John Walker
Name
John Walker
Other names
Walker, John Graham.
Culture
English
Gender
Male
Birth date
12 November 1939
Birth place
Birmingham, West Midlands, England View on map Close map
Movements
Australia from 1979, United States 1981 - 1982, from 1984?
Occupations
Artist (painter) | Printmaker | Teacher
Summary
Worked: England, Australia (VIC), USA. Etchings, Screenprints, Woodcuts, Monotypes
Context
Australia
Biography
John Walker was born in Birmingham, England, in 1939 and trained at Birmingham College of Art, 1956-60. In his final year he won the Arts Council Drawing Prize, the Abbey Travelling Scholarship and the National Young Artists Drawing Competition.
In 1985 there was a retrospective exhibition of his paintings at the Hayward Gallery, London, and a retrospective exhibition of his prints at the Tate Gallery, London.