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Liz Walker
Sculptor


Liz is a gleaner, collector and re-user who, working from her studio in North Fitzroy manipulates recycled corrugated iron, pressed metal and found objects into sculptural forms which explore social and environmental themes. She has shown widely in both group and solo exhibitions and has been awarded a number of prizes, grants and residencies .Her work is held in private collections in Malaysia and Japan and public and private collections throughout Australia including the Bathurst Regional Gallery.



Curriculum vitae


Education

2007- 2008    Master of Fine Art, RMIT

2005-2006     Bachelor of Fine Art, drawing, with distinction, RMIT

2003-2004     Diploma of Visual Arts, painting, RMIT




Solo Exhibitions

2012               Liz Walker: Nature’s table, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
                       A trace of residence, Brunswick Art Space, Brunswick

2011               The Intra Muros Project, Sydney Road, Brunswick
                       Nature’s table, Birrarung, Laughing Waters, Eltham
                       Ned Kelly’s Kitchen, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood

2009               A case for change, Sub 12, The Substation, Newport
                       What if a thought can’t be put into words? RMIT Union First Site Gallery,   Melbourne

2008               You can’t argue with dust, Area Contemporary Art Space, Fitzroy

2006               Weapons of Mass Distraction Two, RMIT Union First Site Gallery, City
                       Weapons of Mass Distraction, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray
                       People Get Ready, the Old Fire Station Café Gallery, and Preston




Selected Group Exhibitions

2012               This is a Marquette show, MARS Gallery, Port Melbourne
                       Finalist- The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
                       Finalist- Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak, Vic
                       Visible Horizon, AIRY Gallery, Kofu, Japan
                       Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford

2011               Voices, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
                       Pathways, Whittlesea Council Great Hall, Whittlesea, Vic
                       Flourish, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne 
                       finalist-Lorne Sculpture, Lorne 2011
                       Finalist- Flanagan Art Prize, St Patricks Collage, Ballarat, Vic
                       Finalist- Tessellaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan, Vic
                       Finalist-St Michael Archangel Prize, St Michaels Grammar, St Kilda
                       Finalist- Books beyond words…Evolution, east Gippsland Art gallery, Bairnsdale
                       Finalist-ArTecycle, Incinerator Art Complex, Moonee Ponds
                       Finalist- Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak
                       S.A.F.E Inaugural Rural Art Prize, Seymour,
                       Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
                       Entry, Brunswick Arts, Little Breese St, Brunswick

2010               Finalist- Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Double Bay, NSW
                       Finalist- Moreart Public Art Exhibition, City of Moreland
                       Finalist- Toyota Spirit Gallery Sculpture Exhibition, Beatie St, Port Melbourne
                       Finalist- Walker Street Gallery Emerging Artist Awards, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
                       Finalist-St Michaels Archangel Art Prize, St Michaels Grammar, St Kilda
                       Finalist-Mt Eyre Vinyard Art Prize, Hunter Valley, NSW
                       Finalist-Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak
                       Finalist-ArTecycle, Incinerator Art Complex, Moonee Ponds
                       Finalist-Human Rights Art and film festival, Compassion and Commitment, Collingwood Gallery,
                       Finalist-Williamstown contemporary Art Prize, The Sub Station, Newport
                       Place and belonging, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
                       Finalist-Montalto Finalist Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Vic

2009               Finalist-Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, Lorne, Vic
                       Finalist -Tessellaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan
                       Finalist-Books, beyond words, East Gippsland Art Gallery
                       Finalist-Growth, Moreland Sculpture Show
                       Me and my Toyota, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
                       Finalist-ARTrecycle exhibition, Incinerator Complex, Moonee Ponds
                       Finalist-Toorak village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak
                       Finalist-Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Newport 

                       Counihan Gallery Women’s Salon Exhibition, Signs of Hope
                       Finalist-St Michaels Archangel Emerging Artist Prize
                       Sustainable Living Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne

2008               Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
                       Building 49, RMIT MFA Graduating Exhibition
                       Metal, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
                       Finalist-Cryptozoology, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
                       Finalist-the future is now, Moreland Sculpture Show
                       Finalist-Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Substation, Newport
                       Finalist-Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak 2008               Women’s Salon, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
                       Sustainable Living Festival, Make Sustainability Your Sport, BMW Edge, Federation Square

2007               Contemporary Sculpture Association Bonanza exhibition
                       Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Crossroads Exhibition 2007     

                       Finalist-Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Substation Arts Centre, Newport
                       Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
                       Women’s Salon Exhibition Homely / Unhomely, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick


2006               Verisimilitude, RMIT Graduate Drawing Exhibition, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
                       Women’s Salon Exhibition” Sister Ships”, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
                       Notations 2, Passage Gallery, RMIT 

2005               Art Holes Self Portrait Show, Gertrude St, Fitzroy
                       Two Women, Ten Years, One Show, Mitchelton Winery, Nagambie
                       Beneath the Surfaces, Fire Station, Bar and Bistro, Ivanhoe
                       Women’s Salon Exhibition, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick

2004               Couch Art Exhibition, Area Gallery, Fitzroy, as part of Fringe Festival
                       Graduation Exhibition, Cardigan 04, Diploma Visual Arts, RMIT, the Foundry

                      

Awards and Grants

2012               Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, highly commended

2011               City of Whittlesea, Mayoral Art Award
                       S.A.F.E.  Rural Art Sculpture Award
                       Brunswick Art Space Entry Exhibition Award

2010               Hill End Artist in Residence, Bathurst, NSW, January 2012
                       Laughing Waters Artist –in-Residence April 1 – 30, 2011
                       Moreland City Council Community Project Grant
                       Commended, Cancer Council Art Awards
                       Yarra Sculpture Gallery Exhibition Award

2009               Emerging Artist Award, Lorne Sculpture Exhibition
                       Me and my Toyota, Toyota Spirit Gallery, highly commended

2007               Barnes prize, CSA Bonanza exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford

2006               Area Contemporary Art Space Exhibition Award
 
2005               Artholes Gallery Self Portrait Exhibition Award, Fitzroy


Professional Activities            

2011               Sculpture for Schools workshop (working with Mathew Harding), Lorne 
                        Express yourself workshops, Bushfire Recovery Program, Whittlesea                  

2009                Sculpture for Schools workshop (working with Greg Johns), Lorne Sculpture Exhibition

2008                Me, myself and I educational workshop, Heide Museum of Modern Art



Bibliography

2009               Sunday Arts ABC TV, interview by Namilla Benson, Episode 29, 1/11/09

2008               Etchings Magazine, 4th edition, Don’t Water the Cactus, 2008

2006               The Big Weekend, Herald Sun, 7 July,
                       Silent voices, outspoken art, Footscray Times, 11 July, 2006                                                                                                                               
                       People –watching on canvas, Melbourne Times Northerly Edition, 19 April
                       Focus on People, Art of City Living, Moreland Leader, 10 April



Collections

                        Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

                        Seymour Art Gallery

                        Private collections in Malaysia, Japan and Australia

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