Brett Walker
makeartbrettwalker@gmail.com
@brettmakesart
Education
University of California, Berkeley, graduated May 18, 2012
Master of Fine Arts degree, Department of Art Practice
Maine College of Art, graduated May 14, 2006 with honors
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography, honor roll student
Art Institute of Seattle, graduated December 19, 2002
Associates of Applied Arts degree in Commercial Photography from the School of Design
Grants and Awards
Juror’s Choice Award, ArtSpan Open Studios Exhibition, 2014
Juror’s Choice Award, ArtSpan Open Studios Exhibition, 2013
Calder Hayes/Tevis Jacobs, Berkeley Art Museum Council Founders Award, 2012
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Division Parent Grant, 2011
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Division Parent Grant, 2010
ArtistTrust, Grant for Artist Projects, 2009
Maine College of Art, Talent Award Scholarship, 2003
Teaching and Lecture
Exhibition Artist-in-Residence, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2012
Visiting Artist Lecture, Stanford University, 2012
Art 8: Introduction to Visual Thinking, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Art 8: Introduction to Visual Thinking, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Art 26: The Moving Image, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
Darkroom Mentor, Youth in Focus, Seattle, WA, January–December 2007
Guest Lecturer, Upgrade! Seattle, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA, 2006
Residencies
Chalk Hill, Healdsburg, CA, 2024
Chalk Hill, Healdsburg, CA, 2014
LOOP Arts, Oakland, CA, 2013
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2012
The Stephen Pace House Stonington, ME, 2010
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Pictures From Baja - San Francisco, CA - Book and Job Gallery
2015 Red Place – San Francisco, CA - FourBarrel
2015 Start With The Ideal - San Francisco, CA - Bloom Room
2013 Your Oceans Are Not Big Enough For Me – San Francisco, CA - FourBarrel
2013 One Pound and Fuck You– San Francisco, CA – The Garage Sale Project
2010 Self-Titled – San Francisco, CA – FourBarrel
2007 Mass Mass Media – Seattle, WA – 911 Media Arts Center
Selected Exhibitions and Film Screenings
2022
Group Show, Hong Kong, Wonderwall Gallery
2015
Group Show, San Francisco, CA, NWVSF
2014
24 Hour Telethon and Video Screening, San Francisco, CA, The Lab
ArtSpan Open Studios Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, SOMArts
As It Happened , Alameda, CA, Gary Francis Fine Art
2013
ArtSpan Open Studios Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, SOMArts
In The Moment, San Francisco, CA, Harvey Milk Photo Center
Musings, Seattle, WA, Photo Center Northwest
The Kids Are All Right, Andover, MA, Addison Gallery of American Art (catalog)
The Kids Are All Right, Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Museum (catalog)
If You Need Me, I’ll Be in Space, San Francisco, CA, Engine Works
Juried Show, Portland, OR, Newspace Center For Photography
2012
NurtureArt Benefit, New York, NY, Charles Bank Gallery
The Kids Are All Right, Sheboygan, WI, John Michael Kohler Arts Center (catalog)
University of California, MFA Graduate Exhibition,Berkeley, CA, Berkeley Art Museum
2011
Maine College of Art Alumni Exhibition, Portland, ME – Institute for Contemporary Art
Film Screening, Portland, ME – Whitney Art Works
MFA Class Exhibition, Berkeley, CA – Worth Ryder Gallery
Film Screening, San Francisco, CA – Artists’ Television Access
Artists For Freedom, San Francisco, CA - Somarts
2010
Alternate Selves, Lexington, KY – Lexington Art League
Golden State, San Francisco, CA – RVCA
2009
Rattle My Cage, Seattle, WA – Vermillion
Superheroes, Chiang Mai, Thailand – Look at This Gallery
Call and Response, Seattle, WA – Crawl Space Gallery
The CVG Show, Bremerton, WA – Collective Visions Gallery
2008
Vertical Hold, Ellensburg, WA – Gallery One
Mass Consumption, Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center
New American Talent: 23, Austin, TX – Arthouse at the Jones Center (catalog)
On, Of, and About Paper, Orange County, CA – Center for Contemporary Art (catalog)
International Video Art Festival, Naples, Italy, MagMart
2007
Punch + Soil International Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA – SOIL Gallery
Detroit International Film and Video Festival, Detroit, MI – Museum of New Art
This is/not a Room Full of Peanuts, Seattle, WA – Artists Reformation Project
2006
McSweeney’s Wholphin Film Screening, Seattle, WA
Drawing 101, Seattle, WA – Artists Reformation Project
Senior Thesis Index, Portland, ME – Institute for Contemporary Art
The Projection Walk: Neighborhood Watch – Tampa, FL
2004
Living Green: Examining Sustainability, Portland, ME – Institute for Contemporary Art
Showered in Sound, Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery
Merit Scholarship Show, Portland, ME – Maine College of Art
Bibliography
Ferris, Alison, and Ruth Kohler. The Kids Are All Right. Sheboygan: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2012
Sutton, Benjamin. Blouin ArtInfo, In the Air “Non-Profit Gallery NURTUREart’s Annual Benefit Brings Art Thirsty Crowds to Charles Bank,” November 12, 2012
Brier, Jessica. Art Practical 3.16 “The 42nd Annual UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition,” June, 2012
Farr, Kristin and Taylor, Mark. KQED Arts “The Monochrome MFA Shows At Berkeley and Stanford,” June 3, 2012
Madonna, Joen. The Rumpus “The Rumpus Interview With Brett Walker,” June 1, 2012
Fancher, Lou. Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA “Berkeley’s Master of Fine Arts exhibit runs through June 20″ May 24, 2012
Kauffman, Obi. East Bay Express, Oakland, CA “UC Berkeley’s Masters of Media,” May 16, 2012
Sinclair, Llewellyn. Sprudge “Brett Walker’s Unnerving Sausagefest,” February 6, 2012
Young, Spencer. Converse Play, "Talk: Brett Walker,” 4/28/10
Hackett, Regina. Another Bouncing Ball, Seattle, WA, “Brett Walker–The Meaning of Emerging,” 12/23/09
Hackett, Regina. Another Bouncing Ball, Seattle, WA, “Love Children Free Themselves from the Cross,” 4/7/09
Graves, Jen. The Stranger SLOG, Seattle, WA, “Soon-to-Be Hanging,” 3/24/09
Griffin, Elizabeth. Journal Newspaper, Seattle, WA, “Pick of the crop coffee baristas succeed at regional competition,” 2/2/09
Graves, Jen. The Stranger, Seattle, WA, “Stranger Suggests,” 12/12–12/19/2007