Dr Gwen K. Walker PhD FRSA
Education
2025: Doctor of Philosophy | 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
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)
2025
Fill Your Eyes, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
2024
Graduart, University of Southern Queensland Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
UniSQ Biennial Art Award, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Park Perspectives, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Fill Your Eyes, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
2023
Creative Interconnections, 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://creativematters.edu.au/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
2024
UniSQ Biennial Art Award - (Finalist)
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