The Call of the Wild
Using deconstructed objects, garden tools , vintage brass and roofing iron collected from the Mornington Peninsula as a starting point this exhibition of sculpture and assemblage explores our relationship with the natural world.
Since moving to Red Hill from inner city Melbourne 7 years ago I have spent hours exploring the local bushland and beaches nearby observing the seasonal changes and looking for traces of the natural world . So much of my work responds to the environmental threats posed by climate change, plastic pollution and the social implications of living in our contemporary world.
But the works in The call of the wild are an expression of my deep love and appreciation for the wonders of nature and my ongoing commitment to giving obsolete objects and materials a new life in an attempt to reduce waste and our impact on the planet.
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1.Summer Heat
Vintage brass, fishing line, wood 85 x 53 x 15cm
$900
$800
2. Waiting for Rain
Vintage brass, fishing line, wood 67 x 38 x 9cm
3. Spirits of the Sky
Vintage brass, steel, fishing line, river stone, wood 86 x 56 x 18cm
$1,000
4. The Salt of the Earth
Vintage brass, copper, pressed tin, roofing iron, chain 28 x 116 x 4cm
$1,400
5. Tree Tops
$2,200
Vintage spades, steel, wood
120 x 63 x 18cm
6. Nautilus #2
Repurposed barrel hoops, wooden base
22 x 32 x 17cm
$800
7. Four Seasons
Vintage roofing iron, wooden frame
4 of 30 x 30cm
$1,000 the set
8. Wild Flower #1 & 2
Copper, repurposed barrel hoops, brass, wood 146 x 24 x 20cm
$800 ea or $1,500 pair
9. Land
Barrel hoop, vintage brass, fishing line
62 x 62 x 6cm
$750
10. Nautilus #1
Repurposed barrel hoops, wooden base
22 x 30 x 12cm
$800
11. Sea Barrel hoop, vintage brass, fishing line 60 x 60 x 6cm
$750
12. Take Flight
Vintage brass, steel, fishing line, wood
74 x 57 x 15cm
$900
13. Sky
Barrel hoop, reclaimed roofing iron, fishing line 63 x 63 x 6cm
$750
14. The Call of the Wild Repurposed barrel hoops, wooden base 32 x 40 x 44cm
$1,800
15. Creek Bed
Repurposed barrel hoops, brass, native timber, wooden base
35 x 113 x 38cm
$3,000
Liz Walker C.V.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Land, sea & sky, BLACKROOM Gallery, Cook Street Collective, Flinders
2023 The Last supper, Lightbox Commission, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2023 While we were sleeping, Foul Luggage Room, Quarantine Station, Point Nepean, Portsea
2022 Take a walk on the wild side, Vitrine, Benalla Regional Gallery, Benalla
2019 Hell’s Bells, Frankston Glass Cube Gallery, Frankston Arts Centre
2019 Natural selection, G.R.A.I.N. Store, Nathalia
2018 Listen up- a chorus for Dean, Montsalvat grounds, Montsalvat Arts Centre, Eltham
2018 Salt Lake, Windowspace Beeac, Beeac
2017 Shorelines, Qdos Arts, Lorne
2015 City of dreams north, south, east and west, Morgan Place, Glenroy
2015 Magpie, (with Ros Bandt) Frank Tate Gallery, Fryerstown, Vic
2014 The Wave, Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
2014 City of dreams, EC Window, Brunswick
2013 Birds of a Feather (with Avis Gardner), Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen
2012 Fusion (with Kerry Strauss), Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
2012 Nature’s table, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
2012 A trace of residence, Brunswick Art Space, Brunswick
2011 The Intra Muros Project, Sydney Road, Brunswick
2011 Nature’s table, Birrarung, Laughing Waters, Eltham
2011 Ned Kelly’s Kitchen, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
2009 A case for change, Sub 12, The Substation, Newport
2009 What if a thought can’t be put into words? RMIT Union First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2008 You can’t argue with dust, Area Contemporary Art Space, Fitzroy
2006
2006
Weapons of Mass Distraction Two, RMIT Union First Site Gallery, City
Weapons of Mass Distraction, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray
2006 People Get Ready, the Old Fire Station Café Gallery, and Preston
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 finalist - Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Art Gallery 275, Ivanhoe
2022 finalist - Burrinja Climate Change Biennale
Police Point Artist In Residence Retrospective, Quarantine Station, Point Nepean
2021 finalist- Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Art Gallery 275, Ivanhoe
Art in the time of COVID-19, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham ( commission)
The Overwintering Project Westernport, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
Me and UooUoo Sculpture Trail, Royal Children’s Hospital 150th Anniversary, Melbourne (commission)
2020 Art Aid Gippsland, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Sale
2019 Holy, honest confluences, ACU Melbourne Gallery, Fitzroy
Making the invisible visible, G.R.AI.N. Store, Nathalia
finalist- Southern Buoy Portrait Prize, Southern Buoy Gallery, Mornington
Works by women- selected works from Council’s Cultural Collection, Great Hall, Civic Centre, Whittlesea
Reflections-Looking forward, Looking back, Great Hall, Civic Centre, Whittlesea
Toorak Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak Village, Toorak
2018 Branded, Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington
FAC Open, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston
Under Southern Skies, Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington
2017 finalist - Climate Change Biennale, Burrinja Art Centre, Upwey
RMIT First Site is 21, RMIT First Site Gallery, Melbourne
finalist - Nillumbik Art Prize, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat
finalist - Montalto Sculpture Exhibition, Montalto Winery, Red Hill
2016 Birdhaus, Girds Gallery, Kew
Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Toolangi Small Sculpture exhibition, Discovery Centre, Toolangi
Factivism, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Water, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
&art fair, Melbourne
CSA Survey Show, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
Laughing Waters Road, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham
finalist - Sculpture Trail, Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne
Maquette Show, & Gallery, Melbourne
finalist - Toorak Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak
2015 Science Friction, Summer Show, Counihan Gallery
Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Pixel, Yarra Sculpture Gallery
All things botanical, Redrock Gallery, Fragility, Upstairs at the Napier, Fitzroy
Who’s looking at you? Cambridge Studio Gallery, Collingwood
2014 Golf Club! Brunswick Art Space, Brunswick
Moreart Public Art Exhibition, Moreland Station waiting room, Coburg
Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Flower, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Vere St, Collingwood
finalist- Art concerning the environment, Scope Gallery, Warrnambool
2013 Moreart Public Art Exhibition, Moreland Rd, Coburg
In the public interest, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, National Archives, Canberra, ACT
finalist - Books beyond words- REVOLUTION, East Gippsland Art Gallery
finalist- The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
finalist - ArTecycle, Incinerator Complex, Moonee Ponds
finalist - Toorak Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak village
Home, Reframing craft and domesticity, Hatch Contemporary Art Space, Ivanhoe
3D Sustainability, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood
2012 Summer Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
finalist - A brave new world, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
finalist - St George Art Prize, Hurstville City Museum and Gallery, Hurstville, NSW
Moreart, Public Art Exhibition, Ticket office, Jewell Station, Brunswick
This is a Marquette show, MARS Gallery, Port Melbourne
finalist - The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
finalist - Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak, Vic
Visible Horizon-Return, Library Artspace, North Fitzroy
Visible Horizon, AIRY Gallery, Kofu, Japan
Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
2011 Voices, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Pathways, Whittlesea Council Great Hall, Whittlesea, Vic
Flourish, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
finalist - Lorne Sculpture, Lorne 2011
finalist - Flanagan Art Prize, St Patricks Collage, Ballarat, Vic
finalist - Tessellaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan, Vic
finalist - St Michael Archangel Prize, St Michaels Grammar, St Kilda
finalist - Books beyond words…Evolution, East Gippsland Art Gallery, and Bairnsdale
finalist- ArTecycle, Incinerator Art Complex, Moonee Ponds
finalist - Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak
S.A.F.E Inaugural Rural Art Prize, Seymour, Bonanza, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
Entry, Brunswick Arts, Little Breese St, Brunswick
2010 finalist- Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Double Bay, NSW
finalist - Moreart Public Art Exhibition, City of Moreland
finalist - Toyota Spirit Gallery Sculpture Exhibition, Beatie St, Port Melbourne
finalist - Walker Street Gallery Emerging Artist Awards, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
finalist - St Michaels Archangel Art Prize, St Michaels Grammar, St Kilda
finalist - Mt Eyre Vineyard Art Prize, Hunter Valley, NSW
finalist - Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak
finalist - ArTecycle, Incinerator Art Complex, Moonee Ponds
finalist - Human Rights Art and film festival, Compassion and Commitment, Collingwood Gallery,
finalist - Williamstown contemporary Art Prize, The Sub Station, Newport
Place and belonging, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
finalist - Montalto Finalist Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Vic
2009 finalist - Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, Lorne, Vic
finalist - Tessellaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan
finalist - Books, beyond words, East Gippsland Art Gallery
finalist - Growth, Moreland Sculpture Show
Me and my Toyota, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
finalist - ARTrecycle exhibition, Incinerator Complex, Moonee Ponds
finalist - Toorak village Festival of Sculpture, Toorak
finalist - Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Newport
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Carrs Park Artist in Residence, Georges River Council, Sydney
Micro Artist In Residence, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington
2022 Highly Commended, Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Art Show
2021 Creative Community Grant, Mornington Peninsula Shire
2019 Grainstore Artist in Residence-with Avis Gardner , Nathalia
2018
Police Point Artist In Residence, Portsea
2017 Family Choice Award, Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Winery, Red Hill
Art+ Climate=Change Acland Street Public Art Commission, (with Avis Gardner), shortlisted
Artsbox Footscray Artist in Residence, City of Maribyrnong, 1 – 30 November
2016
2015
Banyule City Council Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces Grant, with Avis Gardner
Elsewhere Artist Residency, North Carolina, USA, awarded
Moreland City Council Community Project Grant
Rivers and Ranges Community Leadership Program Artist in Residence
Montsalvat Artist in Residence
2014 Bonanza major award, Contemporary Sculptors Association
2013 Waterhouse Natural History Prize, highly commended
2012 Pink Lady Art Exhibition Sculpture Excellence Award
Hill End Artist in Residence, Bathurst, NSW
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, highly commended
2011 City of Whittlesea, Mayoral Art Award
S.A.F.E. Rural Art Sculpture Award
Brunswick Art Space Entry Exhibition Award
Laughing Waters Artist –in-Residence
2010 Moreland City Council Community Project Grant
Cancer Council Art Awards, commended
Yarra Sculpture Gallery Exhibition Award
2009 Emerging Artist Award, Lorne Sculpture Exhibition
Me and my Toyota, Toyota Spirit Gallery, highly commended
2007 Barnes prize, CSA Bonanza exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford
2006 Area Contemporary Art Space Exhibition Award
2005 Artholes Gallery Self Portrait Exhibition Award, Fitzroy
PUBLIC ART
2019 Go! Glenroy! Go! , Glenroy Library
2017 i generation, Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove, Red Hill, Victoria
2017 Mapping Messages, Footscray Library
2015 Fly away Peter, come back Paul, Whittlesea Community Activity Centre, Whittlesea
1990 Ceramic state and territory entrance tiles, RMC Duntroon Conservation Area, ACT
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023 In conversation with Ricki Hersburgh , Plastic Oceans Australasia, While we were sleeping, Foul Luggage Store, Point Nepean, Portsea
2022 Artist presentation, Benalla Art Gallery
2019 Artists in conversation, Banyule Arts In Public Places (A.I.P), Hatch Contemporary Art Space, Ivanhoe
2019 Artists in conversation, G.R.A.I.N Store , Nathalia
2017 Artists in Conversation, Open Studios of the West, Maribyrnong City Council
2017 Guest judge, Art Beyond the Divide, Seymour Art Society, Seymour
2017 Artist presentation, Canvassing the River Red Gum public program, The Art of John Borrack, City of Whittlesea
2015 Artist presentation, Estate, Moreart Public Art Exhibition, Moreland Council
2014 Artist presentation, The Wave, Counihan Gallery Brunswick
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS
2024 Flinders Big Beach Clean Up, workshop and installation
2023 Creative bush Creatures, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
Creative Marine Creatures , Watsons Pavilion, Portsea
Creative Creatures, Foul Luggage Store , Point Nepean
2019 Marking the nature of things, with Avis Gardner, G.R.A.I.N. Store, Nathalia
Go! Glenroy Go!, Glenroy Street Party, Glenroy, with Avis Gardner
Message Stones, Black Saturday Ten Years On, Whittlesea Community Garden
Mapping the point, Point Nepean, Portsea
Mapping the bay, Red Hill Consolidated School, Red Hill
2018 Whittlesea Community Festival workshop, Whittlesea
Spectacular Sea Dragons workshop, Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, with Avis Gardner
2017 All Things Botanical Workshops, Qdos Arts, Lorne
Backpackers for bugs, Whittlesea Community Garden, Whittlesea, with Avis Gardner
The forever forest, Whittlesea Community Garden, Whittlesea, with Adam Hoss Ayres
Vintage books as planters, Whittlesea Community Garden, Whittlesea
2016 Olympic Village Teapees, Olympic Village Site, Bellfield, with Avis Gardner
Sustainable Garden Workshop, Whittlesea Community Garden
World Environment Day, Secret Garden, COPAC, Colac, with Avis Gardner
Lorne Sculpture Biennale Children’s Workshops, with Peter Day
2015 Peppertree Place Fence Project, Peppertree Place, Coburg, with Adam Hoss Ayres
Insect Hotels Workshop, Whittlesea Community Garden, with Avis Gardner
2014 Shelter Workshop and Exhibition Artplay, City of Melbourne, with Avis Gardner
2013 Shelter Workshop and Exhibition, Artplay, City of Melbourne, with Avis Gardner
Urban Cave Dreaming, Ballarat City Council Interventions Project, with Avis Gardner
2012 Sustainable Garden Workshops, Whittlesea Community Garden
2011 Sculpture for Schools workshop, Lorne Sculpture 2011, with Mathew Harding
Express yourself workshops, Bushfire Recovery Program, Whittlesea
2009 Sculpture for Schools workshop, Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, with Greg Johns
2008
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Me, myself and I educational workshop, Heide Museum of Modern Art
2023 Artist for change, True to life, words and photos by Kel Buckley,PIP Magazine, p 78 - 82
2023 Liz Walker Studio, prisims, Volume 1, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Environmental heart, Peninsula Essence, February edition
‘Inspiring” waste, Southern Peninsula News, 18 January
Waste works for artists message, Westernport News, 18 January
2019 Five Years, Windowspace Beeac, Art Matters, p 78, 79
2019 Exhibition rings true, Frankston Leader, 10 June
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/artist-liz-walker-rings-hells-bells-to-highlight- destructive-impact-of-sugar-addiction/news- story/6e951f527c19c3326d6f8dd9c5352611
2014 The Wave, exhibition essay by Jane O’Neill, June 2014
2014 Asylum Seeker Plight Carved in Frustration, the Melbourne Times, 16 July
2014 Ride The Wave of debate, Moreland Leader, 4 August
2013 Exhibition, Out & About, Life & Style magazine, The Saturday Age, 2 March
2012 Melburnin”, Trouble Mag, p 36 – 37, April
2012 Nature’s Table provides a creative feast, Weekend Advocate, 26 May
2012 Gallery presents superb exhibitions, Central NSW Discover, May
2010 Art sites, Moreland Leader, 4 October
2009 Sculpture Coast, Lorne Sculpture Exhibition 2009, Ian Macrae, p 22, 39
2009 Sunday Arts ABC TV, interview by Namilla Benson, Episode 29, 1/11/09
2008 Artists get automatic recognition, Melbourne Times, 26 November
2008 Sculptors make best use of recycled materials for art’s sake, Moreland Community News, 25 March
2008 Bags of art, Leader newspaper.4 April
2008 Etchings Magazine, 4th edition, Don’t Water the Cactus
2007 Get with the spirit, Melbourne Times, Week 26 Volume 3
2006 If the message is written on a T-shirt…The Big Weekend, Herald Sun, 7 July
2006 Silent voices, outspoken art, Footscray Times, 11 July
2006 People –watching on canvas, Melbourne Times Northerly Edition, 19 April
2006 Focus on People, Art of City Living, Moreland Leader, 10 April
COLLECTIONS
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Seymour Art Gallery
City of Whittlesea
City of Moreland
Mornington Peninsula Shire
Maribyrnong City Council
Private collections in Australia, Malaysia, Japan ,Ireland, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2007- 2008 Master of Fine Art, RMIT
2005-2006
2003-2004
MEMBERSHIPS
Bachelor of Fine Art, drawing, with distinction, RMIT
Diploma of Visual Arts, painting, RMIT
NAVA , Contemporary Sculptors Association , Cook Street Collective, Peninsula Studio Trail Inc.
Liz Walker