Walker Pickering Studio
Bio
Walker Pickering is a photographer and educator based in Austin, Texas. A graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design (MFA 2008) and Texas State University (BFA 2004), his current work uses the quintessential American road trip as a regular excuse for image-making throughout the South and Southwestern United States. He teaches photography at Texas State University and his work is available for sale, publication and exhibition.
Walker Pickering
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Austin, TX
Phone: (512) 576-7460
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For a complete curriculum vitae, download the PDF Version of this document.
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Nearly West, B. Hollyman Gallery, Austin, TX (Solo Exhibition)
2011 Nowhere Near Here: New Lens-based Work from Texas, HCP, Houston, TX
Toby Kamps & Michelle White, Curators
2010 The Portrait, L. Nowlin Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 Abundant Living, Blue Tower Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Solo Exhibition)
2007 Go All Night!, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2006 Jane Jackson Selects, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Jane Jackson, Juror
2005 Texas Photographic Society National Student Competition, Image Gallery, Longview, TX
Keith Carter, Juror
2004 Musicians, Robot Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Solo Exhibition)
2003 Handsome Fur-Bearing Animals, Mitte Gallery, San Marcos, TX
The Art Guys, Curators
COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography
Private Collections
PUBLICATIONS
Spot Magazine, Interview: Walker Pickering with Eric Hancock, p. 26-31, Fall 2011.
The Atlantic, Hole, p. 56, September 2011 Issue.
aCurator blog, “Walker Pickering”, Julie Grahame, February 2011.
Cantanker Magazine, Issue 11: Ambiguous Object, 2010.
A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove by Bill Wittliff.
University of Texas Press: Austin, TX, 2007.
REVIEWS
Art Lies, Issue 68: “Nowhere Near Here: New Photographic Work by Texas Artists”, Logan Sebastian Beck, 2011.
…Might Be Good, Issue #167: “Nowhere Near Here”, Rachel Hooper, April 15, 2011.
Houston Chronicle, “Mapplethorpe and Talent in Texas, Must See Photography”, Douglas Britt, April 8, 2011.
San Antonio Express-News, “Musician turned photographer makes art debut”,
Dan R. Goddard, September 26, 2004.
San Antonio Current, “The ghost of rock 'n' roll”,
Elaine Wolff, September 2, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012–Present Lecturer, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2011 Moderator for photographer James Evans, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
2011 Artist Lecture, B. Hollyman Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 Panel Member, Academic Practicum Workshop, SPE National Conference, Atlanta, GA
2010 Semifinalist, New Art in Austin Triennial, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2010 Juror, Inaugural Exhibition, Iron Rogue Gallery, Cedar City, UT
2009–Present Faculty, The Art Institute of Austin, TX
2008 Adjunct Professor, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2006 Darkroom Printer for A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove, by Bill Wittliff
University of Texas Press, 2007
2004–2005 Photographer, Texas House of Representatives Photography Department, Austin, TX
EDUCATION
MFA, Photography Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA, Studio Art, Photography Texas State University
Image Availability
The images featured on this web site are available for purchase, exhibition and publication. If you are interested in any of the images, please contact Walker. He is also available for commission and editorial work.
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