Marianne Walker
My hand built three-dimensional drawings evidence my interest in story and devotional sculpture, their fragmentary forms morphing into signifiers of adaption and survival. I approach drawing as an act of enlivening, seeing the process as a route to exploring an animistic approach to the plant and animal in the human.
Marianne Walker CV
Email: mwal23@hotmail.com
Instagram: @mariannelwalker
Awards/ Residencies/ Commissions:
2024
Self directed research residency to continue studying the drawings of Odilon Redon, Musee D'Orsay, based in private residence at the invitation of Kethevane Cellard, Paris
Printemps du Dessin Artist in Residence for L'AiR Arts, Atelier 11, La Cite Falguiere, Paris
2023
Arts Institute Plymouth commission, funded by Arts Council England
AN Artists Bursary, funded by Arts Council England
2022
Hogchester Arts, Artist in Residence
2021
East Yorkshire Arts Uplift Commission funded by Arts Council England
2020
Radical Residency V at Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
Drawing Research Residency, L’Air Arts Paris, supported by a European Cultural Foundation travel grant.
2019
The CoLAB Body and Place Historic Residency, British Museum, The Courtauld, Royal Collection Trust.
2014
Locws International Public Art Commission, shortlisted
2013
Colony Artist in Residence, Anarch Gallery, London
Florence Arts Trust Studio Residency, London
2005
Royal Society of Medicine, The Broad Street Pump in 2004, first prize
2002 -3
Internship leading to Artists Residency, Grizedale Arts, Cumbria
2002
The Observer Magazine New British Artist Award
Selected Exhibitions:
Forthcoming in 2025:
Inspiration from the Elements, College of Psychic Studies, London online
Shadders, Project 78, curated by Jane Millar, St Leonards
Axis Curated Selection, curated by Uma Breakdown, online
2024
Enchanted Bodies, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London
Self-directed study in the V&A drawing and sculpture collections
Side by Side, invited by HB Drawing Group, No Format Gallery, London
Self directed research residency to study the work of Odilon Redon, Musee D'Orsay and private residence, Paris
50/ 50 at Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, curated by Stacie McCormick London
Printemps du Dessin Artist in Residence and Open Studio event: Ensemble solo presentation for Printemps du Dessin, L'AiR Arts, Atelier 11, La Cite Falguiere, Paris
Axis New Art Highlight, online
Visiting Artist Presentation with Egyptologist Dr Elizabeth Frood for Mass Sculpture, 26th April
The Tipping Point, curated by Sarah Sparkes and Jane Millar, Bell House, London
Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London
In The Corner Of My Eye curated by Fresh Salad, an exploration of the expanded field of drawing, Koppel Project, London
Uncontrollable Beasts curated by Rented By The Hour, online
2023
Once Upon A Time, HilbertRaum, Berlin
Lughnasadh, Anima Mundi Gallery, online
Research trip to Paris to study the drawings of Odilon Redon, Louvre Museum and Musee D'Orsay
Dialogue with Egyptologist Dr Elizabeth Frood in Mass Sculpture Magazine, London
Otherworlds, Sang-Mi Ra and Marianne Walker, Arts Institute, Plymouth University
Arts Institute Plymouth commission, funded by Arts Council England
AN Artists Bursary, funded by Arts Council England
Useful Drawings, Eye To Pencil, London
Drawing Open, Second Floor Studios, London
2022
Lore, Gallery 115 Fredericksburg USA
Fair Art Fair Auction Collective, selected by Huma Kabakci
Contemporary British Drawing interview, online
Wet Dream curated by Libbi Ponce, Summer Juried Exhibition at Project Gallery V, New York
Second Floor Studios Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London
Kin, an installation of new drawings at Sewerby Hall and Gardens, East Yorkshire, funded by the Arts Council England.
BLINK Roomshare 2, Safehouse Peckham
2021
Glasscloud Winter Salon, Camden Peoples Theatre, London
A Generous Space, Artist Support Pledge exhibition at Hastings Contemporary selected by Julie Lomax
Reclaiming Magic: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021, selected by Emma Stibbon RA
Wells Art Contemporary 2021installation, supported by an Arts Council Grant, Wells Cathedral
Plymouth Contemporary 2021Karst, Plymouth
Can we ever know the meaning of these objects? Gallery 46 Whitechapel
2020
Invitational 1, selected by Alessio Antoniolli, Director of Gasworks for Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
Mantel, Monitor, Ledge 001 curated by Adam at 10 Adam Street, London. Including an instagram takeover
Model Village, curated by Hot Desque, at the Swiss Church London and then online
Site Visit, a L'AiR Arts online exhibition curated by Clare Patrick:
The New Black curated by The Void Collective, online :
Radical Residency V Exhibition at Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
2019
Adeste Fideles Barbican Arts Group Trust, London
The Flesh of Thought, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London plus online catalogue.
Neo: Art Prize 2019, selected by Jordan Baseman, Sacha Craddock, William Lunn and Helen Wewiora Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
Gender, curated by Girls Girls Girls and selected by Dan Edwards, Alexandra Gallagher and Alex Zawadzski, Prism Contemporary, Lancashire
The Invisible Realm of Possibility, FIAP, Paris, France
2018
Ecstasy in Norwich (open submission section), Lower.Green, Norwich
Pulp II, drawing sale at the Rectory Projects, London
Artworks Open 2018, The Barbican Arts Group Trust, Selected by Tai Shani and Emma Talbot
Royal West of England Academy 166th Open Exhibition, selected by Zavier Ellis, Laura Gasgoine, Lara Wardle, Stuart Geddes, Stephen Jacobson, Fiona Robinson, Elizabeth Turrell and Chris Dunseath
Twice as Nice at PS Mirabel, Manchester
2015
Contemporary British Drawing, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, China
Art Car Boot Sale (London), with Dark Matter Studio
A5 Platform Project, Lubomirov Easton for Art Athina, Athens
2014
From Here and There: Drawings from the UK, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
Beguile the Night: Beyond Drawing, Dark Matter Studio, London
From Here & There, Drawings from Colorado and Wales, Clara Hatton Gallery, University of Colorado, USA
Source Spotlight Display Open Call: Narrative, Text, Image, Tate Britain
A5, Lubomirov-Easton, Art Athina, Athens, Greece
Minotaurean Cut, Dark Matter Studio, London
2013
Colony, Anarch Gallery London, roaming exhibition
Inner City Pilgrim, solo exhibition, OMT Gallery London
Florence Trust Summer Show 2013, London
Rushing to Paradise, Royal Standard Project Space, Liverpool
Florence Trust Winter Open, London
2012
Past and Present, Artists Urban Action Enclave, OMT Gallery London
On Spiritualism, Apiary Studios, London
2011
You are not in control, Netil House, London
Alchemical Reactions, Café Oto, London
2010
Curiouser and Curiouser, the Old Vic Tunnels, London
Oblong Gallery screening of drawings, London
Doubt, screening of drawings, MKII, London
2007
Anonymous Drawings, Bluentenweiss, Raum fuer Kunst, Berlin
2006
Skin Deep, open studio, Montana, USA
Works on paper, Flux Factory, Queens, NYC, USA
Orions Shorts Film Festival, High Desert Test Sites, Landers, California, USA
2005
Urbanbodies,127 Brick Lane, London
2004
Romantic Detachment P.S.1 MoMA New York USA, Chapter Arts Cardiff, Wales,
Q Gallery Derby, England
2003
Ghosts, House Gallery, London
The Drawing Show 03, Ruskin Mill, Stroud
Fabrications, Redgate Gallery, London
Made-Up, Seven Seven Gallery, London
Making and Mapping, solo exhibition, Richmond Riverside Gallery, London
2002
Jerwood Drawing Prize, National touring
MA Graduate Show, Wimbledon School of Art, London
Exhibitions curated:
2019 The Flesh of Thought, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
2015 Beguile the Night, co-curated with Zoe Dorelli, Dark Matter Studio, London
2011 Alchemical Reactions, Cafe Oto, London
Publications:
2023
Dialog with Egyptologist Dr Elizabeth Frood, Mass Sculpture Magazine issue two
2022
Yorkshire Post weekend edition 16.04.22
2021
Wells Art Contemporary exhibition catalogue
The Invitational I at Unit 1 Gallery Workshop exhibition catalogue
2020
50 Days, 50 Conversations, published by Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
https://unit1gallery-workshop.com/artworks/50days50conversations-book/
Drawing to Feel Good Issue 1, by Chloe Briggs of Drawing is Free, online and irl drawing publication
https://files.cargocollective.com/634001/Drawing-to-Feel-Good--Issue-1-.pdf
Social Media L'AiR Arts and Corona, Fad Magazine online
Draw For, the NHS publication of a print and sale in support of the NHS
2019
The Flesh of Thought, exhibition catalogue and inaugural edition of drawing journal
2015
Contemporary British Drawing, exhibition catalogue
Attempt Magazine inaugural issue
Beguile the Night: Beyond Drawing Catalogue
2014
From Here & There, Drawing from Colorado and Wales Catalogue
This is Tomorrow, review of Colony, Anarch Gallery roaming exhibition
2013
Michigan Quarterly Review article on Inner City Pilgrim
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2013/12/innercity-pilgrim/
Inner City Pilgrim companion piece by Nicholas Johnson
Art Licks Weekend publication featuring Inner City Pilgrim
Florence Trust Summer Show catalogue
2012
On Spiritualism exhibition catalogue
2006
Leisure Centre, Obsolete Edition, shown in Paperworld at Transition Gallery
2005
Artists Newsletter May 05 issue
Art Monthly April 05 issue
Royal Society of Medicine Journal April 05 issue
2004
The Cannon, companion publication for Romantic Detachment
https://www.grizedale.org/shop/the-cannon-romantic-detachment-what-fresh-hell-is-this
2002
The Observer Magazine, MA Show article “Watch this Space”, Sept 02 issue
Teaching:
2024 visiting artist at Mass Sculpture, London
2024 group tutorial Paris College of Art students, Atelier 11 La Cite Falguiere, Paris
2019 – present: Imperial College London, Drawing Together and Drawing for Beginners, in studio and virtual teaching
2019 - present: freelance drawing in museum collections, V&A, British Museum, Royal Collection Trust
2019 - 2020 Visiting Artist, Imperial College, London, giving workshops and tutorials
Talks
2024
Research and practice presentation for Mass Sculpture together with Egyptologist, Dr Elizabeth Frood
Solo Open Studio presentation for Paris College of Art students, Atelier 11, La Cite Falguiere, Paris
2013
Public Artists Talk in conjunction with Inner City Pilgrim for Art Licks Weekend
2002
Production Assistant to Jordan Baseman on film ‘1+1=1
Camera work for Micz Flor’s film The Blawith Project
Workshop, Landscape – natural and unnatural for Grizedale Arts at Hawkshead Village School, Cumbria
Funding
2023
AN Artist Bursary for woodcarving training and travel to Paris to study the works of Odilon Redon
Arts Council England funding for Arts Institute Plymouth commission for Otherworlds exhibition
2021
Arts Council England funding for East Yorkshire Contemporary Arts Uplift Commission
Arts Council England funding for installation at Wells Cathedral for Wells Art Contemporary
2019
European Cultural Foundation and Compagnia di San Paolo STEP Beyond travel grant 2019, Arts Council England Funding for Wells Art Contemporary installation and East Yorkshire Arts Uplift Commission.
Collections: Private Collections in U.K, Canada, China and France
Education:
2000 – 2002 MA Sculpture Wimbledon School of Art
1990- 1993 BA(Hons) Fine Art Sunderland University
1996 City and Guilds Level One Teaching Adults Certificate
