EDUCATION

1971 M.F.A., University of Calif., Irvine (Painting and Sculpture)

EMPLOYMENT

1990 – present, Professor of Art History, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita Calif.

AWARDS

1989 Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Grant to APLA for Robert Walker’s “Artists With AIDS” project.

1984 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery Commission.

1978 Maket Street Program, Venice, Calif. One of 3 artists founders, funded by Calif. Council for the Arts.

1969-1971 Fellowship, Univ. of Calif, Irving.

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS:

March, 2013, Gallery Gen, Tokyo

March, 2013 “Recycle” Metropolitan Municipal Museum, Tokyo, Japan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Heather James Fine Art, Jackson, Wy.

2011 Heather James Fine Arts, Palm Desert, California.

2007 Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan Solway Jones, Los Angeles | 2006 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago.

2004 Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan.

2001 Double Vision Gallery, Los Angeles.

1996 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago.

1994 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago.

1991 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago.

1990 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago.

1987 Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles.

1984 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles.

1983 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles.

1983 Riverside Museum, Riverside, California.

1982 Tom Luttrell Gallery, San Francisco.

1981 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles Quint Gallery, La Jolla, California.

1980 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles.

1977 Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 “Mind Games” Andrew Shire “The Big Picture”, group show, Palm Springs Art Show

2011 “Toyoko Katsumata, Mathew Thomas & Robert Walker”, L.A. Artcore. “Best Kept Secrets”, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, Calif. “Groups”, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago

2010 “Obsession”, Heather James, Palm Springs. “Mind Games”, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles. “Overtones II”, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Yokahama, Japan.

2009 “Cool! Cool! Cool!”, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago. “LAArtcore artists”, Jones Art Gallery, Bakersfield College.“Musashino International Exchange Exhibition”, Musashino University, Tokyo. “International Exchange Exhibition, College of the Canyons & Musashino University”, LAArtcore, Los Angeles.

2008 “International Contemporary Art Exhibition for His Majesty the King, 2008,” Sangkhla, Thailand “International Art Exchange, Thailand-U.S.A.,” Thailand Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand “International Art Exchange, Thailand-U.S.A.,” Eastern Center of Art and Culture, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand “International Art Exchange, Thailand-U.S.A.,” LAArtcore, Los Angeles.
“Eye Candy”, Cypress Community College Art Gallery

2007 “Group Show”, Gallery Kingya, Tokyo, Japan “Themes and Variations – New Abstraction in Los Angeles,” Torrance ArtMuseum, Torrance. “Cross current – The 1st International Exchange Exhibition: US-Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan “Cross current – The 1st International Exchange Exhibition: US-Japan, LAArtcore, Los Angeles “Modernism Today.” Los Angeles International Airport, Tom Bradley Building. “Grand Gestures: the Gordon Hampton Collection,” University Art Museum, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach “Relationships”, Jean albano Gallery, Chicago “Group Show,” Scope Miami, Miami Beach “Interespaces,” Solway Jones, Los Angeles “Good to Go,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles. “Scapes,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Ill.

2005 “Group Show,” Srinakharinvirot University, Bangkok, Thailand. “Group Show,” Eastern Center of Art & Culture, Burapha Univ., Conburi, Thailand. “Eye Tattoos” Quint Contemporary Art, San Diego

2004 “International Art Exhibit: Thailand-U.S.A.,” Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand. “International Art Exhibit: Thailand-U.S.A.,” Buraphar University, Conburi,Thailand. “Artcard,” Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates. “The Red Pen,” Santa Ana College at the Santora Building, Santa Ana,Calif. “Holiday Group Show,” Ruth Bachoffner, Los Angeles, Calif. “Painting the Town Red,” Jean Albano, Chicago, Ill. “Simmer, Summer, Shimmer,” Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, Calif. “Crosscurrents International Exchange Exhibition,” L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, Calif. “Robert Walker and Gary Szymanski,” TransAmerica Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. “January White Sale,” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Ill. “Zone,” Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, Calif. “Robert Walker, Coleen Sterritt, & Kristan Marvel,” LAArtcore, Los Angeles.
“OverTone” Kanagawa Prefectral Museum, Yokahama, Japan

2001“Crosscurrents International Exchange Exhibition,” Fukuoka Museum, Kyushu, Japan
“Modernism Now”, Municipal Art Gallery at the Bradley Terminal, LAX.
“Crosscurrents International Exchange Exhibition,” Kitakyushu Municipal Museum, Kyushu, Japan
“Secret Formula,” Santa Ana College at the Santora Building, Santa Ana, Calif.
“Lessons,” College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, Calif.

1999 “Group Show,” Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, Calif.

1998 “The Bean Show,” Dirt, Hollywood, Calif.

1997 "Two of a Kind," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
"Against the Wall," College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, California

1995 "Abstraction - toward the new Millenium,"
Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

1992 “Group Show,” Marx Gallery, Chicago

1991 “Retrospective,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery

1988 "Group Show," Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles

1987 "From the Back Room," Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles

1986 "A Southern California Collection," Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles "New Acquisitions," Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles " A Collector's Eye – Paintings from the Colletion of Gordon Hampton," Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles.
" California Contemporary," Opening Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum.

1985 “The Designer as Diner,” Mark Krasne Showroom, Los Angeles

1984 “The Cotton Exchange Show,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles

1981 "California Artists," Tower Gallery, South Hampton, New York "Painted Wall Constructions," Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles "Nine on the Wall," California State University, Fullerton "Robert Walker, N'ima Leveton, Gena Cooper," Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles

1978 "Patterns, Structures, Grids," California State Univeristy, San Bernardino "Group Retrospective," Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery

1977 "Plastic Perspective," Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation (catalog) "Marisa Alexander, Tom Holste, Robert Walker," El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, Calif.
“Big Summer Show”, Newspace, Los Angeles

1976 “Group Show,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery

1976 Big Prints and Little Paintings," Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

1975 "The Irvine Milleau," La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
"The First Decade," Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, California.

Selected Publications

2012 Kook-Anderson, Grace, “Best Kept Secrets”, exhibition catalog, Laguna Museum of Art Julie King, “Uncovering inspiration with Each Step”, Jackson Hole Weekly, August 1 Niner, Katy, “New Process Culminates in Meditative Art”, Jackson Hole News & Guide, August 1.

2011 “LA Studio Visit: Robert Walker” Nancy Buchanan, Artillery,
Jan/Feb. Kienholz, Lyn “L.A.Rising, SoCal Artists Before 1980”.

2010 “Obsession”, Catalog, Heather James, Palm Springs “Overtones”, catalog, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Yokahama, Japan Korean publications.

2009 “International Contemporary Art Exhibition for His Majesty the King” Exhibition catalog, Bangkok, Thailand Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

2008 Laem Samila, Sangkhla, Thailand. Catalog “International Art Exchange, Thailand-U.S.A.,” Thailand Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand. Catalog “International Art Exchange, Thailand-U.S.A.,” Eastern Center of Art and Culture, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand. Catalog.

2007 “Torrance Art Museum Puts a multimedia spin on its Artistic Themes,” Jim Farber, Daily Breeze, Sept. 21 “Robert Walker at Solway Jones,” Constance Mallison, Art in America, December “Appropriate Technologies”, Collete Chattopadhyay, catalog essay, Solway Jones Gallery “Grand Gestures: the Gordon Hampton Collection,” University Art Museum,Calif. State Univ., Long Beach. catalog.

2005 “Art Review,” Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, July 29.

2004 “Art for All,” Samila Suttisiltum. Bangkok Post, Jan 15.Robert Walker – page 5 “Bridging the Cultural Divide,” Andrew F. West. Bangkok Post, Jan 15. “Art Bridge to America,” Nation, January 12. “Art Column,” Tha/Rath, January 9. “Art & Culture,” Daily News, January 11. 1. Bullis, Douglas. West Coast Artists.

2002 Nishimura, Tomohiro. “Overtone-The Fourth Dimension in Art,”
Catalog essay Takeshita, Lydia. “Overtone,” Catalog essay,

1987 McKenna, Kristine. “Galleries,” Los Angeles Times.

1983 Pincus, Robert L. “Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1983.

1982 Muchnic, Suzanne. “Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, February 19, 1982. Menzies, Neal. “Joyous Dichotomies,” Artweek, May 22, 1982. Seymour, Ann. “Robert Walker at Tom Luttrell,” Centervoice, June 1982. Stofflet, Mary. “Robert Walker at Tom Luttrell,” Images & Issues Magazine, Sept/Oct. 1982.

1981 Wilson, William. “The Wall: Not Just To Hang Pictures”, Los Angeles Times, February 27, 1981. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Galleries”, Los Angeles Times, March 6, 1981. Menzies, Neal. “Dimensionality Through Form and Paint”, Artweek, March 21, Brown, Lora & Jane Pence, “Against the Wall,” Cal State Univ., Fullerton, Catalog. Wortz, Melinda. “Los Angeles”, Artnews, June, 1981

1977 Muchnic, Suzanne. “Work in Plastic Opens New L.A. Art Center”, Artweek, September 17, 1977. Wilson, Willilam. “Artwalk”, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 16, 1977 Robert Walker – page 6. Wyman, Jack. “Three Southern California Artists”, Dailey Breeze, Long Beach Nov. 22, 1977.

1975 Wortz, Melinda. “ U.C.Irvine”, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, catalaogue essay.

1971 Group Graduate Show, University of California, Irvine. At Home, F Space Gallery, Santa Ana, CA. Opening Group Show, F Space Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.

 

Organizational Activities

2010 - LAArtcore, Chairman of the Board, Emeritus.

2008 – Guest Lecturer, Eastern Center of Art and Culture, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand.

2004 – Guest Lecturer, Eastern Center of Art & Culture, Burapha Univ., Conburi, Thailand.

1999 – 2009, LAArtcore, Board of Directors, Chair.

1994 Beyond Baroque, Board of Directors, Vice President.

1991 Los Angeles Artspace, Board of Directors.

March 1990 – July 1990 LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Acting Director LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Board of Directors, Chair, 1984-1989.

1971 F-Space, Costa Mesa, Calif. Founder.

Selected Collections

Eastern Center of Art & Culture, Burapha Univ., Chonburi, Thailand.

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University

Gordon Hampton Collection, Cal State Long Beach Museum of Art

U.C.L.A. Medical Center

Toshiba

I.B.M.

Itel

Loyola Law School

Scripts

ARCO

Wells Fargo

Atlantic Records

Toshiba

Sheraton Corporation

T.R.E.

Irvine Hilton

Tuttle and Taylor

Ziffren, Brittman and Branca

Security Pacific

Gin Wong Associates

Cedars-Sinai

Palm Springs Hilton

Spalding Radiology Center

Hyatt Regency, Nashville

A. T. & T.

Executive Life

Prudential

Westinghouse

Hyatt Regency, Capital Square, Columbus, Ohio

Dior, Paris

Sheppard, Muller, Richter & Hampton

McKenzie & Co.

Anderson Consulting