Gwen K. Walker
Education
2024: Doctor of Philosophy (Currently Studying) | University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
2021: Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) with First Class Honours | University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
2014: Diploma of Photo Imaging | TAFE Queensland South West, Toowoomba, Australia
Employment
2020 - Current: Archivist | Toowoomba Anglican School, Toowoomba, Australia
2021 - Co-Director | LASSO Artist Run Initiative, Toowoomba, Australia
2020: Board of Directors Member | First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
2019: Collection Registrar Intern | University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
2019: Curator | First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
2019: Gallery Installer | USQ Artsworx, Toowoomba, Australia
Exhibitions (Solo)
2024 (Upcoming)
'Lost on Purpose (mostly)', B-Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
2022
'The Unknown Path', Pink Ink Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
2018
'Artifex ex Machina', Red Door Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Postcards from Itoshima', Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
2016
'Wandering', Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
Exhibitions (Group)
2023
'Creative Interconnections', School of Creative Arts Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
'Undercurrent', St Andrew's Hospital, Toowoomba, Australia
'Post-STRUCTURE', University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
'Fill Your Eyes', University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
'Ratljós', SÍM Korpúlfsstaðir Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022
'All In!', Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Undercurrent', University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
'A Walk Among Trees', University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
'It’s OK to be me…' , University of Southern Queensland / Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Toowoomba, Australia
'From There and Back Again', University of Southern Queensland Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
2021
'Across the Borders', University of Southern Queensland Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Fragile State', Lasso Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
2020
'Graduart', Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'The Percival Photographic Portrait Prize', Perc Tucker Regional Gallery,Townsville, Australia
2019
'Summer Smorgasboard', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
'Under the Covers', Dunmore Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Graduart', Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Arthaus V', USQ Artsworx Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Post Premises', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
2018
'More More More', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
'In Anna’s Garden', Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
'Before the Conundrum', Pink Ink Artists’ Space, Toowoomba, Australia
'Dabble in the Dust', Moore St Art Gallery, Warialda, Australia
'Communal Spaces', Pink Ink Artists’ Space, Toowoomba, Australia
'Head Space', Red Door Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
2017
'Arthaus III', USQ Artsworx Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
2015
'Orange Peel', SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
'Frames', SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014
'All in 2', MARS Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'Proximity', Futures Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
'The Very First Coat', MARS Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
2013
'Icons on Icons' (fringe exhibition), Cobb & Co. Museum, Toowoomba, Australia
'Merge', Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, Toowoomba, Australia
'Our Home on the Range', Queensland Center for Photography, Brisbane, Australia
Exhibitions (Curator)
2022
'It’s OK to be me…' , University of Southern Queensland / Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Toowoomba, Australia
2019
'Chopping the Deadwood', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
'Rainy day, cloudy day or sunny day'., First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
'Australia and Australians', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
'Distance', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
2018
'More More More', First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Australia
Collections
CSIRO US, San Mateo, California, USA
The National Art School, Sydney, Australia
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna, Reykavík, Iceland
Queensland State Library, Brisbane, Australia
Works held in private collections in Australia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the UK
Publications
2022
'Creative Returns: Reformation, Recovery, Renewal. An Arts and Wellbeing Symposium and Showcase', Toowoomba, Loophole Press, 2022, pp.31-32
'Now You Don’t See Me, Now You Do: Queer Artists as Inverse Magicians', Non Traditional Research Outcomes, Vol. 41 (https://nitro.edu.au/articles/2022/4/22/now-you-dont-see-me-now-you-do-queer-artists-as-inverse-magicians)
2020
'Ryoko', [zine], 42nd Studio, Toowoomba, Issue 1, 2020
'Everywhere is my Studio', [Artist Book], 42nd Studio, Toowoomba, 2020
'Nearly Never Nearby', [Artist Book], 42nd Studio, Toowoomba, 2020
2015
'Reykjavík: January 2015', [Artist Book], Light and Glass Photography, Toowoomba, Australia
2014
'iTether', [Artist Book], Light and Glass Photography, Toowoomba, Australia
Artist Residencies
2023
SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018
Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
2016
Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
2015
SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
Awards
2021
USQ University Medal
2020
The Percival Photographic Portrait Prize - (Finalist)
Grants & Scholarships
2022
Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship
2019
The New Colombo Plan Scholarship Program