Anthony Walker
ARTIST STATEMENT
Grandfather Song Line
This is a sacred story of the singing stones of Queensland, the story has been passed to me from my Grandfather. When the stones art hit they produce music, sending out energy and spiritually lifeforce into the ground of the surrounding valley.
Seven Sisters Turtle Song
This is a story from my Grandmothers area. Seven Sisters, sitting around a sacred site, are singing animal increase ceremonial songs. The spirit of the turtles, on their journey to Hervey Bay to lay their eggs, appears to one of the women and initiates her deeper into the Turtles Dreaming. As a result she recieves more songs and dances that she shares with the other women and turtles will thrive in the area.
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Anthony Walker is an Indigenous Artist from the Yiman/Gurrang Gurrang language groups, he has been painting
for over 12years after originally being taught by his Grandfather. After being a finalist at the NSW Parliament
Indigenous Arts Award in 2006 Anthony went on to win the Byron Bay Marine Visions Art Competition in 2007 and
more recently was announced the winner of Gold Coast Indigenous Art and Design Award 2008. His works portray
the traditional dreaming stories of his grandparents in a contemporary context.
“Walker’s work is charged with an abundance of energy which draws you in. There is an immediate impact however on closer inspection fine details emerge which may have gone unnoticed in the beginning due to the stunning use of colour and rhythm.”
- John Armstrong
“Walker has retained a singular vision – a purpose and intention beautifully executed.”
- Leah King-Smith
Indigenous Heritage
Yiman / Gurrang Gurrang
Awards Received
Gold Coast Indigenous Art and Design Award 2008, Winner 2D Category & Peoples’ Choice
NSW Marine Arts Prize 2007, Winner
Mil-Pra AECG Aboriginal Art Award 2006, Finalist
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Award 2005 & 2006, Finalist
National Parks Aboriginal Art Award 2005, Winner
Solo Exhibitions
South Bank Institute of Technology, Brisbane - current
Parliament House, Brisbane - 2007
Didgeri-U-Doo Gallery, Byron Bay - 2004 & 2005
Tribal Galleries, Brisbane - 2002 & 2003
Group Exhibitions
Crowne Plaza Royal Pines, Gold Coast - current
Gold Coast Indigenous Arts and Design Award Exhibition - 2008
City Council Chambers Foyer, Gold Coast - 2008
Spirit of Australia Gallery, Gold Coast - 2007
Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay - 2007
Grafton Regional Gallery - 2007
Kempsey Regional Gallery - 2007
Cowra Art Gallery - 2007
Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery - 2007
Lismore Regional Gallery - 2006
Coffs Harbour City Gallery - 2006
FEHVA, Auction and Exhibition, NSW - 2006
Fountain Court of NSW Parliament House, Sydney - 2005 & 2006
Macquarie Bank, Sydney - 2005
Planet Corroboree Indigenous Gallery, NSW - 2003 & 2004
Work held in public and private collections internationally since 2002 throughout U.S.A, U.K, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Spain and Canada.
Community Activities
Dreaming Festival Exhibition, Woodford - 2007 & 2008
NAIDOC Festival Exhibition, Brisbane - 2007
Publications
Art and Antiques Queensland - Autumn & Winter Editions 2008
Koori Mail - Edition 425 May 2008
