About
Deborah Walker has exhibited widely in Australia (Brisbane; Sydney; Melbourne & Tasmania) and internationally (Cologne; Kansas; U.K. and Hawaii) and is represented in major collections, both in Australia, Europe and USA. She has received numerous grants and residences in visual arts, (Bundanon: Arthur Boyd Trust; Queensland College of Art; Griffith University; Project Grant; Visual Arts Board Travel Grant,, Australia Council, New York.) Throughout Walker has lectured extensively at tertiary institutions. She has completed both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in visual arts at both Monash University and Victorian College of the Arts.
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Her work shows a consistent interest in figurative themes, particularly those concerned with female representation. Whether it is with the poetic or autobiographical, her work reflects a sensibility that may seem simple or everyday, yet the subjects also reveal an unnameable quality. Whether it is the recurrence of scenes, the undercurrent of these works, invokes a presence that can bring new insights, beyond those of simple language.
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Annotated Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
2018
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
2009
2008
2004
2003
2001
2000
1997
1994
1993
1991
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Paintings - Andrew Barker Gallery, Brisbane
Solo Exhibition, Carlisle Street Arts Space, St.Kilda
Spectres - Paintings, Norwegian Church Gallery, Cardiff, U.K.
Library: Recent Paintings, St. Kilda Town Hall Gallery
Demons & Deities: Recent Paintings, Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane
Recent Diptychs, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
Home Sweet Home, Paintings
Clouds & Shadows, Paintings, Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane
Paintings, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada
Spectral Bequest, Andrew Baker Art Dealer
Recent Paintings, Gallery 101, Melbourne
Homage to the Infinite, Survey Exhibition, Stonnington Stables Museum of Art
Kansas State University Gallery, Kansas, USA
Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Paintings, Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane
Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Paintings, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
Recent Paintings, Niagara Gallery, Paintings, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
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2021
2020
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2019
2018
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2017
2016
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2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
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2010
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MePaintsMe, online exhibition, mepaintsme.com
Finalist, Len Fox Painting Prize Castlemaine Art Gallery
Telling Tales, Group Exhibition, Glen Eira Gallery
Finalist, Portia Geach Award, Sydney
Finalist, Portia Geach Award, Sydney
Group Exhibition, Backwoods Gallery, curator Helen Gory
Borrowed Scenery, Campbell Town Art Gallery
St. Kevin’s Invitation Art Prize, Finalist
Portia Geach Art Prize, Finalist
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Finalist
Portia Geach Art Prize, Finalist,
Doug Moran Prize, Semi-finalist
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Finalist
Finalist, Bayside Art Prize
Finalist, Portia Geach Art Prize
Finalist, Gallipoli Art Prize
Semi-finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
Portia Geach Prize, Finalist, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, Finalist, S. H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Geelong Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
Finalist & Acquired, Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, Finalist, S. H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Paul Guest Invitation Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Recent Drawings, City Gallery, Flinders Lane
Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
R & M McGivern Invitation Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery
Drought, Melbourne Writer’s Festival, in collaboration with poet Kevin Brophy
Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Queensland Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Print Council of Australia
Ian Potter Foundation
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Freemantle Arts Centre
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Freemantle Arts Centre
Geelong Art Gallery
Australian Catholic University
Deakin University Museum of Art
La Trobe University
Private Collections Australia & Europe. & U.S.A.
Selected Bibliography
Heathcote, Christopher
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James, Rodney
Australian Painting 1788 – 2000, by Bernard Smith, chapters by Terry Smith & Christopher Heathcote, Oxford University Press, 2001
The Prayer, Contemporary Visions, Works from the ACU Art Collection, pub. Australian Catholic University, 2022
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