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STEPHEN WALTERStephen Walter’s maps and Landscapes set out to challenge our first impressions, exploring the ideas about beauty and desire within the politics of space and the micro and macro cossoms in which we live. Under the guise of traditional techniques, his work reveals a myriad of words and symbols. The fantastical additions, references to history, trivia, personal experiences and local knowledge merge older notions of Romanticism with a fascination in the intricacies and the contradictions of our world. He continues to use a range of media including drawing, photography, digital, screen-printing, collage and painting, and recently the applying of these onto objects. Born 1975. Currently Lives and Works in Berlin & London
Education1999-2001 Royal College of Art – MA Fine Art Printmaking 1995-98 Manchester Metropolitan University – BA Fine Art (1st Class Honours) 1994-95 Middlesex University – BTEC Diploma in Art & Design Foundation
Solo Shows(* indicates publication) 2009 *The Island - The Courtauld Institute, London (with TAG Fine Arts) 2008 *The Island – The Crypt, St. Pancras Church, London (with TAG Fine Arts) 2007 Old Master Re-Vamp - Royal Academy of Arts, Lower Sackler Wing, London 2005 Be Aware of Everything – The Drawing Gallery, London Chance Meetings – Vertigo Gallery, London 2004 Photoworks #2 – Deutsche Bank, London Wall 2003 Photoworks – PV with guests – Mobile Clubbing, The Vault @ Foundry, London. Window – Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings. (In conjunction with Shot By the Sea International Film Festival) Solo Show – Cru Restaurant, London
Selected Group Shows / Events(* indicates publication) 2010 Stephen Walter's Map of Liverpool - (Display ongoing), 'Hub' Space, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK *Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art - British Library, London *Elephant Parade London 2010 - London wide installation 2009 Collected Fragments - Sunderland Museum, UK Stephen Walter's Map of Liverpool - Display ongoing), 'Hub' Space, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK The Future Can Wait - Old Truman Brewery, London There's Something I'd Like to Tell You - IMA Village, Berlin, Germany *West London Story - Thoughts on an Artists Book - Bradbrook House, London *Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Lay of the Land - 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, UK 2008 In Drawing - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London *Blood on Paper - Victoria & Albert Museum, London Subterranea - Friday Late, Victoria & Albert Museum, London In Drawing - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London The London Book of the Dead - The Crypt, St. Pancras Church, London 2007 Mapping the Imagination – Victoria & Albert Museum, London Situation 33 – Bleibtreu Gallery, Berlin, Germany *Drawing Breath – Touring Show, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapour – National Art School Sydney, Australia. 2008 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK – The Robert Gordon University Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland Alles Nahe Werde Fern – Lookal01, Breda, Netherlands Notting Heaven – Sartorial Contemporary Art, London *Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Royal Academy Printmakers – Print (vb.n) Gallery, London 2006 Broken Romanticism – (curated by Stephen Walter) Standpoint Gallery, London *Drawing Breath – Wimbledon College of Art, London *Drawing Inspiration: Contemporary British Drawing – Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, UK Obsession – (curated by Robin Mason), Sartorial Contemporary Art, London England Dreaming – 17 Bedford Row, London Another Product – Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, UK On The Map – North House Gallery, Manningtree, UK *Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Soft Warm Places Called Home – The Residence, London 2005 *Bayennale – The LAB, San Francisco, USA Transit Village – Jack London Square, Oakland, USA Drawing Two Hundred – The Drawing Room, Tannery Arts, London 40 Artists – 40 Drawings – The Drawing Gallery, London Salon de Freehand – Studio 6 (Rob McHaffie), Fitzroy Australia Postcard 2005 – Filmbase, Dublin, Ireland Improved: The Post Card Project – (curated by Francesca Gavin), Fosterart, London Contemporary Artists Play Pictionary – The Agency, London *Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Salon – The Hollow, London Photo-Synthetic – Esmond Robinson Gallery, London Make it or Brake it – The Residence, London Minimuseum – Launch Port Eliot, Cornwall – Paul Smith, London RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London Fosterart – Fosterart, London 2004 *Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004 – Touring show incl. The Jerwood Space, London – The Lowrey Centre, Salford 25 Drawings – 25 Artists – The Drawing Gallery, London 30x30 – Vertigo Gallery, London New Photography – Sarah Myerscough, London The Artist and the City – Spectrum Gallery, London Summer Exhibition – Case 1 Gallery, London *Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Mobile Clubbing, London (various) Shorticulture – (Suzie Watson) Gin Glik, London RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London Media Centre – London 2003 Albino – 291 Gallery, London Walter&Craig – (Joint Show with Andrew Craig) Foundry, London 30X30 – Vertigo Gallery, London Christmas Show – Vertigo Gallery, London RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London Resonance FM @ Foundry, London. Live interview (Bill Drummond) and talk. 19/12/03 2002 Sale – Selfridges, London 14”X14” – Century Gallery, London Transgressing the City’s Limits – (Dialogue with Kelly Bushell) The Bull Theatre, Barnet, UK Drawing – Vertigo Gallery, London 30X30 – Vertigo Gallery, London RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London Vertigo Graphics – Vertigo Gallery, London Batteries Not Included – Fortress Studios – Catch 22 – The Rocket Complex 2001 Ghost – Inside Space, London *The Show 1 – Royal College of Art, London *MA Printmaking Artists – Clifford Chance, London RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London Apthorp Fund for Young Artists, Touring Show, London 2000 Group Show – BBC Broadcasting House, London RCA Secret – Royal College of Art, London Printmaking & Sculpture Interim – Royal College of Art Apthorp Fund for Young Artists, Touring Show, London 1999 Absolute Secret – Royal College of Art Apthorp Fund for Young Artists, Touring Show, London 1998 *NEAC Open – The Mall Galleries, London Dual Show with Rachael McKraw – 60/40, Manchester, UK Absolute Secret – Royal College of Art First Open Print Show – The Place, Letchworth, UK Apthorp Fund for Young Artists, Touring Show, London
Awards / Residences / Fellowships2005-07 Fellow in Printmaking – Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London 2004 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004, 2ND Prize, UK 2003 Residency, Artist in Access – Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London 2002 Residency @ Queen Elizabeth’s School for Boys, Barnet. UK Apthorp Fund (Purchase Prize), London Borough Of Barnet 2001 Tim Mara Charitable Trust (Printmaking), Royal College of Art, London Daler Rowney Drawing Prize, Royal College of Art, London Apthorp Fund (Purchase Prize), London Borough Of Barnet 2000 Suny Purchase College Travel Award – New York, USA 1998 Apthorp Fund (Purchase Prize), London Borough Of Barnet Letchworth Art Centre Print Prize, UK
Publications / Press2009 The Curwen Studio 50th Anniversary Portfolio - Portfolio Printmaking Today - Vol 18 No1 SPRING 2009 2007 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2007 – Illustrated Catalogue Drawing Now, Tauris Books Drawing Breath – Jerwood Charitable Foundation 2006 Drawing Inspiration: Contemporary British Drawing – Abbot Hall Gallery, Illustrated Catalogue 2005 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2005 – Illustrated Catalogue 2004 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2004 – Illustrated Catalogue Drawing Prize winner sticks to the Point, Guardian 9/05 Drawing Prize, AN Magazine, Nov. 2001 The Royal College of Art – Show 1, 2001 – Illustrated Catalogue Foundation Photoshop – Adobe Photoshop 6, New York 1998 Public Art (Apthorp Fund) – Barnet Borough Times 03/12/98
Commissions2009 Business Design Centre, London. In conjunction with the London Art Fair. 2008 Hospital Records, London Elektricity Albulm Cover - Syncopated City Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Friday Late - Subterranea) 2007 Epson Head Quarters, UK 2002 Queen Elizabeth’s School for Boys
CollectionsVictoria & Albert Museum • The British Museum • The British Library • Houses of Parliament Museums, London Trussardi Foundation, Milan, Italy • Deutsche Bank, London • Hiscox PLC, UK • David Roberts, London Cyril Taylor, Taylor Owen, UK • London Borough of Barnet Public Collection, UK Royal College of Art Drawing Collection, Royal College of Art Printmaking Collection, London Minimuseum (Catherine Story) • Asticus Collection, UK Plus a number of private collections |
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