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Thornton Walker - Curriculum Vitae (September 2010) |
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| 1953 Born, New Zealand |
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| 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 |
| 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 | Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2010 Preview and Honours Award, Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Bibliography | |
| Sasha Grishin, Challenging path flows in rewards, The Canberra Times, May, 2009 | |
| Patrick Hutchings, Of possibility and paradox, The Age, Sept, 2007 | |
| Sasha Grishin, Meditations on eternity, The Canberra times, May 2007 | |
| Sasha Grishin, Mood Painting, The Australian Art Collector, October - December 2007 | |
| Jeff Makin, No Logo, Just a Mystery to Bowl Us Over Herald Sun 24 September 2007 | |
| Patrick Hutchings, Of Possibility and Paradox, The Age, 15 September 2007 | |
| Sasha Grishin, Meditations on eternity, The Canberra Times, 15 May 2007 | |
| Jeff Makin, Critic's Choice Herald Sun 10 April 2006 | |
| Jeff Makin, Little Bowls for the Soul Herald Sun 18 July 2005 | |
| McNamara, T J, In Sync with Simplicity of Bowls. NZ Herald, 26 November 2001 | |
| Sonia Barron, Bowl a Personal Trademark, Canberra Times, May 8 1999 | |
| Peter Timms, The Year in Review, The Age, 30 December 1998 | |
| Peter Timms, Art Holds the Key to Landscape, The Age, 17 June 1998 | |
| Jeff Makin, In the Frame, Review, Herald Sun, 18 May 1998 | |
| Kate Herbert, A Residency in Malaysia Inspires New Landscapes, Melbourne Times, 22 April 1998 | |
| Catalogue, Rimbun Dahan Residency, text by Guy Abrahams, December 1997 | |
| Sam Christudas, Haunted by Melancholic Images, Sunday Star, Malaysia, 14 December 1997 | |
| Leone Stanford, Strong and Contemplative, Brisbane Review, May 1997 | |
| Phil Brown, Zen Pal, Brisbane News, May 1997 | |
| Sue Smith, When Intuition Meets Serendipity, Courier Mail, May 1997 | |
| Zelda Cawthorne, Residential Coup, Herald Sun, 28 December, 1996 | |
| Helen Musa, Maker of Sonnets in Paint, Canberra Times, 26 May, 1996 | |
| Sasha Grishin, Mood Paintings with a Sense of Enigma, Canberra Times, 18 May, 1996 | |
| Gerard Whateley, A Local Talent Bowls 'em Over, Herald Sun, 26 September, 1995 | |
| Robert Rooney, Melbourne Art, The Australian, 15 September, 1995 | |
| McCulloch, A & S The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin NSW 1994, p733 | |
| Sasha Grishin, Review, The Canberra Times, 20 May 1992 | |
| Elwyn Lynn, Children of the Cosmos, The Australian, 14 April 1991 | |
| Sasha Grishin, Reserves of Precious Virtue, The Canberra Times, 14 November 1990 | |
| Catalogue, Australian National Gallery, A New Generation 1983 - 1988: Philip Morris Arts Grant 1988 | |
| Sonia Barron, Walker Heightens our Experience of the Real, The Canberra Times, 20 June 1988 | |
| J. Mendelssohn, Taking a Risk on Art, The Bulletin, 14 June 1988 | |
| Peter Ward, Flash and Feisty, The Weekend Australian, 11-12 June 1988 | |
| Catalogue, Moet and Chandon, Australian Art Foundation Touring Exhibition 1987 | |
| Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times, 20 Sept 1987 | |
| Art and Australia, Exhibitions Commentary, Vol.25, No.1, Spring 1987 | |
| Robert Rooney, The Australian, Sydney, 22 Feb 1986 | |
| Gary Catalano, The Age, Melbourne, 19 Feb 1986 | |
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