Giles Walker has been building sculpture for the last 27 years.
In 2015 he was an artist in residence at RECHT ALS KULTUR, KATE HAMBURGER KOLLEG, BONN UNIVERSITY. He worked with Tim Shaw, RA, developing The Breakdown Clown, a piece of AI sculpture currently exhibited at THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART.
In 2017 Giles was asked to exhibit his piece ‘THE LAST SUPPER' for six months at THE LONDON SCIENCE MUSEUM.
In July 2018, THE BRITISH MUSEUM bought a collage, 'Commonwealth' by Giles to join the museum's permanent collection.
As a full-time member of the guerrilla-art group, The Mutoid Waste Company, he started building sculptures from materials found in scrapyards as the collective traveled around Europe.
In the mid-nineties, he introduced basic motors into his sculptures and his work became kinetic. He plays with the relationship between technology and the human being and the ever dissolving boundary that separates man from machine. His ‘machines’ often allude to the underbelly of the human obsession with increased technology; the displaced and redundant.
In recent years, Giles has been working with collage. He sees the medium as having a direct link to his roots in scrap art.
Giles has exhibited his work in many different countries around the world, including Japan, USA, Russia, and Ukraine. His solo shows have involved large kinetic, immersive, installations and have received great acclaim. KEN RUSSEL once wrote a review for The Times declaring: "Giles Walker is a master sculptor and a genius”
Giles has exhibited his work in many different countries around the world, including Japan, USA, Russia, and Ukraine. His solo shows have involved large kinetic, immersive, installations and have received great acclaim. KEN RUSSEL once wrote a review for The Times declaring: "Giles Walker is a master sculptor and a genius”
In 2015 he was an artist in residence at RECHT ALS KULTUR, KATE HAMBURGER KOLLEG, BONN UNIVERSITY. He worked with Tim Shaw, RA, developing The Breakdown Clown, a piece of AI sculpture currently exhibited at THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART.
In 2017 Giles was asked to exhibit his piece ‘THE LAST SUPPER' for six months at THE LONDON SCIENCE MUSEUM.
In July 2018, THE BRITISH MUSEUM bought a collage, 'Commonwealth' by Giles to join the museum's permanent collection.
Giles spent 3 years building his most ambitious animatronic installation piece yet, 'MONSTER'. In late 2020, he exhibited this work, despite the recent Covid 19 pandemic, at The Truman Stables in Shoreditch, London. It was a huge success and was nominated as one of the top 5 London exhibitions of the week.
Giles is currently working on a book of his work, and the European Machine Art Movement, that is due to be released in 2022.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 MONSTER | Left Bank, Leeds
2020 MONSTER | The Truman Stables, London
2018 The Last Supper | Torre Abbey, Torquay
2017 The Last Supper | The London Science Museum
2014 The Balloon Seller and other Tragedies | Black Rat Gallery, London
I’m Never Shopping Here Again | Black Rat Gallery, London
2013 The Last Supper | Changing Spaces, Cambridge
2011 The Last Supper | Black Rat Gallery, London
The Last Supper | The Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
The V&A, Scream Gallery, Black Rat Gallery, Muse Gallery, Mutate Britain, Hotel Elephant, Guerrilla Zoo, The Hang-Up Gallery, Ben Oakley Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2015 RECHT ALS KULTUR, KATE HAMBURGER KOLLEG, BONN UNIVERSITY
2011 The Last Supper | Black Rat Gallery, London
The Last Supper | The Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
The V&A, Scream Gallery, Black Rat Gallery, Muse Gallery, Mutate Britain, Hotel Elephant, Guerrilla Zoo, The Hang-Up Gallery, Ben Oakley Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2015 RECHT ALS KULTUR, KATE HAMBURGER KOLLEG, BONN UNIVERSITY
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