Robert Walker explores the use of different materials and works mainly with a combination of industrial strength fiber and polymethacrylics. The fiber is coated with the acrylic solution, which stiffens and reinforces the material and allows the artist to shape the composition into a permanently formed, multi-dimensional construction. His truly unique wall constructions deal with issues of light and shadow in an extremely elegant and meditative manner. Robert Walker lives in Los Angeles, California and teaches art at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, CA.

Artist Biography

Hard Drawing: Black & White Dots on Concentric Squares
ink, resin & rubber on wood
12 x 10 x 1 3/4 inches, 2011

Hard Drawing: Spirit Map in Black & White
ink, fabric and resin on wood
12 x 10 x 1 3/4 inches, 2011

Hard Drawing: Lotus #1
ink, acrylic and resin on wood
12 x 10 x 1 3/4 inches, 2011

Hard Drawing: For Chuck C.
ink, resin, sand blasting glass, beads
10 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches, 2011

Hard Drawing: white and black dots on pink sponge
ink, resin and sponge on wood panel
10 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches, 2011

Hard Drawing: Giratorio in pink, yellow, black and white
ink and nail polish on hydroseal
10 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches, 2010

Shirshasan
carved acrylic on wood
42 x 50 x 2.5 inches, 2008
walker

Kammatthana
carved acrylic on wood
30 x 35 inches, 2008

Repercussion
extruded acrylic on wood
20 x 20 x 1 3/4 inches, 2005
walker

Undivided
 extruded acrylic on wood
20 x 20 inches, 2005

Robert Walker

Born
1942, Los Angeles

Resides
Inglewood, California
EDUCATION
1971 MFA University of California, Irvine, California
1964 BA La Sierra College, Riverside, California
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan
2002 LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Paintings and Drawings, Double Vision Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Marx Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Jean Albano Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1987 Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA
1982 Tom Luttrell Gallery, San Francisco, California
1981 Quint Gallery, La Jolla, California
1981 Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1977 Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Groupings, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Cool! Cool! Cool! Cool!, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago IL
2008 Robert Walker, Toyoko Katsumata, & Mitsunori Kurashige, LA Artcore, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Within & Beyond: Interpretations of the Grid,” Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL
2004-05 "Painting the Town Red," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 “Summer, Simmer, Shimmer,” Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
“International Art Exhibit: Thailand-USA,” Bangkok & Buraphar University, Thailand
2003 “Crosscurrents International Exchange Exhibition,” LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
“Robert Walker & Gary Szymanski,” TransAmerica Building, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Over Tone,” Kanagawa Prefectral Gallery, Yokahama, Japan
“Zone,” Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA
“Marvell, Sterritt, Walker, Recent Sculpture”, LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles
2001 “Crosscurrents International Exchange Exhibition”, Kyushu, Japan
“Secret Formula”, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
“Lessons”, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
1999 “Group Show,” Fresh Paint, Los Angeles, CA
1998 "The Bean Show," DiRT, Hollywood, CA
1997 “Against the Wall”, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 “Abstraction--Toward the New Millennium”, Korean Cultural Center, LA, CA
1994 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 "Gallery Artists", Jean Albano Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1987 "From the Back Room", Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 "A Southern California Collection", Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"New Acquisitions", Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific National Banlc, Los Angeles
"A Collector's Eye", Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles
"California Conternporary", Opening Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum
1981 "California", Tower Gallery, South Hampton, New York
"Painted Wall Constructions", Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles, California, Curator: Tressa Miller
"Nine on the Wall", California State University, Fullerton, California
"Robert Walker, N'ima Leveton, Gena Cooper", Kirk deGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
1990 Acting Director, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Inc.(LACE), Los Angeles, CA
1987-88 Board Member, Board Chair, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Inc.(LACE), Los Angeles, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Arthur Andersen Consulting, Long Beach, California
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles
Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco
I.B.M.
AT & T, St. Louis
Toshiba
Intel
Westinghouse
Prudential Insurance
Executive Life
Christian Dior, Paris, France
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles
TRW
Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego
Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
Lowe Development Corporation
Atlantic Records
T.R.E.
Sheraton Corporation
Hyatt Regency, Capital Square, Columbus, Ohio
Palm Springs, Hilton, Palm Springs, California
The Spalding Radiology Center, Beverly Hills, California
Hyatt Hotel, Deerfield, Illinois
Technomic Consultants, Deerfield, Illinois
Salk Institute, La Jolla
Embassy Suites Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Sheppard, Richter, & Hampton
Cedars-Sinai
ARCO
Loyola Law School
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