Christine Walker is an artist, writer, and strategic visual facilitator. Her paintings are exhibited in galleries and private and corporate collections. She holds an MFA in Writing and Literature (Fiction) from Bennington College, an MA in Creative Arts Interdisciplinary from San Francisco State University, and a BFA from the University of Kansas. Her multidisciplinary career has also encompassed graphic design, illustration, contemporary dance stage design, and teaching art and writing.
Her book A Painter’s Garden: Cultivating the Creative Life (Warner Books, narrative nonfiction, 1997) contains paintings and drawings based on her gardens and essays inspired by her journal/sketchbooks about creative process. She is the illustrator and co-author with Dennis Hysom of award-winning children’s media, including Wooleycat’s Musical Theater (Tortuga Press, 2003, book with song CD). She lives in Sonoma County, California.
Find out more at
Main site www.christinewalker.net
Author site https://christinewalkerauthor.com
Visual facilitation https://seeshape.com
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CHRISTINE WALKER Artist & Author
Born: 1948 Kansas City, Missouri
Lived in San Francisco, California: 1977 -1994
Currently lives in Sonoma County, California
http://www.christinewalker.net
EDUCATION
2006 MFA Writing and Literature in Fiction, Bennington College, VT
1980 MA Creative Arts Interdisciplinary, San Francisco State University, CA
1973-75 Printmaking courses, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1970 BFA University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Entwined by Nature, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA (3 Artists)
2004 Abandoned Gardens, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
2001 Abandoned Gardens, 45 Fremont Building, San Francisco, CA
2000 The Orchard Drawings, studio exhibition, Sebastopol, CA
1998 A Painter’s Garden, AirTouch Communications, Walnut Creek, CA
1997 A Painter’s Garden, Niebaum-Coppola Winery, Rutherford, CA
1996 Fertile Ground, The Quicksilver Mine Company Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
1995 A Painter’s Garden, Sun Cities Art Museum, Sun City, AZ
1990 Pedestrians, 201 Convention Plaza, San Francisco, CA
1986 Harbors, Zephyr Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Island Songs, Bank of America Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980 Swimmers, New Performance Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 Off-Hand Gestures, New Performance Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Women Artists 2024, Chloe Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Women Artists 2020, Chloe Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003-09 Group Shows, Auberge du Soleil Gallery, I Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
2005 Guest Artist, Graton Gallery, Graton, California
2003 Group Shows, Quicksilver Mine Company Gallery, Forestville, CA
2003 Fortune, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2001 SFMOMA Artists Gallery program, San Francisco, CA
2000 Trees, Quicksilver Mine Company Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
1998 City Life, 425 Market Street Gallery, The Shorenstein Co, San Francisco, CA
1998 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Garden Impressions, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto and San Jose, CA
1996 Linked by Gesture, Downtown Dance/Art Space, Sebastopol, CA
1996 Landscapes, Quicksilver Mine Company Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
1996 Big Fruit & Big Flowers, Sonoma County Cultural Arts Council, State Building, Santa Rosa, CA
1994 Art as Food for the Eyes, Student Union Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, SF, CA
1992 Group Shows, Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Art in Embassies program, U.S. Department of State
1991 Group Shows, Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Viewing Landscapes, Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Earth Day, South Bay Green Alliance, San Jose State University, CA
1990 Group Show, Synopsis, Mountain View, CA
1990 Bay Area Artists, 3 Com, Santa Clara, CA
1989 Bay Area Artists, Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA
1989 Faber Birren Color Award Show, 9th Annual, Stamford Art Assoc., Stamford, CT, Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator Brooklyn Museum
1989 Kimball’s East / Benefit Family House, Kimball’s East Jazz Club, Emeryville, CA
1987 Group Show, Zephyr Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Three Painters, Yorkville Vineyards, Yorkville, CA
1985 Bathers, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
1982-86 San Francisco Open Studio, San Francisco, CA, solo shows in studio
1984 Great Gifts in Small Packages, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, SF, CA
1981 Three Painters, Xerox Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
1981 San Francisco Open Studio, S.F., CA, solo show in studio & juried show
1981 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery Program, SF, CA
1977 Women Artists ‘77, University of Missouri Kansas City Art Gallery, KC, MO, Juror: Miriam Shapiro, artist
1977 30 Miles of Art, Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO , juried exhibition
1974 Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Apax Partners, Menlo Park, CA
BankAmerica Corporate Art Collection, San Francisco, CA
Charles Schwab, Palo Alto, CA
Kaiser Permanente, Hayward, CA
Kaiser Permanente, Union City, CA
Merrill Lynch, Los Angeles, CA
Seward & Kissel, New York, NY
The Woodsmall Insurance Companies, Kansas City, MO
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA
Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum, San Francisco, CA
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (works on paper)
Chloe Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA (paintings)
Former representation: I Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA; Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PUBLISHED BOOKS
A Painter’s Garden: Cultivating the Creative Life, Warner Books, 1997, narrative nonfiction, Christine Walker, artist and author
Wooleycat’s Musical Theater, Tortuga Press, 2003, illustrated book with song CD, Christine Walker co-author and illustrator
JURIED PUBLICATIONS
Studio Visit, Volume Fifty, The Open Studios Press, 2021, Juror: Dominic Molon, Curator Rhode Island School of Design Museum
American Artwork, Alcove Media, 2018, Jurors: Howard Eige, California College of the Arts; Jan Christensen Heller, Heller Gallery
Studio Visit, Volume Thirteen, The Open Studios Press, 2011, Juror: Beth Venn, Curator The Newark Museum
American Illustration Annual, Edward Booth-Clibborn, 1985
Illustration Annual, Communication Arts, 1984
PRESS
Lina Knoop, Happinez Magazine, “Wo Alles Zu Sein Beginnt…” (“Where Everything Begins to Be…”), Jahrgang 8, Nummer 5, 2017, Bauer Media, Hamburg, Germany
San Francisco Chronicle, July 28, 2000
The Press Democrat, May 7, 2000, Santa Rosa, CA
Miriam Silver, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA, “Art Finds A Place to Call Home in Sonoma,” December 24, 2000
San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 1998
Kansas City Star, February 3, 1998
San Jose Mercury News, March 13, 1998
Sonoma County Independent, September 11-17, 1997
Sun Cities Independent, “Memory of Light,” July 19, 1995, Sun City, AZ
Daily News-Sun, Sun City, AZ , “Trio of Artists,” July 13, 1995,
The Phoenix Gazette, Phoenix, AZ, “Three New Exhibits,” July 7, 1995
Les Krantz, California Art Review, Second Edition, 1989, American References Inc., Chicago, IL
The Newsday Magazine, Long Island, New York “Aerial Snapshot,” August 2, 1987
Marilyn Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, “Way’s Laundry Is a Winner,” June 29, 1987
Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Examiner, “ODC Ending Its Season in a Most Satisfying Way,” June 29, 1987
Janice Ross, The Tribune, Oakland, CA, “ODC Creates Dance that’s Deft, Clean and Fresh in ‘Laundry Cycle,’” June 29, 1987
Charles Shere, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, “Studio Tours Showcase Where Art Is Going,” October 27, 1986
Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Examiner, “An Invitation From the City’s Artists,” October 12, 1986
Contemporary Exhibitions, San Francisco Open Studio 1986, catalog
San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 1986
Al Morch, San Francisco Examiner, “It’s Open House Time at 144 S.F. Artists’ Studios,” October 17, 1986
Pamela Reasner, Time Tribune, Palo Alto, CA, “Robot Learns Modern Dance in Abstract ‘Invisible Cities,’” December 9, 1985
Judith Rohrer, Artweek, “Exhibitions,” October 4, 1980
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