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John Walker 1939 Born, November 12, Birmingham, England 1993 Currently lives in upstate New York and southeastern Massachusetts Education 1961 - 63 Studied at the Académie 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

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John Walker 1939 Born, November 12, Birmingham, England

1993 Currently lives in upstate New York and southeastern Massachusetts

Education

1961 - 63 Studied at the Académie 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

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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 Exhibit ions 2006 “Seal Point Series”, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA and

Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

John Walker: Selected Work”, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

2005 "John Walker: Works on Paper", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

"Collage", Knoedler & Co., New York, NY

2004 "New Paintings", Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

2003 “Changing Light,” Knoedler & Co., New York, NY

2002 “John Walker,” The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

“John Walker: Oceans, Tidepools and Plein Air Drawings,” Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California

“John Walker,” University of Cincinnati, DAAP Galleries, Ohio

2001 "Maine Landscapes," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“A Maine Tidal Cove, Paintings by John Walker,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME

"John Walker: Time and Tides," 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," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

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

1998 “A Theater of Recollection” Knoedler & Company, NY

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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. Travels 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,

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London, England (catalog)

1989 “John Walker: Drawings from the Forge Series 1988,” Madeleine Carter, Brookline, MA

1988 “John Walker: Recent Paintings,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“John Walker,” Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

“Nancy Graves & John Walker,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

1987 “Recent Paintings by John Walker,” LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

“Salsipuedes Suite,” (monotypes 1986), National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

“John Walker: Recent Paintings,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1986 “John Walker: Recent Paintings,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

“Adelaide Festival of Arts,” Adelaide, Australia

“Contemporary Drawings,” Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, England; Rozell House, Aur, Scotland

1985 “John Walker: Paintings from the Alba and Oceania Series 1979-84,” Hayward Gallery, London, England; Fruitemarket Gallery, Edimburg, Scotland

“John Walker: Prints 1976-84,” Tate Gallery, London, England (catalog)

“John Walker: Bilder und Arbeiten auf papier,” Knoedler, Zurich, Switzerland

1984 “John Walker: Recent Work,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

1983 “John Walker: Drawings 1979-83,” Madeleine Carter, Brookline, MA

“John Walker: Recent Paintings,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY

1982 “John Walker,” The Philips Collection, Washington, DC; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

1981 Axiom Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

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Theo Waddington Gallery, London, England

“Drawings,” National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand; City Art Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand

1980 Betty Cunningham, New York, NY

Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

1979 “John Walker,” University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1978 Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, NY

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

“Drawings 1978,” Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

Museum of Modern Art, (Drawings), Oxford, England

Museum of Modern Art (Drawings), New York, NY

“John Walker,” The Philips Collection, Washington, DC

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1977 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1976 Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, NY

Galerie Marguerite Lamy, Paris, France

Reed College, Portland, OR

1975 Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, NY

Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

1974 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1973 Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, NY

Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany

Stadtisches Museum, Bochum, Germany

Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

Park Square Gallery, Leeds, England

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1972 British Pavilion, XXXVI Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England

Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany

Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY

Studio la Citta, Verona, Italy

1971 Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY

1970 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

1969 Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England

1968 Axiom Gallery, London, England

Hayward Gallery, London, England

Park Square Gallery, Leeds, England

1967 Axiom Gallery, London, England

Selected Group Exhibit ions 2006 “Against the Grain: The Edward Broida Collection”,

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

2003 "Artists Without Borders," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"Summer Surprises,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Passing Bells exhibited at Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

Passing Bells exhibited in Southern Graphics Conference “Making Histories: Revolution & Representation” Mass College of Art, Boston, MA

2000 "small works BIG IDEAS," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"In the Spirit of Landscape V," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"The Figure: Another Side of Modernism," Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY

1999 "Then & Now: Nielsen Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"In the Spirit of Landscape IV," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1998 “Milton Creates - Milton Collects,” Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA

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“In the Spirit of Landscape III,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, MA

1997 “Founders and Heirs of the New York School,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Japan and The Yomiuri Shimbun (organizing institutions, under the auspices of Ministry of foreign Affairs and the Embassy of The United States of America in Japan). Traveled to The Miyagi Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan.

“In the Spirit of Landscape II,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1996 “Faculty Exhibition / 1996,” School for the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Boston University, Boston, MA

“Still Life/Still Alive: Summer Invitational,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Working on Paper,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1995 “47th Annual American Academy Purchase Exhibition,” The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

“Ordinary Object - Extraordinary Experience,” Summer Invitational, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Painting The Intimate View,” The Painting Center, New York, NY

1994 “Works Selected by Dore Ashton,” Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

"Shrines, Symbols, and Cherished Objects," Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

“Drawings: Jake Berthot, Porfirio DiDonna, Stephen Greene, John Walker,” Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Ltd., New York, NY

“Inaugural Exhibition,” Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden

1993 “Works on Paper,” Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY

1992 “Group Exhibition,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“In the Spirit of Landscape,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Abstract per Se,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY

“Group Exhibition,” Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1991 Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

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“Painting,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY

“The Figure in the Landscape,” Baumgartner Galleries Inc., Washington, DC

“Expressive Visions and Exquisite Images: Two Aspects of Art of the 80s from the Richard Brown Baker Collection,” Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

1991-90 “Jake Berthot, Harvey Quaytman, John Walker,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1990 “Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Selected Works on Paper,” Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY

“Heland Wetterling Gallery Shows Knoedler Gallery Artists,” Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

“Monotypes form the Gartner Tullis Workshop,” Malmagram Gallery, Sweden

1989-90 “Figuratively Speaking: Drawings by Seven Artists,” Neuberger Museum, State University at Purchase, Purchase, NY; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MI

1989 “Invitational small Paintings,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“Methods of Abstraction,” Gallery Urban, New York, NY

“The Question of Drawing,” South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dale Community College, Miami, FL; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; University Art Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Gallery of Fine Arts, Edison Community College, Fort Myers, FL; University Gallery and Museum, University of the South, Sewanee, TN; Pensacola Museum of Art, FL

1988-89 “Works on Paper Invitational,” Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY

1988 “Viewpoint: An Exhibition of British Contemporary Art,” The Royal Museum of Fine Arts (organized by the British Council), Brussels, Belgium

“The British Picture,” L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA

“Selected Paintings and Sculpture,” Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987 “Monoprint,” L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

“Le Brun/Outon/Walker,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery,

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Santa Barbara, CA

“Art Against AIDS," for the benefit of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, participating gallery Knoedler, New York, NY

“20th Century Paintings and Sculpture,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Miami Museum of Art, Miami, FL

1987 “New British Art,” British Council Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland

“British Art 1990-1980: The Modern Movement,” Royal Academy, London, England

Stuttgart Museum of Modern Art, Stuttgart, Germany.

“Influences on Scandinavian Painting - Five Artists,” Malmo, Sweden

“Open Air, New Wing,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

“British Art in the 20th Century,” Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

“Paintings by Per Kirkeby, Emilio Vedova, John Walker,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY

“First Impressions: Recent Monotypes by 15 Artists,” Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1986-87 “Ringing the Changes,” Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London, England

“The Window in Twentieth-Century Art,” Neuberger Museum, State University of New Work at Purchase, New York, NY; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

“Drawings,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

1986 “After Matisse,” New York, NY; Queens Museum, Flushing, NY; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VI; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

“American/European: Painting, Drawing and Sculpture,” L.A. Louver, Inc, Venice, CA

“Summer Exhibition,” Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England

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“Selected 20th Century Paintings,” Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1985 “American/European, Painting and Sculpture, Part II,” L.A. Louver, Inc, Venice, CA

“Charcoal Drawings 1990-1985,” Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX

“Seventh Benefit Art Auction Preview Exhibition,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1984-85 “The British Art Show 2; Old Allegiances and New Directions 79-84,” (organized by the Arts Council of England) City Art Gallery, Birmingham, England; the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, England

“English Expressionism,” Warwick Arts Trust, London, England

1984 “Location,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

“American and European Painting, Drawing and Sculpture,” L.A. Louver, Inc., Venice, CA

“An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1984 “The Critical Eye,” The Yale British Art Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT

“eccentric image(s),” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Visions of Disbelief,” Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia

1983-84 “Ars 83,” Helsinki Art Museum of the Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland

1983 “Acquisition Priorities: Aspects of Postwar Painting in Europe,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

“Some Recent Acquisitions,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

“Artists Choose Artists II,” CDS Gallery, New York NY (John Walker chose Michael Young).

“American/European: Paintings and Sculpture Part II,” L.A. Louver, Inc., Venice, CA

“Prospectus,” Art Gallery of Sydney, Australia

“Drawings,” Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, England

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“New Art at the Tate Gallery,” The Tate Gallery, London, England

1982 “Aspects of British Art Today,” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan; The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan.

“Sydney Biennale,” Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

“Six Printmakers,” The Tate Gallery, London, England.

“Contemporary British Painting,” Museo Muncipal, Madrid, Spain

“The Granada Collection: Recent British Paintings and Drawings,” Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, England

1981-82 “13 British Artists,” Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany

1981 “Robert Elkon - Two Decades,” Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, NY

“Abstract Mythologies,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA.

“Toyama Now '81,” Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan

“Baroque ‘81,” Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, France

1980 “Hayward Annual,” Hayward Gallery, London, England

1979 Lunds Kunstalle, Sweden

“The British Art Show,” (Arts Council), Sheffield, England; Newcastle and Bristol, England

1978 “Drawings in Action,” Ferens Gallery, Hull, England

“The Critic’s Choice,” Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England

1977 “25 Years of British Painting,” Royal Academy of Art, London, England

“Prints,” Waddington Graphics, London, England

1976 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

“Arte Inglese Oggi, 1960-1976,” Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy

“John Moores Liverpool Exhibition,” Walker Art Center, Liverpool, England, (First Prize).

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1975 “New Work, Council of Great Britain,” Hayward Gallery, London, England

“Corcoran Biennial,” Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC

“British Graphics,” University of Kent Art Gallery, England

“Painting Endures: New York Painting,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

“Color as Language,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Bogota, Columbia; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Caracas, Venezuela; Monte Video, Uruguay; Mexico City, Mexico

1974 “Contemporary Art Society Show,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England

“British Painting ‘74,” Hayward Gallery, London, England

“John Moores Liverpool Exhibition,” Walker Art Center, Liverpool, England

Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nigel Greenwood Inc., London, England

Bradford Print Biennale

“Critics Choice,” Tooth Gallery, London, England

1973 “Drawings by New York Artists,” University of Utah, Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT“ Toward painting,” The Tate Gallery, London, England

1972 “XXXVI Venice Biennale,” British Pavilion, Venice, Italy. (Work shown later at the Kunstverein, Hamburg and Museum Bochum, Germany)

1971 “Drawings Show,” Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England

“Mirco Commemorative Exhibition,” Barcelona, Spain.

“ROSC Exhibition,” Dublin, Ireland

“English Drawings,” Angela Flowers Gallery, London, England

1970 “British Painting and Sculpture,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1969 “Theodoron Foundation Exhibition,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Paris Biennale, Paris, France

“Marks on Canvas,” Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund,

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Germany

1968 “European Painters Today,” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France; The Jewish Museum, New York, NY; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany

“Prospects 1968,” Dusseldorf, Germany

“New British Painting and Sculpture,” University of Los Angeles, CA

“British Painting and Sculpture,” National Gallery Pemio Avis, Jesi, Italy

1967 “Four Artists,” Betty Parson, New York, NY

Mostra Mercato d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

1966 “Recent Aspects of British Art,” touring exhibition traveling throughout Australia and New Zealand

1965 “Art and Narrative,” Zwemmer Gallery, London, England

“London Under Forty,” Gallery Milano, London, England

“John Moores Liverpool Exhibition,” Walker Art Center, Liverpool, England. (Third Prize).

Honors and Awards

2004 American Academy of Arts and Letters

2002 Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design Museum 177th Annual Invitational Exhibition, New York

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

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Edwin Abbey Travel Scholarship

First Prize: National Young Artists Drawing Competition

Publ ic Col lections

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

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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 Bibl iography

Kramer, Hilton “Painter John Walker Captures Light of Maine’s Coast,” New York Observer , Monday, April 14, 2003

Stomberg, John “John Walker and the Art of Teaching,” Bostonia , Spring 2003

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Smith, Roberta "In Connecticut, the Scars of War, the Works of Peace," The New York Times, Friday, July 30, 1999.

MacMillan, Kyle “John Walker’s Imagery Both Personal, Universal: Paintings, Prints Capture Memories of Great War,” Sunday World-Hera ld (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.

Hilton, Tim. “Maturity in Mayfair,” Manchester Guardian, March 26, 1989.

Gill, Susan. “John Walker: Knoedler,” ARTnews, December 1987.

Tucker, Phyllis. “Art: An English Painter From Down Under,” Newsday, October 18, 1987, part II/15.

Muchnic, Suzanne. “The Art Galleries: Venice,” Los Angeles Times, February 20, 1987.

Kramer, Hilton. “Critic’s Notebook: MOMA’s Instant Replay,” Art and Antiques, October 1986.

Schwabsky, Barry. “John Walker at Knoedler,” Artscr ibe, June/July 1986.

Poirier, Maurice. “John Walker,” ARTnews, Summer 1986.

Raynor, Vivien. “John Walker,” The New York Times, April 4, 1985.

Henry, Clare. “John Walker,” Glasgow Hera ld , May 24, 1985.

Gage, Edward. “Edinburgh Galleries: Painterly heroics from Brum lad down under,” The Scotsman, April 29, 1985.

Anon. “John Walker: Alba and Oceania Paintings, 1979-84,” London Magazine, May 1985.

Sampson, June. “Present brushing with Renoir Past,” Surrey News, January 1985.

Jobey, Liz. “Placing figures in a landscape,” The Sunday Times, (London), February 3, 1985.

Godfrey, Tony. “John Walker and Renoir at the Hayward,” Artscr ibe, (London), vol. 51, March - April 1985.

Varey, Marina. “John Walker,” Sunday London Times, February 24, 1985.

Keane, Dillie. “Alba Ego,” Time Out, February 15-21, 1985.

Beaumont, Mary Rose. “John Walker: Hayward Gallery,” Art Review, February

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15, 1985.

Spaulding, Frances. “Commentary: A variety of means,” TLS, (London), February 15, 1985.

Feaver, William. “Art: Pouring the gravy,” Observer , (London), February 7, 1985.

Cork, Richard. “Alba in Oceania,” The Listener , (London), February 7, 1985.

McEwen, John. “Report from London,” Art in America , June 1985.

Collier, Caroline. “Romancing the Shape, Progress to Oceania,” Studio International, March 1985.

Kuspit, Donald. “John Walker,” Artforum, November 1984.

Kent, Sarah. “Between two territories: a way forward in British painting,” Flash Art, Summer 1983.

Brach, Paul. “John Walker’s Multivalent Monolith,” Art in America , Summer 1983.

Wolff, Theodore F. “Back rooms of galleries are great places for discovering art,” The Christ ian Science Monitor , January 25, 1983.

“Matching wits with the modernist masters,” The Christ ian Science Monitor , April 5, 1983, p. 18.

Anon. “Review: Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London,” Artforum, vol. 20, February 1982.

Yau, John. “Review: Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York,” Art in America , vol. 69, April 1981.

Ashton, Dore. “John Walker,” Flash Art, no. 144, October/November 1981.

Anon. Review: Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York (exhibit), Artforum, vol. 19, February 1981, p. 78.

Flam, J.D. “John Walker: Objective Abstract Painting,” Arts Magazine, vol. 55, December 1980.

Anon. “Review: Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London,” Artforum, vol. 19, October 1980.

Tannous, D. Review: Philips Collection, Washington, DC, Art in America , vol. 67, January 1979.

Sweet, David. “John Walker Interviewed,” Artscr ibe, no. 12, June 1978.

Godfrey, Tony and Searle, Arian.

“John Walker Interview,” Art Log, no. 1, 1978.

McEwen, J. “Four British Painters,” Artforum, vol. 17, December

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Exhibit ion Cata logues

1992 Abstraction per Se. Introduction by Dore Ashton. New York (NY): Pratt Manhattan Gallery.

1991 John Walker : New Paintings . Essay by Dore Ashton. Chicago (IL): The Arts Club of Chicago.

Express ive Visions and Exquisi te Images: Two Aspects of Art of the 80s form the Richard Brown Baker Collection. Rochester (MI): Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University.

The Figure in the Landscape. Washington (DC): Baumgartner Galleries Inc.

1990 Heland Wetter l ing Gallery Shows Knoedler Gal lery Artists . Stockholm (Sweden): Wetterling Gallery.

1989 John Walker : Drawings form the Forge Ser ies , 1988. Essays by Memory Holloway and Anthony P. Carter. Brookline, (MA): Madeleine Carter.

The Question of Drawing . Text by Dore Ashton. Miami (FL): South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College.

1988 The Bri t i sh Picture. Los Angeles (CA): L.A. Louver Inc.

1987 Sa lsipuedes Suite (monotypes 1986). Essay by Ted Gott. Victoria (Australia): National Gallery of Victoria.

Br i t i sh Art in the 20th Century. London (England): Royal Academy of Arts.

1986 After Matisse. Text by Tiffany Bell. New York (NY): Independent Curators Incorporated.

The Window in Twentieth Century Art. Essays by Dr. Shirley Blum and Suzanne Delehanty. Purchase (NY):

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Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase.

1985 John Walker : Pr ints 1976 - 1984. Essay by Memory Holloway. London (England): The Tate Gallery.

John Walker : Paintings from the Alba and Oceania Ser ies 1979 - 1984. Introduction by Dore Ashton. London (England): Arts Council of Great Britain.

1982 John Walker. Essay by Jack B. Flam. Washington (DC): The Philips Collection.

1982 Aspects of Br i t i sh Art Today. Tokyo (Japan): Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

1981 13 Bri t i sh Artists . Text by Wolfgang Becker. Aachen (Germany): Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig.

1979 John Walker. Forward by Nancy Versaci, text by Hugh M. Davies. Amherst (MA): University Gallery, University of Massachusetts; Providence (RI): Bell Gallery, Brown University and Waltham (MA): Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. The Bri t i sh Art Show. Introduction by William Packer. Sheffield (England): Arts Council.

1978 John Walker. Text by Andrew Forge. Washington (DC): The Philips Collection

Drawings 1978. Text by John Walker. London (England): Nigel Greenwood Gallery.

The Cri t ic's Choice. Text by John McEwen. London (England): Institute of Contemporary Art.

1975 Color as Language. Text by Kynaston McShine. New York (New York): Museum of Modern Art, International Council.

Pa inting Endures: New York , New York Pa inting . Boston (MA): Institute of Contemporary Art.

New Work, Counci l of Great Bri ta in . London (England): Hayward Gallery.

Corcoran Biennia l . Text by Roy Slade. Washington (DC): Corcoran Gallery.

1972 Catalogue . Text by John Elderfield. Venice (Italy): Venice Biennale XXXVI.

Drawing by New York , New York Artists . Text by Dore Ashton. Salt Lake City (UT): University of Utah, Museum of Fine Arts.

1970 Bri t i sh Painting and Sculpture. Text by Edward Lucie-

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Smith. Washington (DC): National Gallery of Art.

Contemporary Bri t i sh Art. Text by Andrew Causey. Tokyo (Japan): National Museum of Modern Art.

1969 Theodoron Foundation Exhibi t ion. Text by Diane Waldman. New York (NY): Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Marks on Canvas. Text by Anne Seymour. Dortmund (Germany): Museum am Ostwall.