Artist Profile


1981
Born in Stockton, California, USA

1998-1999
Exchange student at Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu Kougei High School, Japan

2001-2002
Exchange student at Waseda University's International Division, Tokyo, Japan

2003
Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language,
San Francisco State University

2007
Master of Fine Arts in Design,
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan

Artist in studio program, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

2009 - present
Lives and works in New York


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2007
"Bank ART Studio NYK 2007: Anthony Cannon Walker Open Studio Exhibition,"
BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

1994
"50 Ways to Pick Your Nose,"
Archival Framing Gallery, Sacramento, California

1991
"The Good the Weird and the Things With Sneers,"
Archival Framing Gallery, Sacramento, California


Selected Group Exhibitions


2010
"Insider Art: 11th Annual Staff Art Exhibition,"
CHRISTIE'S, New York, NY

"Jamaica Flux '10 - Video Slam: Art as Action,"
Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica, New York

2009
"Partisan,"
Merchandise Mart, Art Chicago 2008, Chicago, Il.

2008
"Partisan,"
Merchandise Mart, Art Chicago 2008, Chicago, Il.

2007
"BankART Studio Exhibition 2007 5-6,"
BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

"The 55th Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music: Graduation Works Exhibition,"
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music University Museum

"Foreign Influence: Ten Legal Aliens Making Art in Japan,"
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Union Gallery

2006
"World is a Playground Exhibition,"
HIGURE 17-15 cas contemporary art studio, Tokyo

"Tokyo Geidai - Street! 2006 Exhibition,"
Break Station Gallery, JR Ueno Station, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by the East Japan Railway Company and the
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music University Museum

2005
"International Art Exchange Exhibition in Tokyo and Seoul,"
The Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture's
Shinjuku Promenade Gallery, Tokyo (May); and
The Hongik University Gallery, Seoul, Korea (August)


Selected Performances


2010
"Jamaica Flux '10 - Closing Performance"
A MOMU System performance with video art and live Theremin, June 12th, 2010
Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica, New York

2006
First performance of the MOMU system
For goldfish, piano and shakuhachi, March 28th, 2006, Tokyo, Japan


Awards and Grants


2004 - 2007
Recieved a full scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to attend the MFA Program at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

1997
Honored with the Governor's medallion as a California Arts Scholar, participating in the California State Summer School for the Arts held at California Institute of the Arts

1996
Honored with the Governor's medallion as a California Arts Scholar, participating in the California State Summer School for the Arts held at California Institute of the Arts


Art Fairs


Art Chicago, Chicago, Il. ('08,'09)
Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy ('08,'09)



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