DAVID ALLEN WALKER
b. 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey
lives and works in Qingdao, China
CONTACT:
Email: davidallenwalker82 at gmail.com
EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, May 2009, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts December 2004, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024 - (Solo) Substantiation, Gallery 215, Jimo City, Qingdao, PR China
2023 - (Solo) Separation & Aggregation, Gallery 215, Jimo City, Qingdao, PR China
2022 - (Solo) Selective Memories, Gallery 215, Jimo City, Qingdao, PR China
2021 - Color Burst: Contemporary Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 - Life Framer Photography Award Show, Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy
2016 - Landscape: Photography Now, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2014/2015 - The Traces Left Behind: Evidence of Humanity, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2010 - Hiding Out, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - Unstarted Works, City County Building, Wilmington, DE
2010 - Delaware College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Wilmington, DE
2009 - Instance, Instants, Distance: New Works by Emerging Local Artists, Skybox Gallery at 2424 studios, Philadelphia, PA
2009 - Young Artists, Old Souls, Caroline Dunlop Millet Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2008 - Graduate Student Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2005 - (Solo) Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL
2004 - Ars Nova Juried Show, Northern Illinois University
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2020-2024 - Menaul School Qingdao 2020 Juried Art Show (Judge/Curator), Menaul School Qingdao
2019 - Qingdao International High School Art Exhibition & Salon (Judge/Curator), Qingdao University
2009 - Instance, Instants, Distance: New Works by Emerging Local Artists (Judge/Curator), Skybox Gallery at 2424 studios, Philadelphia, PA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2019-present
- Visual Arts, Photography, & AP Art History teacher, Menaul School Qingdao, Qingdao, Shandong, PR China
2018-2019
- Resident foreign teacher, AMIO International Education, Qingdao, Shandong, PR China
2014-2018
- Resident foreign teacher, Qingdao Huangdao Number One HS, Qingdao, Shandong, PR China
2013-2014
- Resident foreign teacher, Biancheng Zhongxue, Huayuan, Hunan, PR China
2011-2012
- Resident foreign teacher, TPR School, Zhongshan, Guangdong, PR China
2010-2011
- Adjunct Professor of 2D and 4D Design, Delaware College of Art and Design
2007-2009
- Visiting Artist Coordinator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
AWARDS:
2008
- Justine Cretella Memorial Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2000-2002
- School of Art Institutional Tuition Waver Scholarship, Northern Illinois University