John Walker

(from Nielson Gallery, Boston 2002)

1993

Currently lives in upstate New York and southeastern Massachusetts

Education

1961 - 63

Studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris France

1956 - 60

Studied at the Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, England

Teaching

1993 - now

Professor of Painting, Visual Arts Division of School for the Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA

1989

Visiting Professor, Yale University, Graduate School of Art, New Haven, CT

1986

Living and working in upstate New York

1982 - 86

Appointed Dean, School of Art, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia

1980

Artist-in-Residence, Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, Australia

1977 - 78

Artist-in-Residence, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, England

1975

Visiting Artist, Columbia University, New York, NY

1975 - 77

Visiting Professor, Yale University Graduate School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT

1974 - 75

Professor of Painting and Drawing, Cooper Union, New York, NY

Professor of Painting and Drawing, Studio School, New York, NY

1972 - 78

Painting tutor, Royal College of Art, London, England

1969 - 71

Resided in New York, under the Harkness Fellowship to the United States

1964 - 70

Painter and graphic artist, London, England

1962 - 69

Taught, Stourbridge College of Art

Taught, Birmingham College of Art

Taught, St. Martin's School of Art

Taught, Royal College of Art

Selected One-Person Exhibitions, 1990-Present

2001

"Maine Landscapes," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"New Paintings and Works on Paper," Knoedler & Company, New York, NY

2000

"Prints from the 'Passing Bells" series and Other Works," Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA

1999

"A Theater of Recollection," Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

"Passing Bells," Knoedler & Company, New York, NY

"Passing Bells," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA, A series of 27 etchings from themes surrounding World War I.

1998

"A Theater of Recollection" Knoedler & Company, New York, NY

1997

"John Walker: Feeling, Form, Beauty," Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI

"John Walker: Recent Work," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"A Theater of Recollection: Paintings and Prints by John Walker," Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA. Traveled to Knoedler & Company, New York, NY; Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (catalog)

1996

"John Walker: The Serenade and Studio Paintings," Carling Dalenson, Stockholm Sweden (catalog)

"Paintings by John Walker," Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

"John Walker: Painting/Jay Wholley: Sculpture," Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1995

"John Walker New Paintings," Knoedler & Company, New York, NY

1994

"John Walker Small Paintings and Recent Works on Paper," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1993

"John Walker: Recent Paintings," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"John Walker : New Work," Knoedler & Company, New York, NY

"John Walker: Recent Drawings," Victoria Monroe Fine Art, New York, NY

1992

"John Walker: Small Paintings from the Alba and Oceania Series," Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, NY

"John Walker: Painting, Drawing," The Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI

"John Walker: Prints," Rex Irwin Gallery, Sidney, Australia

1991

John Walker: New Paintings," Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

"John Walker," L.A. Louver, Venice, CA

"John Walker: Paintings and Drawings," The Arts Club of Chicago, IL

1990

"John Walker: New paintings," M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY

"John Walker: Prints 1989-1990," Waddington Graphics, London, England (catalog)

Honors and Awards

1981

Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY

1976

First Prize: John Moores Exhibition, Liverpool, England

1974

Second Prize: John Moores Exhibition, Liverpool, England

First Prize: Bradford International Print Biennale, Yorkshire, England

1970-72

Harkness Fellowship, New York, NY

1969

Theodoren Award, New York, NY (Catalogue: text by Dore Aston)

1967-69

Purchase Award, Arts Council of Great Britain, London Gregory Fellowship in Painting, University of Leeds, England

1965

Third Prize: John Moores Exhibition, Liverpool, England (Open Section)

1960

Drawing Prize, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, England

Edwin Abbey Travel Scholarship

First Prize: National Young Artists Drawing Competition

Public Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Art Council of Great Britain, London, England

Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia

British Museum, London, England

British Council, London, England

Camden Library, London, England

Carnegie Library, London, England

Chemical Bank, New York, NY

Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL

Cleveland Museum of Art (Collection of Ana & Eric Baer),Cleveland, OH

Durham University, Durham, England

Exxon Corporation, New York, NY

Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Gelco Collection, MN

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

H.F. Johnson Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England

Leeds University Art Collection, Leeds, England

Leicestershire Education Authority, Leicestershire, England

McCrory Corporation, New York, NY

Merrill Lynch, New York, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Middlesborough City Arts Gallery, England

The Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Neuberger Museum, New York State University, Purchase, NY

Paine Weber Group, Inc., New York, NY

The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, England

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

The Tate Gallery., London, England

Trevelyn College, Durham University (Dining Hall Commission), NC

Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland

The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Selected Bibliography, 1990-Present

MacMillan, Kyle

"John Walker's Imagery Both Personal, Universal: Paintings, Prints Capture Memories of Great War," Sunday World-Herald (Nebraska), August 23, 1998.

Goodman, Jonathan

"John Walker at Knoedler" Art In America, July 1998.

Unger, Miles

"John Walker: New paintings and Prints," Art New England, April/May 1995.

Ben Lifson

"John Walker Knoedler & Company" Artforum, May 1993.