STEPHEN WALTER

Born 1975. Currently Lives & Works in London

 

Education

1999-2001               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)

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)

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 / Fellowships

2005-07                   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 / Press

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

 

Commissions

2007                        Epson Head Quarters, UK

2002                        Queen Elizabeth’s School for Boys

 

Collections

                                Victoria & Albert Museum • The British Museum • 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

 
© Stephen Walter