Nick Walker
Nick Walker
Born in 1969, Nick Walker is one of UK’s leading artists creating beautiful freehand work with the help of stencils. He worked in the field of advertising and also as an illustrator and tried his hands on film set designing as well.
In 1992 he began to combine stencils with my freehand work which allowed him to juxtapose almost photographic imagery with the rawness which evolved from conventional graffiti styles. ‘Stencils introduce an impact element to my work. The appeal of stencils is that they allow me to take an image from anywhere – dissect any part of life – and recreate it on any surface. I try to add an element of humor or irony to some paintings to add a little light relief to the walls. Painting is a form of escapism for me and if my work allows the spectator to do the same thing, then I’ve achieved more than I set out to do.’
Nick Walker?s recent work had been displayed in exhibitions like “Two Floors”, Soho (London), a solo exhibition sponsored by Absolute Vodka, at Goodge Place, London, “The Underclass”, asolo exhibition sponsored by Two Dogs, at the Thomas Kettle Gallery, Covent Garden, London, “Seconds in Mecca”, another solo exhibition sponsored by Snapple at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), and a collective exhibition, “Street Style” as well as many more. His work had been selected by the V&A for producing his designs in a postcard format for sale in the museum shop. Some of his works like Moona Lisa, THE CANS and BORN2BOMB are partly hand-sprayed and partly hand-printed. They are all unique and are signed and numbered.
Nick Walker has been granted the license to create designs for successful organizations like Addidas, Bristol City Council, Pinewood Studios for Philips commercial, Snapple Europe, London Science Museum and Peter Gabriel, for record label “Real World”. In addition, he has also worked on films like “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Incognito”, at Ealing Studios and “Judge Dredd” at Shepperton Studios and is also commissioned for films and commercials at Pinewood Studios.
TMA New York
Screen print in colours. Hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Moona Lisa
Screen print in colours. Hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
EXHIBITIONS
2008
Black Rat Press gallery (group show) London
Black Rat Press gallery (solo) V 4 Vandal London
Carmichael Gallery Los Angeles (solo) Pretty Decating
2007
Black Rat Press gallery(Group show) White Noise
Leonard Street Gallery ‘Found’ (Group show)
Randall Scott Gallery (Group show) Washington DC
To Have & To Hold at The Wonderful Workshop Bristol
The Art of Nick Walker at The Park – Bristol
Santas ghetto (group show) London
2006
Origin of the Species (solo show) at Grand OFR. London
ZarJaz-2000AD (group show) London
2005
On the 7th Day (group show) London
The Christmas show (solo show) at Cooshti’s Bristol
Best in Show (group show) at Best. London
Origin of the Species – 2nd Chapter (solo show) at 95 Gallery Berlin
Adfunture Invasion (group show), at Pixie Gallery Taipei,Taiwan
Origin of the Species (Solo show) at 17 gallery. London
Adfunture Show (group show) at Iconic Toronto 1
A World of Influence (group show) at Urbis Artium Gallery
Adfunture Show at Gigantic Brand (group show) New York.
‘A Decade of Art’ 10th Anniversary show-(group show). The Kantor Gallery-Los Angeles.
Islands & Bridges (group show) – Upper Playground Gallery – San Francisco.
2004
Stencilitis. (solo show) Cooshti Bristol
Scrawl Collective show ‘All the people we like are dead’ (group show). 17 Space Gallery- London
Graffiti World exhibition (group show) at AKA London
20th anniversary Exhibition of the Design & Artists Copyright Society at The Mall Galleries, (group show) The Mall, London.
‘Talking Walls’ (group show) at The Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
Lost & Found at One30 (group show) Bristol
‘Manifestation’ at Best (solo show) Clerkenwell ,London
‘The Scrawl Collective’ (group show) at Box Fresh-Shorts Gardens, London
2003
‘The Scrawl Collective’ (group show) at The Lab 101- Santa Monica, Los Angeles-USA
‘The Robinson Building Exhibition’.(group show) – Bristol
‘Sexhibition’(group show) at 13Hundred Gallery. – Cleveland, Ohio- USA
‘Texstyles’ (group Show) at NFS Industries, Boston, MA 02205- USA
‘TeeTime’ (Group Show) at Millicent Gallery, Los Angeles – USA
‘A Series of Small Paintings’ (solo show) at Il Bordello – Bristol
‘SexCells’ at Exposure (solo show) London
2002
‘Apish Angel’ (solo show) at The Hoxton Square Bar,London
D-frost.(group show) Centre Space Gallery, Bristol
‘The Future Is Not What It Was’ (solo show)Tobacco Factory Bristol
‘SexCells’, (solo show) Hotwell Gallery Bristol
1997
‘Uptown Downtown’. (solo show) at Two Floors London
1995
‘The Underclass’.(solo show) at The Place London
1994
‘Seconds In Mecca’.(solo show) Thomas Kettle Gallery. London
‘The Underclass’- (solo show). Thomas Kettle Gallery, London
1985
‘Graffiti Art in Bristol’ (group show) Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
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