Bill Walton
Text from Fleisher Ollman Gallery
Estate of Bill Walton
1931-2010
Lived and worked in Philadelphia
Bio / Exhibition History
Bill Walton (1935-2010) was born in Camden, New Jersey and briefly studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago before moving to Philadelphia in 1964 where he was a commercial printmaker by trade and later an instructor at Moore College of Art and Design (1974-1990). Interested in the materials used for printmaking -- wood, lead, steel -- more than the finished product, Walton began to make sculptures after seeing an exhibition of sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He had his first exhibition in 1971 and over his long career exhibited in galleries nationally and at a variety of institutions including the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Yale University Gallery and Wesley College.
Education
1956 Institute of Design, Chicago, IL
Public Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Yale University
Wesley College
Solo Shows
2015
Bill Walton Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia
Bill Walton JTT, New York
2014
Bill Walton, Artist to ArtistLeonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Bill Walton Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
2012
Bill Walton JTT, New York, NY
Bill Walton James Fuentes, New York, NY
2011
Bill Walton Studio Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Bill Walton Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2004
Bill Walton 206 Space, Philadelphia
2003
Bill Walton: New Work 206 Space, Philadelphia
2000
Bill Walton: 1/4 Turn Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1996
Wisteria Series Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1995
Bill Walton: An Indication Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1994
Bill Walton: An Indication Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1993
Works from the "West Main" Series Jessica Berwind Gallery B, Phialdelphia
1992
Letters, Memos Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1990
Bill Walton: Six or Seven Places in One Place Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia [Catalogue with text by Ann Monahan]
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1989
Bill Walton: seven or Eight More Places Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
1988
New Works Larry Becker Contemporary, Philadelphia
1987
Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia
1981
Bill Walton Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia
1975
William Walton Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia
1973
William Walton Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
1971
William Walton Diane Van Derlip Gallery, Philadelphia
Group Shows
2015
Rudolf de Crignis, Imi Knoebel, Julia Rommel, Bill WaltonShane Campbell Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
2013
Rohrer—Walton—Andrade: On PaperPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2012
60/60Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
My safe reduction to formExile, Berlin, Germany
Everyday Abstract - Abstract Everyday James Cohan, New York
2011
The Medicine Bag Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Michael Toenges, Peter Tollens, Bill Walton Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Cleaner Heart A Do It Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia
2007
Stop, Pause, Forward Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2005
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2004
Open Spruance Art Gallery, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Trace University of the Arts, Philadelphia
2003
Stacked/Folded - Bill Walton Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
2002
Breathing Room Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
Bill-Walton-Roulette Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2001
Focus Exhibition, Bill Walton, John Zurier, Robin Miller Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2000
Landscape Revisited Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1999
First ShowWhite Box Gallery, New York
10/27 Show White Box Gallery, New York Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
1998
Frank Badur/Bill Walton Thatcher Projects, New York
Open House University of the Arts, Philadelphia curated by Leah Douglas, Gllery Director
1997
Drawing Currents Art in City Hall, Philadelphia
1996
David Goldstein, Bill Walton: Between Painting and Sculpture Condesco Lawler Gallery, New York curated by M. Thatcher
Materials Matters AOI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM curated by B. Foshay-Miller
1995
Objects and Souvenirs: Artist's Multiples Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, university of the Arts, Philadelphia curated by Leah Douglas
1994
Conversation Pieces with Hamish Fulton, Tom Chimes, Alan Charlton, Richard Wentworth, and Richard Torchia ICA, Philadelphia curated by Patrick Murphy
1993
Cold Sculpture Vox Populi, Philadelphia curated by Michael MacFeat
1992
Selections from the Permenant Collections/Purchases from the Julius Bloch Fund Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
1991
The Next Show Gallery at the State Theater for the Arts, Easton, PA
Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Catalogue with text by Patrick Murphy, Julie Courtney, Janet A. Kaplan, and Judith E. Tannenbaum
1989
Back to the Wall Philadelphia Art Alliance Catalogue with text by Marilyn J.S. Goodman
Landscapes of Thought Momenta/Art Alternatives, Philadelphia
Night Circle Canvas/Copper The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia
1988
Bill Walton, David Wetzl William H. Cook Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Markers, Views Drexel University, Philadelphia
1987
made in Philadelphia VII Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Catalogue with text by Janet Kardon and Judith Tannenbaum
Perspectives from Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Brochure by Elaine King
Glass Temple Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia Curated by J. Courtney Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York
1985
Visions and Voices Rosemont, PA
1984
Small Scale Sculpture Matthews Hamilton Gallery
1983
William Walton Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
1982
New Printmaking Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Abstract Icons Kling Gallery, Philadelphia
1979
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1978
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
1972
Philadelphia Artists Today Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia