Thornton Walker

BIO

1953 Born, New Zealand

1965 Arrived in Australia


Education

1974-76 Diploma of Art (Printmaking), Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne

1977 Commenced Post Graduate Diploma (Printmaking) Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

 

Collections

British Museum, London, U.K.

Deakin University

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Artbank

AXA Australia

Australian National Gallery

Commonwealth Government Offices: Canberra

Macquarie Bank

New South Wales University

Phillip Morris Arts Grant Collection: Parliament House, Canberra

Queensland University of Technology

Numerous private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Israel, U.S.A. & Europe

Exhibitions

Selected Solo exhibitions

2010   Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS

Dallas Art Fair, represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2009   Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2008   Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2007  Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

 Printmaking Fellowship, Australian Print Workshop

Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

2006   Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2005    Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2004    Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2003    Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2002    Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

Christine Abrahams Gallery at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2001    Milford Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2000    Christine Abrahams Gallery at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1999    Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1998    Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1997     Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

 Rimbun Dahan Residency, Kuang, Malaysia

1996      Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

1995      Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1994       Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1993       Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1992      Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT

Perth Galleries, Perth, WA

1991      Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1990    Thornton Walker: Recent Paintings, Deutscher Brunswick Street, Melbourne, VIC

Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT

1989     Recent Paintings, Café Maximus, Melbourne, VIC

Thornton Walker, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT

1987     Vital Functions and Mythography, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1986      United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1984      Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1982      Paul Craft Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1980      Drummond Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

 

Selected group exhibitions

2010      The Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

2010      Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2010      Preview and Honours Award, Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS

Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC

Kedumba Drawing Prize

2009      Here Now, Mossgreen Gallery, VIC

2007       Redcliffe Art Prize, Redcliffe Art Gallery Queensland

Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW

2006       Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC

2004      Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2003      Changing Surfaces, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, VIC

2002      Melbourne Art Fair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2000      Melbourne Art Fair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

1998      Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1997       Mulch & Metaphors: The Garden in Contemporary Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, VIC

1996        Food in Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, VIC

Gallery Two, TAS

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

1995-96  Blake Prize National Touring Exhibition, Australia

1995      Works on Paper – A Selection, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

Herald Sun Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

1994      Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

Art Asia, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

1992      Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1991      Recent Australian Painting, Deutscher Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1990      100 x 100 Print Exhibition, Arden Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1988      Fifty Fine Artists, Bicentennial Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

A New Generation 1983 – 1988: The Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchases, Australian  National Gallery

Art Now – Painting in the Eighties, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT

St Kilda One, Linden, Melbourne, VIC

1987     Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition, Australia

United Artists at Mori, Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1986      Melbourne Painters, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT

A First Look: The Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchase, ANG at the ANU, Drill Hall, Canberra, ACT

1985     St Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition, Linden, Melbourne, VIC

1984     St Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition, Linden, Melbourne, VIC

1982     St Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition, Linden, Melbourne, VIC

1976     Travelling Exhibition of Australian Prints to France, Print Council of Australia

Prahran College of Advanced Education Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC