Jake Walker

Born 1971 Wellington, NZ
Lives and works in Featherston, NZ

Education

1991 Otago School of Fine Art, Dunedin, NZ
1989 Whitirea Art School, Wellington, NZ

Solo Exhibitions

2017 The Turps, Hamish Mckay, Wellington, NZ
2017 NO NUKES, Station, Melbourne, AU
2017 TIME FRAME, Gallery9, Sydney, AU
2016 GEYSERLAND, Dutton, NY
2016 The Suggested Things, Hamish Mckay, Wellington, NZ
2016 Unemployment Works, Station, Melbourne, AU
2015 Going Over, The Young, Wellington, NZ
2015 Sydney Contemporary, Gallery9, Sydeny, AU
2014 The Town Belt, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2014 Jake Walker, Utopian Slumps, Art Basel Hong Kong, CN
2013 Painting Questions, Gallery9, Sydeny, AU
2012 Paintings and Relief, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, AU
2012 Painting and Relief, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, AU
2011 Owner Builder, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, AU
2011 Paintings, Gallery9, Sydney, AU
2009 Have a Go, Gallery9, Sydeny, AU
2008 New Past Painting Group, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydeny, AU

Group Exhibitions

2017 NADA, New York, Dutton, NY
2016 The Young Ones, The Young Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2015 Spring 1883 Art Fair, Station, Sydney, AU
2014 5 Perspectives, The Young, Wellington, NZ
2014 Never-Never Land, Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014 Assembly, Margaret Lawrence Gallery VCA, Melbourne, AU
2014 Utopian Slumps Suite, Spring 1883 Fair, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne, AU
2014 9 Paintings Presentation, Incidents Above The Bar, The Alderman, Melbourn, AU
2013 Melbourne Now, NGV Melbourne, AU
2012 Ode To Form, Westspace, Melbourne, AU
2012 The Lie Of The Land, Australian Embassy Gallery, Washington, DC
2012 Gertrude Studio Artists Show, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, AU
2012 Place Of Assembly, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne, AU
2011 Reason and Rhyme, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, AU
2011 Reason and Rhyme Part 2, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2011 Group Show, Gallery 9, Sydney, AU
2011 Text and Context, CarriageWorks, Sydney, AU
2011 The New Arcadia, Lismore Regional Gallery
2011 Studio Artists show, Gertrude contemporary, Melbourne, AU
2010 Points of View, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, AU
2010 Territorial Pissings, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, AU
2010 Notfair 2010, Melbourne, AU
2010 Texticles, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, AU
2010 The Painting Group, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, AU
2009 I’m Worse at what I do Best, Paramatta Artists Studios, Sydney, AU
2009 Jacob Walker + Simon Blau, Gallery 9, Sydney, AU
2009 Visage, Firstdraft, Sydney, AU
2009 Texticles, TCB, Melbourne, AU
2009 First Show, Cosmic Battle for your Heart, Sydney, AU

Awards and Residencies

2010-12 Gertrude Contemporary Studio Artist
2011 Maddocks Award finalist
2010 Arkley Award winner
2010 RBS Emerging Artists Prize, highly commended
2009 BSG Small Works Prize winner
2009 Blake Prize finalist