Curriculum Vitae – Robert Walker
Professional training:
Graduated from Sir George Williams University, Montreal in 1969
Studied painting with Roy Kiyooka & Jean Goguen
Attended photography workshops with Lee Friedlander (1975) & Gary Winogrand (1979)
Projects:
Curated Camerart for Galerie Optica, (24 Quebec artists using cameras) Montreal
Commisioned catalogue essays from Les Levine, Pierre Vallières & Chantal Pondbriand, 1975
Curated the exhibition Halsman’79, (with Cornell Capa) a retrospective exhibition of the portrait photographer Philippe Halsman for the International Center of Photography in New York, 1979
Commisioned to document the making of the John Huston film Annie,
along with William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz & Gary Winogrand.
Project resulted in the book Annie on Camera, 1980.
Invited by the Venice in Peril Foundation to produce a body of work on the city of Venice for an exhibition held in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, 2011. Other artists included Candida Höfer, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nan Goldin & Lynne Cohen. A catalogue was published by Ivory Press titled Real Venice.
Magazine portfolios:
Aperture, Artscanada, Artforum, Artsmagazine, American Photographer, Artystyczne, Border Crossings, British Journal of Photography, Canadian Art, CV, Creative Camera, Popular Photography, Foto Tapeta, Harpers, Kunstbeeld, Fotografia; Forma, Pismo, Parachute, Stern, London Magazine, View, Trendy, doc!
Public collections:
Bibliothéque nationale, Paris, France
Maison europeenne de la photographie, Paris, France
Musée de la photographie à Charleroi, Belgium
Fotographie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, Netherlands
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum Sztuki, ?ód?, Poland
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Grants, prizes, awards:
Canada Council arts grants 1980, 1990, 2002
Ministére des Affaires culturelles du Québec, 1995
First prize for photography of cultural monument, Dept of Culture, City of Montreal, 2000
Awarded silver medal, National Magazine Foundation for best portfolio in Border Crossings magazine, 2002
Color is Power nominated one of 100 best books of the year by the Globe & Mail, 2003
American Photographer magazine selected Color is Power as one of years best photography books, 2003
Short-listed for the Scotiabank Photo Award, 2013
Nominated and elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2003
