Peter walker

PETER WALKER

Peter Walker Peter Walker is one of this countries best up and coming young sculptors whose work has been described as absorbing and powerful and who has been tipped for “potential international significance”. Born is Staffordshire in 1973 where he taught himself to draw and sculpt, he moved to Falmouth / Penryn in Cornwall to develop his artistic skills and studio practice. He moved to Hay on Wye in Wales in 2004, from where he is currently working on an exciting body of new work. Peter still has strong links to Cornwall, for where he is currently working on a number of important projects for the county. These include a statue of St. Piran, the Patron Saint of Cornwall, which is to be located in Perranporth and a monument to the Cornish Tin Miners which is to be located in St. Just.
Public Commissions / Artwork Isis - Cameron Mews / Burton Upon Trent / Staffordshire Sir Izaak Walton Memorial - Victoria Park / Stafford Cornish Tin Miner Monument - St Just and District Trust/ St Just / Cornwall / In Progress St Piran - Perranzabuloe / Cornwall / In Progress Commissions Forward and Remembrance -The National Maritime Museum / Falmouth / Cornwall / Commissioned by Lord Iliffe Industrial Skylines - Commissioned by Woodhouse Projects Stafford Brine Baths Wall Relief - Team Member / Stafford County Council Portrait - Commission by Mr. Michael Hipkins Portrait - Commission by Mr. Kenneth Wood Portrait - Commission by Mr. Royston Smith
2000 saw the unveiling of his first major sculptural work, a Monument to Sir Isaac Walton, author of “The Complete Angler”, one of the most important writers in English Literature. 2005 saw the unveiling of a second major public work in Burton upon Trent. This sculpture, a twelve foot tall representation of the Goddess Isis, which has been described as “magnificent”, underlines Peter Walker’s aim to create “individually significant statuary”. Peter Walker works primarily in bronze, and almost exclusively from the figure. “The figure in a starting point from which one can manipulate forms and perspectives that we have experienced from childhood”. His work varies from both fully representational to powerful abstractions. Alongside his sculptural work Peter Walker is also an accomplished draughtsman, producing series of work in pen and ink, oil and refined line work in pencil and charcoal. Further to this he has been a published poet and had a long career in music. Working alongside top international foundries, Peter produces unique bronze sculptures to the highest standard. “Sculpture is by its very nature an intense personal testimony. Powerful emotive qualities are translated into form”.
"Sir Isaac Walton"
Exhibitions Forest of Mercia Centre - West Midlands / Solo Sculpture Exhibition The Bay - Penzance / Cornwall / Solo Sculpture Exhibition The Extended View Gallery - Market Street Mews / Penryn / Cornwall / Solo Sculpture Exhibition Open Studios South West 2001 / 2002 / 2003 The Bay - Penzance / Cornwall / Exhibition of Drawings and Sculpture Treliske - Truro / Cornwall / Solo Drawing Exhibition The Manor House - Guiting Power / Cheltenham / Exhibition with Melissa Mailer-Yates The Main Gallery - Market Street Mews / Penryn / Cornwall / Exhibition with M.Murphy The Society of Portrait Sculptors “Face 2003" - The Gallery / Cork Street / London / Mixed Exhibition The Strand Gallery - Derby City Gallery and Museum / Mixed Exhibition Falmouth Art Gallery / Cornwall Royal Birmingham Society of Artists / Mixed Exhibition Atkinson Art Gallery - Southport / Mixed Exhibition Market Street Mews - Penryn / Cornwall / Mixed Exhibition The Shire Hall - Stafford / Mixed Exhibition The Gatehouse Theatre - Stafford / Mixed Exhibition The Guildhall - West Midlands / Mixed Exhibition Sandon Hall - Staffordshire / Mixed Exhibition Cornwall Spring Flower Show “Common People” - The Wine Cellars / Brussels / Performance “Doing it for the Kids” - The Blue Coat Gallery / Liverpool / Performance “The World Won’t Listen” - Institute of Contemporary Arts / Performance “The Smiths is Dead” - London / Performance Work In Collection National Maritime Museum Cornwall The New Art Gallery Walsall Mayors Office / Stafford County Council Rt. Hon Lord Iliffe Rt. Hon Lady Butterworth Penryn Museum St. Piran School / Maidenhead St. Gluvias Church / Penryn Cameron Homes Ltd
"Isis"		"Icarus"
"St Piran"		Related Experience Winner of the Bertram Gough Sculpture Design Competition 2003 Edenart - KEAP Project / The Eden Project Assistant Sculptor - The Eden Project 1998-2000 - Assistant Sculptor to Various Artists Public Monument and Sculpture Association, National Records Arts Council England South West Project Grant Princes Trust Bursary South West Investment Grant Distinction / H.N.D in Sculpture and Modeling / Specializing in Public Art Assistant / Open Studios South West Team 2001 - 2003 Assistant / Market Street Mews / 2000 - 2004