MICHAEL WALKER    B.A. (Hons.), M.A., SCA (LM), O.S.A.

Education
2004             M.A., Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario (Policy Studies, Cultural Studies, Women’s Studies, Renaissance/Baroque
                     technique and technical analysis)
2000             B.A., (Hons.) Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1998              B.A., Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1983-85        Daniel E. Greene, N.A., N.Y., (portrait painting)
1981              The Art Students’ League, New York, N.Y., (artistic anatomy and drawing with Robert Beverly Hale, painting with David Leffel                                           and Ted Seth Jacobs)
1976-79        St. Lawrence College, Fine Arts, Kingston, Ontario

Teaching Positions
1999-2002    Teaching Assistant, Fine Art Program (painting), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1991-92         Art Therapist, Institute of Psychotherapy, Kingston, Ontario
1991              Homer Watson House and Gallery (painting), Kitchener, Ontario
1988              St. Lawrence College (painting), Kingston, Ontario
1985-86        Tennessee Fine Arts Center (painting), Nashville Tennessee
1984-85        Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (painting), Kingston, Ontario

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006             Letters from History, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
1999             Signs and Reflections, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
1998             The Great Divide, The Drabinsky and Friedland Galleries, Toronto, Ontario
1997             Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
1996             Beyond the Mirror, The Drabinsky and Friedland Galleries, Toronto, Ontario
1995             Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
1991             Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
1991             Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, Cornwall, Ontario
1989             The Landing, Vancouver, British Columbia
1988             Humewood II Gallery, Toronto Ontario

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019              Society of Canadian Artists, 51st International Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto Ontario
2019              Ontario Society of Artists, Members’ Exhibition of Selected Works, Online Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002             Art Miami 2002, Miami Florida
2001             Art Miami 2001, Miami Florida
2000             Boston International Art Fair, Boston Massachusetts
1999             Modern Fuel Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Kingston, Ontario
1997             The Last Picture Show, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
1997             Seattle Art Fair, Seattle Washington
1997             Ontario Society of Artists Travelling Exhibition, Sault Ste. Marie, Owen Sound, Thunder Bay, Stratford, St. Catharines, and 
                     Toronto, Ontario
1996             Art Detour 1996, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art,
                     Calgary, Alberta
1995             Curators’ Choice, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1994             Group Show, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992             Images for Summer, The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992             Oil Painters of America Premier National Exhibition, Prince Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
1992             Society of Canadian Artists, 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, John Black Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992             Allied Artists of America Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club,
                     New York, N.Y.
1991             Salmagundi Club Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club,
                     New York, N.Y.
1990             Ontario Society of Artists 117th Annual Exhibition, Guelph, Ontario
1990             Knickerbocker Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club, New York, N.Y.
1988             The American Artists Professional League Juried Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club, New York, N.Y.
1986             Kingston Regional Invitational Exhibition, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1981              Regional Juried Exhibition, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Selected Awards/Grants and Memberships
1999             Ontario Arts Council Grant -also 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
1997             Venice Summer School Bursary, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1996             Alfred Bader Scholarship for Art History, Queen’s University,
                     Kingston, Ontario
1994             Listed in the Canadian Who’s Who
1993             Elected as Member of the Ontario Society of Artists
1992             1st Prize, Newcastle Art Centre Juried Exhibition, Bowmanville, Ontario
1992             1st Prize and Peoples’ Choice Award, Cornwall Regional Art Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Cornwall, Ontario
1990             2nd Prize, Recent Realism, Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.
1990             Elected as Member of the Society of Canadian Artists

Selected Collections
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y.
Hon. Peter Milliken, Kingston, Ontario
Canadian Pacific, Calgary Alberta
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
The McLean Group of Companies, Vancouver, British Columbia
McNap Management Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
The Corporation of the City of Kingston
Minorca Resources Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Fairmount Hotels, Calgary, Alberta

Selected Bibliography
Severson, Anne, “Andrew Valko/Michael Walker,” Fast Forward Weekly, vol. 4, no. 25, June 17, 1999
Beaudette, Mary Anne, “Making Public Places Artful Spaces,” Queen’s Gazette, August 10, 1998
Macdonald, Colin, The Dictionary of Canadian Artists, vol. 8, 1998
Capon, Alan, “Northern Exposure,” The Kingston Whig Standard, December, 1992
Leroux, Jacki, “Art Gallery Features Impressive Exhibition,” The Cornwall Standard Freeholder, April, 1991
Canadian Press, “Blending Faith with Art,” the Ottawa Citizen, January, 1988
Moore, Lisa, “Michael Walker’s Allegories of Unrest,” The Kingston Whig Standard, May 1988
Hieronymous, Clara, “Canadian Art-Artists Head Here,” The Nashville Tennessean, September, 1985