John Walker — Biography



1939 Born in Birmingham, England
Studied at the Birmingham School of Art Studied at the Acedemie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France

 

 Education:   

Studied at the Birmingham School of Art
Studied at the Acedemie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France

Exhibitions:

2005        Collage, Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
               Works on Paper, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2004        A Winter in Maine, University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, ME
               New Paintings, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2003        Changing Light, Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
2002        The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
               Paintings and Prints, DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati, OH
2001        Time and Tides, Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
               Maine Landscapes, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1999        Passing Bells, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA and Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
1998        Prints-Etchings and Monotypes, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1997        Feeling, Form, Beauty, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
               Recent Work, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
               A Theater of Recognition: Paintings and Prints by John Walker, Boston University Art Gallery, MA
1996        Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, MA
1995        New Work, Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
1994        New Paintings and Prints, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1993        New Work, Knoedler & Company, New York
               Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
               Recent Drawings, Victoria Munroe Fine Art, New York
1992        Painting, Drawing, The Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
               Small Paintings from the Alba and Oceania Series,
               Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York
               Prints, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sidney, Australia
1991        New Paintings, Knoedler & Company, New York
        
Group Exhibitions:

2004        March Heat, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2003        Artists Without Borders, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
               Past Memory/Present Feeling, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA
2002-2003    Painting in Boston: 1950-2000, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2000        Recent Paintings, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1998        Art Transplant: British Artists in New York, British Consul-General’s Residence, New York, NY
1997        Founders and Heirs of the New York School, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan and The Yomiuri Shimbun
1994        Drawings: Jake Berthot, Porfirio DiDonna, Stephen Greene, John Walker, Victoria Munroe Fine Art Ltd, New York, NY
               Inagural Exhibition, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Mordern Art, Sweden
1993        Summer Salon 1993, Victoria Munroe Fine Art Ltd, New York, NY
1992        Group Exhibition, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
               In the Spirit of the Landscape, Invitational, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
               Abstraction Per Se, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
1991        The Figure in the Landscape, Baumgartner Galleries, Inc, Washington D.C.
               Painting, Galerie LeLong, New York, NY
               Expressive Visions and Exquisite Images: Two Aspects of Art in the 80’s from the Richard Brown Baker Collection, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland                        University, Rochester, MI
1990        Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Malmgran Gallery, Sweden
               Heland Wetterling Gallery Shows Knoedler Gallery Artists, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
               Selected Works on Paper, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
               Jake Berthot, Harvey Quaytman, John Walker, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Awards and Honors:

2003    Kahn Award, Boston University
2001    The Benjamin Altman Prize for Excellence in Painting, The 177th Annual
1981    Guggenheim Fellowship, New York
1976    First Prize: John Morres Exhibitions, Liverpool, England
1974    Second Prize: John Moores Exhibitions
First Prize: Bradford International Print Biennale, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
1970-1972    Harkness Fellowship, New York
1969     Theodoren Award, New York
1967-1969    Purchase Award, Arts Council of Great Britain, London
            Gregory Fellowship in Painting, University of Leeds, England
1965     Third Prize: John Moores Exhibitions, Liverpool, England
1960     Drawing Prize, Arts Council of Great Britain, London
            Edwin Abbey Travel Scholarship
            First prize: National Young Artists Drawing Competition