THORNTON WALKER
USA
AUSTRALIA
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SELECTED CURRICULUM VITAE
1953 Born, New Zealand
1965 Arrived in Australia
1974-76 Prahran College of Advanced Education,
Diploma of Art (Printmaking)
1977 Victorian College of the Arts,
Commenced Post Graduate Diploma (Printmaking)
1977-85 Lived and worked in Europe and U.S.A.
1994 Australia Council Studio, Barcelona, Spain (6 months)
1997 Residency, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (12 months)
1998 Travel to Greece
2000 Travel to Pacific Islands
2001 Travel to Tasmania and New Zealand
2002 Travel to Lord Howe Island
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2008 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2007 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2005 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2003 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2002 “The Art of Travel”, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Christine Abrahams Gallery at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2001 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Christine Abrahams Gallery at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1999 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
1999 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1997 Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Rimbun Dahan Residency, Kuang, Malaysia
1996 Beaver Gallery, Canberra
1995 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1994 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1993 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1993 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1992 Perth Galleries, Perth
1991 Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1990 Recent Paintings, Deutscher, Brunswick Street, Melbourne
1990 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1989 Recent Paintings, Cafe Maximus, Melbourne
1989 Thornton Walker, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1987 Vital Functions & Mythography, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne
1986 United Artists Gallery, Melbourne
1984 Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
1982 Paul Craft Gallery, Melbourne
1980 Drummond Art Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
2007 Australian Print Workshop: Impressions from Australia, Australian Embassy, Washington DC
2007, Redcliffe City Council, QLD
2006 Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
2004 Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
2002 Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
2000 Melbourne Art Fair 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
1998 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
1998 Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1997 Mulch & Metaphors: The Garden in Contemporary Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1997 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Victoria
1996 Food in Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
1996 Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania
1996 Rex Irwin, Sydney
1996 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
1995-96 Blake Prize National Touring Exhibition, Australia
1995 Works on Paper - A Selection, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Herald Sun Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
1994 Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1994 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
1994 Art Asia, Hong Kong
1993 Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1993 Art Asia, Hong Kong, Convention and Exhibition Centre
1992 Melbourne International Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1992 Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1991 Recent Australian Painting, Deutscher Gallery, Melbourne
1990 100 x 100 Print Exhibition, Arden Street Gallery
1988 Fifty Fine Artists, Bicentennial Exhibition, Melbourne
1988 A New Generation 1983 - 1988: The Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchases, Australian National Gallery
1988 Art Now - Painting in the Eighties, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1988 St. Kilda One, Linden, Melbourne
1987 Moet and Chandon Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition
1987 United Artists at Mori, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1986 Melbourne Painters, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1986 A First Look: The Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchases, Australian National Gallery at the Australian National Uuniversity, Drill Hall, Canberra
1985 St. Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition, Linden, Melbourne
1984 St. Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition, Linden, Melbourne
1982 St. Kilda Acquisitive Exhibition, Linden, Melbourne
1976 Travelling Exhibition of Australian Prints to France, Print Council of Australia
1976 Prahran College of Advanced Education Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne
PRIZES & AWARDS
1997 Studio Residency, Rimban Dahan, Malaysia
1994 Australia Council Studio Residency, Barcelona
1994 Ansett Drawing Prize
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
AXA Australia
Australian National Gallery
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
Commonwealth Government Offices: Canberra
Macquarie Bank
New South Wales University
Phillip Morris Arts Grant Collection: Parliament House, Canberra
Queensland University of Technology
Redcliffe City Council, QLD
Numerous private collections in:
Australia, New Zealand, San Francisco, Israel and Europe
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