ARTIST PROFILE

Nara Walker

  • Australia (b. 1990)
  • Currently in London, United Kingdom.
  • Nara Walker focuses on when the physical body and mind are at play. Expressing the essence of creation and ones interpretation within the medium. Her work is sensual and expressionist.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Vierraumladen Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
  • Beauty Amongst Chaos, Mine Sanat Galerisi, Bodrum, Turkey.

2014

  • Nara Walker Artist in Residence, Juxtaposed Gallery, Camden, London UK, London, United Kingdom.
  • Suggestive Gestures, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • "What Is The Point?", The Strand Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • The Heart Beat of Mother Earth - Traveling show, Curated by Stefania Carrozzini, My Micro Gallery, Milan, Italy.
  • The Heart Beat of Mother Earth – Traveling show, Curated by Stefania Carrozzini, Onishi Project Gallery , New York City, Chelsea District, United States.
  • WITP , Clerkenwell Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • The National Parliamentary Library, Paint for Georgia Art Festival, Artist in Residence - Paint for Georgia Art Festival, Tbilisi , Georgia.
  • Mstkheta open air exhibition, Paint for Georgia Art Festival, Paint for Georgia Art Festival, Mstkheta , Georgia.
  • Axis Gallery, Axis Gallery, Sunshine Coast, Australia.

2015

  • Exhibit Here’s Art Maze at Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, London , United Kingdom.
  • Frieze London 2015 VIP Rendezvous, Art Naked, The Library, London, United Kingdom.
  • Scope Art Show, digital display See M, Scope Art Show, Miami , United States.
  • Letters to a Lady, Collaboration - live performance collaboration , The Library, London, United Kingdom.
  • Tribe, (Exhibition and live art performance: Hair Pull), Ugly Duck, London, United Kingdom.
  • Connect to Colour, Summer Art Award, Finalist Exhibition, Lacey Contemporary, London , United Kingdom.
  • Memories of Sel: Energy String Live Performance, Venice Art House, Venice Italy, Venice, Italy.
  • Summer Salon Part 1, Candid Arts Trust, London, United Kingdom.
  • Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Finalist Exhibition, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London , United Kingdom.
  • Poetry in Visual, City Museum of Aveiro and Gallery of Capitania Building, Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Finalist Exhibition, Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London, United Kingdom.
  • Pure Painting, Brent Artists Resource, London, United Kingdom.
  • Art In The Hills, Finalist exhibition, Oakhill College, Sydney, Australia.

2014

  • Art Showcase, The Yard, London, United Kingdom.

2013

  • Limen, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Middle Ground, The Hold, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia.

2012

  • 2012 Here Now, , Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Here and There, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia.
  • Here and There, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia.

2011

  • Almost Seen, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Hive, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Group Exhibition, Studio 4 , Sunshine Coast, Australia.

2009

  • Emerge, Noosa Tafe, Noosa, Noosa, Australia.

2007

  • Arts Extravaganza, Sunshine Beach State High School, Noosa, Australia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1990 in Australia.
  • Lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

EDUCATION

  • 2012 - 2014
    Griffith University QCA, Brisbane, Australia
    Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours in Painting, Art theory (QCA)
  • 2008 - 2009
    Tafe Queensland, Noosa, Australia
    Diploma of Visual Art in

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2009
    Winner of Create Art Award
    Noosa Tafe, Noosa, Australia
  • 2007
    Winner, Acquisitive Art Award, Art Extravaganza
    Sunshine Beach State High School, Noosa, Australia

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    Paint For Georgia, Mtskheta International Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2014
    AIR Juxtaposed Gallery, Juxtaposed Gallery, London, United Kingdom