Douglas Walker 

 

One and Two Person Exhibitions

2024       Wave, Christie Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario

2017        Layer Upon Layer, Christie Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario

2016        Douglas Walker - New works, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2016        Tropic of Capricorn, Dupont Projects, Toronto, Ontario

2011-14   Other Worlds, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario,  Touring to the Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax,         Nova Scotia, The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto,  The Confederation Center for the Arts, Charlottetown, The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Alberta, and the Kelowna Art Gallery

2009       Douglas Walker, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2007     Douglas Walker, New Paintings, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2006       Douglas Walker, Paintings, Birch/Libralato, Toronto, Ontario

2005     Douglas Walker, Paintings, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2003     Douglas Walker, New Work, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2001     Douglas Walker, The Roman Ending, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

             Douglas Walker, Studies on Paper, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

             Douglas Walker, Large Studies on Paper, MOCCA, Toronto, Ontario

2000    Studies, Tableau Vivant, Toronto, Ontario

1998    Pictures, Tableau Vivant, Toronto, Ontario

1993    Andy Patton / Douglas Walker, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario

1992-94   Douglas Walker – A Future in Ruins, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 

                Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario,Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario. 

                Organized by the Mendel Art Gallery (catalogue)

1991    Multiples, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1990    Perspective 90: Lee Dickson, Douglas Walker, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (catalogue)

1989    Vitrines, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1988    Brian Boigon, Douglas Walker, Speed, Neutralization, and the Spectacle of Sleep, 

            49th Parallel, NYC, NY (catalogue)

1987    Photography, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1986    Photodrawings, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1985    Douglas Walker, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario

1982    Section A – A America, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2024       Surface Tension, Christie Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario.

2024       Gallery Artists,  Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2023       Winter Salon,  Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2021       Group Show,  Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario      

2020       Articulating Legibility, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

2020       Selection, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2018       From the Archives, Christie Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario.

2018       Multi Layered Surfaces, Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2016       Toronto: Tributes and Tributaries, 1971 -1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

2016       Genderhow?,  Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2015       Deep Woods, The Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

2015       Land of Allure, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2013       True North, The Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

2011        Too Tall, The Art Gallery of Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

2009       Brave New World, Plus Gallery, Denver, USA

2008       CRSL23+, Index G gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2008       Somewhere Elsewhere, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, USA

2007       The Light Fantastic, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2006       Trellis, Dyan Marie Projects, Toronto, Ontario

2005       Bug City, the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba

2004        Landscape, James Baird Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland

2003        Paradise Lost. Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 

                Windowlicker. Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Look, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2002    Yesterday, Quicksand: Jack Burman, William MacDonnell, Douglas Walker,

Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Hyper Space, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

    New Works, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Scenicscapes, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Prevalent Concerns, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia 

    Apocalypse and Slow Death, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2000    Science Fictions, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

    Still/Motion, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

          Myth City Saga: Urban Landscape and the Permanent Collection, 

          Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario

    Landtakes, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1997    Rococo Tattoo: The Ornamental Impulse in  Toronto Art,

          The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario

1997-99    Track Records: Trains and Contemporary Photography,

    Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario (touring), Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario  Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta,  Centre Cultural Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec,  MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan,  Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Organized by the Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario

1997    Mall Proteus, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1992    Urban Inscriptions, The Art Gallery of St. Thomas/Elgin, St. Thomas, Ontario,  The London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario,  The MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario.

                 Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario

1990    Landscape, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Transpositions, A public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, Vancouver, B.C. 

1989    Compounded, Lang & O’Hara, NYC, New York

1988-89    London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario,  Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta,  Greater Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia,  Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec,  Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick

    Mississauga Civic Centre Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

1988    Structures of Desire, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario

    Cultural Participation, 77 Wooster Street, NYC, New York / 

    Curated by Felix Gonzalez-Torres,  sponsored by the Dia Art Foundation

    Quick Copy, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Information Systems, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario

    Group Show, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1987    At The Threshold: Representation and Identity, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    Exchange, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York

    Comic Iconoclasm, I.C.A., London, England, curated by Sheena Wagstaff

1986    Some Versions of Pastoral, The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

1984    Chromaliving, Toronto, Ontario

1982    Monumenta, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario

1981    Section A-A America, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario

 

Public Art projects

2015        CloudFlower, The Cornell Community Centre, Markham, Ontario

 

Selected Bibliography

Ashley Johnson, “Douglas Walker” Canadian Art Magazine, Fall 2012

Saunders, Allison, Douglas Walker:Other Worlds, Visual Arts News, Summer, 2012

Ghaznavi, Corinna, Canadian Art Magazine, Fall 2009

Dault, Gary Michael, “In Walker’s world, the mood is blue” The Globe and Mail, June 13, 2009

Laliberte, Mark, Carousel magazine, Spring 2008

Anderson, Randall, Canadian Art Magazine, Fall 2006

“Bug City”, Exhibition Catalogue, The Winnipeg Art Galllery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2005

Dault, Gary Michael, “Untitled but we’ll call them strange” The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2006

Dault, Gary Michael, “Yesterday quicksand” The Globe and Mail, April 27, 2002

Mays, John Bentley, “The landscape as story”, The National Post, June 2, 2001.

Dault, Gary Michael, “Epic treks into time and dreams”,The Globe and Mail, April 28, 2001.

Rhodes, Richard, “Cracked varnish and the end of time”, Canadian Art, Winter, 2000.

Vaughn, R.M., Eye Weekly, August 26, 1999.

Dault, Gary Michael, The Globe and Mail, August 14, 1999.

Hunt, Bryan, “Vacancies”, The National Post, August 31,1999.

Sankey, Gretchen, “Thoughts on the paintings of Doug Walker”, Lola, Summer, 1999.

Fleming, Marnie, “Millennial sublime”, Canadian Art, Summer, 1999.

Dault, Gary Michael, “Life inside life”, C Magazine, May – August, 1999.

Miller, Earl, “Rococo Tattoo”, Parachute, January, 1998.

Michaels, Anne, “Tracking Memory”, Border Crossings, November, 1997.

Mays, John Bentley, “Unnatural Art Beats Tattoo on the Soul”, The Globe and Mail, July 12, 1997.

Mays, John Bentley, “Train Show Right on Track”, The Globe and Mail, August 9, 1997.

Grenville, Bruce, “A Future in Ruins”, Exhibition Catalogue, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.,1994

Theriault, Michele, “Urban Inscriptions”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, 1993.

Brooks, Sharon, “Andy Patton / Douglas Walker”, Exhibition Catalogue, Mercer Union, 

Toronto, Ontario, 1993

Theriault, Michele, “Perspective 90: Lee Dickson, Douglas Walker”, Exhibition Catalogue, 

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, 1990.

Genereaux, Linda, “Evocative Mix of Poetic and Mundane”, Metropolis, August 2, 1990.

Mays, John Bentley, The Globe and Mail, July 13, 1990.

Campbell, Nancy, “Douglas Walker, S.L. Simpson Gallery”, C Magazine, #24, Winter, 1990.

Cooper, Dennis, “Douglas Walker, 49th Parallel”, Artforum, January, 1989.

Grenville, Bruce, “Speed, Neutralization, and The Spectacle of Sleep”, Exhibition Catalogue, 

49th Parallel, NYC, NY, 1988.

Rhodes, Richard, “Memento Mori”, C Magazine, Fall, 1987. 

Grenville, Bruce, “At the Threshold: Representation and Identity”, Exhibition Catalogue,

 S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1987.

“Comic Iconoclasm”, Exhibition Catalogue, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, 1987.

Dault, Gary Michael, “Some Versions of Pastoral”, Exhibition Catalogue, 

The Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario, 1986.

Dault, Gary Michael, “Bunkers for Boys”, C Magazine, Summer, 1986.

Lypchuk, Donna, “Doug Walker at YYZ”, Vanguard, September, 1985.

Scott, John, “Doug Walker at YYZ”, Parachute, #39, Fall, 1985.

Mays, John Bentley, “Doug Walker: New Works at YYZ”, The Globe and Mail, June 6, 1985.

Hume, Christopher, The Toronto Star, January 22, 1983.

 

 

Publications

File megazine, “Boy”, spring 1987

Impulse magazine, “Douglas Walker interviews William Gibson, winter 1989

Carousel magazine, “Portfolio - Douglas Walker”, summer 2008

Carte Blanche Vol. 2 – Painting, “Douglas Walker”, 2008 

 

Collections

National Gallery of Canada

University of Lethbridge

Art Gallery of Ontario

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Mendel Art Gallery and Civic Conservatory

University of Toronto 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Edmonton Art Gallery

Winnipeg Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Windsor

The Donovan Collection

University of Saskatchewan

Canada Council Art Bank

Sun Life 

Cookson Walker

Private Canadian and American collections