Caroline Walker
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We meet leading artist Caroline Walker.
Walker\u2019s paintings reveal the diverse social, cultural and economic experiences of women living in contemporary society. Drawing on her own photographic source material, Walker provides a unique window into the everyday lives of women.
Blurring the boundary between objectivity and lived experience, Walker highlights often overlooked jobs performed by women and the psychologically charged spaces they inhabit. Walker explains: \u201cThe subject of my paintings in its broadest sense is women\u2019s experience, whether that is the imagined interior life of a glimpsed shop worker, a closely observed portrayal of my mother working in the family home, or women I\u2019ve had the privilege of spending time with in their place of work. From the anonymous to the highly personal, what links all these subjects is an investigation of an experience which is specifically female.\u201d
Caroline Walker was born in 1982 in Dunfermline, Scotland. She lives and works in London.
Blurring the boundary between objectivity and lived experience, the artist highlights often overlooked jobs performed by women and the psychologically charged spaces they inhabit.
Previously encompassing locations such as Los Angeles, Palm Springs and the UK, Walker\u2019s scenes hint at the complexity of her subjects\u2019 lives whilst completely avoiding narrative resolution. Recent works have seen Walker cast her eye to her immediate surroundings in East London, reflecting on her wider community and the significance of encounters with anonymous individuals who are nevertheless integral to our daily existence. Often exploring the notion of \u2018women\u2019s work\u2019, the artist captures specific spaces such as pharmacies, tailors, beauty salons, laboratories, bathhouses and modernist apartments.
Walker presented a new body of large-scale paintings at the historic Fitzrovia Chapel in February 2022. The works were created following her residency at University College Hospital's maternity wing, during which the artist shadowed female midwives, nurses, doctors and cleaners. Sketches from the series were displayed by UCLH Arts at Street Gallery, London and the project was accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.Examples will also be included as part of a two-person presentation with Laura Knight at Nottingham Castle in March 2022.
KM21, The Hague hosted \u2018Windows\u2019, a significant solo exhibition of the artist\u2019s work in August 2021. An expansive show of Walker\u2019s preparatory studies and large-scale paintings titled \u2018Women\u2019s Work\u2019 opened in May 2021 at Midlands Art Centre (MAC), Birmingham, UK. She features in the Hayward Gallery touring exhibition \u2018British Art Show 9\u2019 in 2022. Walker\u2019s first solo show at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London will take place in April 2022, focussing on the artist\u2019s sister-in-law Lisa and her experience of motherhood.
Walker obtained an MA in painting from Royal College of Art, London in 2009 and a BA (Hons) from Glasgow School of Art in 2004. Walker is also represented by GRIMM, Amsterdam / New York and Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.
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