Larry Walker (American, born )

Timeline

1935
Born in Franklin, Georgia
1953
Family moves to N.Y.C. when he is 6 years old. Graduates from the famedHigh School of Music and Art. Relocates to Detroit, Michigan, 1953.
1958
Marries Gwendolyn Howell. Together they have three children (Dana L. 1959-B.A., B.F.A.; Larry M. 1960-B.A., CTA; Kara E. 1969-B.F.A.,M.F.A.)
1958
BS Art Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
1963
MA Drawing/Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Exhibitions

2007
Larry Walker – Wall Series in Transition – Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA – September 7 – October 4
2007
Larry Walker: 10 Years of Painting – Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA – March 31 - May 12 (solo)
2005
Larry Walker – Cross Cultural Dialogue - Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA -September 9 – October (solo)
2004
Visual Legacies Series, An art exhibit by Larry Walker (also includes one work each from 5 former students), Georgia College & State University, Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Milledgeville, GA – September 27 – October 29 (solo)
2004
Diptychs: Pathways in the Garden - Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta, GA – Barkin-Leeds Ltd. With cooperation from the Fay Gold Gallery – July 22 – October 7 (solo)
2004
“Gatherings”, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
2003
Encounters: Larry Walker, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama (solo)
2002
Black Romantic, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2001
Marking Time-Historic and Contemporary Drawings, Brenau University Galleries at Simmons Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2001
Larry Walker: Four Decades, Masters Series, City Gallery East, Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs and Georgia State University School of Art and Design Galleries, Atlanta, Georgia (solo)
2000
Go Figure, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000
SURVIVAL: An Exhibition of African American Art from the Collection of Drs. Thomas D. Boston and Catherine L. Ross, Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
2000
The Red Clay Survey: Seventh Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama (also 1994)