Kieran Stiles studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art followed by a PGCE Brighton University. He is a visiting lecturer at The Ashmolean Museum Oxford. In 2019 he was Visiting Research Fellow in the Arts at Merton College, Oxford, where his exhibition Lightscape was listed as a Top Pick in the Saturday Times by Rachel Campbell-Johnston. As part of the research fellowship, he explored the links between psychological wellbeing and creativity. During this time, Stiles gave a presentation at The TS Eliot Theatre, examining the neuro-scientific connections between creativity and psychological balance to demonstrate importance of the arts in education.
Stiles is the founder of Oxford’s independent art school Art Courses Oxford, which specialises in developing innovative and assessable ways people can explore art and their own creativity. He has written and produced short films for The Ashmolean Museum and The St Ives School of Painting where he is also a visiting tutor. He was artist in residence at the 'On form 2022' exhibition of stone sculpture at Asthall Manor where he created large format paintings of the gardens and sculptures for a sell-out exhibition.
His work is held in many influential and distinguished collections internationally and most recently was part of the AT The Bus exhibition and auction at Sotheby’s, London. As well as being represented in St James’s by Browse and Darby, Stiles exhibits with Zuleika Gallery in Oxfordshire where he lives and works.