborative print publishing project Print Club Ltd. And he has taught within the art programs at Cornell University, Oberlin College, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University the University of California Davis.