Lisa Walker

Jeweller

Published: 05.09.2012

Lisa Walker at her studio

: 6023 - Island Bay
NEW ZEALAND

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Mail:: lwalkerweb.de

Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2005
Wood beads, elastic, silicon, glue, enamel paint, material, thread, steel wire
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Lisa Walker
Pendant: Untitled, 2004
Steel, enamel, gold, water pearls, plastic, enamel paint, laquer, sand, silver, linen thread
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2005
Plastic, material, stone, rubber, spray paint, shell, thread, steel wire
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2005
Rubber, thread, gold
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Work table, 2006

Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2005
Plastic, fossil shell, cardboard, enamel paint, silver, spray paint, wood, glass
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2005
Gold, plastic, glue, gold dust
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2006
Rubbish from workshop floor
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2006
Plastic, wood, leather, thread, steel wire
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2006
Water pearls, plastic, glue, silver
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Untitled, 2005
Plastic, gold
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Lisa Walker
Necklace: Untitled, 2011
Canvas, acrylic paint, lacquer, thread and stuffing
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Lisa Walker
Brooch: Brooch, 2012
Wood, lacquer
13 x 11 x 1.3 cm
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Lisa Walker
Pendant: Pendant, 2012
Deer horn, thread
7 x 5 x 1.7 cm
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Lisa Walker was born in 1967, Wellington, New Zealand. Walker studied Craft and Design at Otago Polytech Art School, New Zealand and was a student of Professor Otto Künzli at Munich Arts Academy, Germany. Her work features in both public and private collections across a number of prestigious international institutions. Walker’s work has received several awards including the Förderpreis der Stadt München and the Francoise van den Bosch Award (2010).

Statement

… Lisa’s work might be thought of as the antithesis of one-track thinking. I recently imagined Lisa standing with arms outstretched, absorbing everything the world had to offer her. What comes out is an unadulterated expression of her creativity. In Munich Lisa very deliberately gave herself permission to break down her preconceptions of how she worked – anyone who knew her work before she arrived would know how skilled she was. I remember her saying the opportunity to make without external pressure of income and exhibition would not come again. So during her study there, all inhibitions were off, albeit within the constraint that she would continue to make jewellery.

This statement might be dismissed as a laconic aside, however what it says is how much she values her heritage as a jeweller. Lisa understands and values the precedents of her field, her ancestry and she is absolutely prepared to stand in her place, find her voice and make her contribution. For example Lisa and Herman Junger were intense, mutual fans. / Sally Marsland, 2006

Perhaps I should start making sculpture? Na, I’m too lazy and don’t have enough time – too much work researching all that sculpture history and stuff, jewellery is enough. / Lisa Walker

CV

Lisa Walker, 1967, Wellington, New Zealand.

1988-89 Studied Craft and Design at Otago Polytech Art School, Dunedin, New Zealand
1990-91 Travelled and worked in Australia, Great Britain, and Asia for two years. Own workshop in central Australia
1992-94 Founding member of “Workshop 6“ jewellery workshop in Auckland, New Zealand
1995-2001 Student of Professor Otto Künzli, jewellery class, Arts Acadamy Munich, Germany
2001 Exhibition and lecture series in New Zealand with Karl Fritsch
2001 Workshop and lecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Lecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Lecture, Galerie Biro, Munich
2001 Awarded Meisterschülerin (Head student) by Professor Otto Künzli
2002 Began shared workshop with Eva Jünger
2002 Lecture, Zimmerhof Jewellery Symposium
2003 Collaboration projects with Chicks On Speed#
2004 Diplom, Munich Arts Acadamy
2004 Presentation, Danner Rotunda, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
2004 Lecture, Whitirea Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand
2004 Lecture with Chicks On Speed and Franz Liebl, Luitpold Lounge, Munich
2005 Workshop and lecture, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland
2005 “Im Laden des Goldschmiedes“, jewellery event with invited guests, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, curated together with Karl Fritsch

Awards
1992 New Zealand Arts Council grant
1995 Creative New Zealand grant
1997 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship
1996-2001 Scholarship for foreign students, State Ministry of Science, Research, and Art, Germany
2003 HSP Nachfolgestipendium – scholarship, State Ministry of Culture, Germany
2005 Creative New Zealand grant
2005 Studio Support - City of Munich, grant

Collections:
Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand

Solo exhibitions:
1993 Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Brooches
1993 Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand – Brooches
1994 Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Stacks
1996 Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand – New Work
1997 Avid, Wellington, New Zealand – New Work
2000 Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Butterflies Wrapped in Silver Absolute Funk
2000 Rare New Zealand Meat With A Bit Of German Spice Domestic Royalty
2000 Contemporary Jewellery From Munich The European Centre Of Jewellery Ribena together with Karl Fritsch
2001 Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Schmuck, together with Karl Fritsch
2001 Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, More Schmuck, together with Karl Fritsch
2001 Mari Funaki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, The Emerald Animal, together with Karl Fritsch
2001 Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany, Two Shining Stars From The Southern Hemisphere, together with Helen Britton
2001 Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, Hilke
2002 Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland – Haberdashery
2003 Geschaeft, Munich, Germany, Schmuck von Henrietta Schuster and Lisa Walker
2003Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, USA, Glued, Bashed, Sewn, Squashed,Chrucked, Painted, Soldered, Licked
2004 Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain, Jewellery
2004 Galerie Oona, Berlin - Lecker, jewellery, throwing, clothes, rubbish, sewing, spewing, stuff, pearls, fluorescent cultural catastrophe, wearing it, trash, gold, regurgitation, concentration, cetail, feathers sind einfach gut, our world playground, groovy title, occidental utopian accident part 1 & 2, together with Chicks On Speed
2005 Kunstrai with Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Glued, Bashed, Sewn, Squashed, Chucked, Painted, Soldered, Licked
2005 Galerie Biro, Munich, Neue Arbeiten
2005 Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, Diamonds, together with Karl Fritsch
2006 Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia, Zerfügt, together with Henrietta Schuster
2006Geschaeft, Munich, Lisa Walker und Henrietta Schuster

Group exhibitions:

1992
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Sound in Jewellery

1993
- Masterworks, Auckland New Zealand, Body Adornment
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Soltice
- The Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand, Four NZ Women Jewellers
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Womens Soltice Show
- Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Open Heart, travelled also to:
- Fisher Gallery, Auckland
- Otago Museum, Dunedin

1994
- Avid, Wellington, New Zealand, Festival Exhibition
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Group Show
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Workshop 6 Group Show

1995
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Now and Then
- Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, Schmuckszene 95
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Annual Group Show
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Rings
- Arts Academy, Wellington, New Zealand, NZ Crafts in the 90´s

1996
- Jewellerswerk Gallery, Washington, USA , Work from Students of the Munich Arts Academy
- Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand, 10 Years On, selection of past students work
- Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia,Work from Students of the
Munich Arts Academy

1997
- Austellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Jewellery
- Austellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Fussball
- Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany, Gefaess

1998
- Workshop 6, Auckland, New Zealand, Pretty presentation and catalogue
- Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Auction
- Romanstr. 97, Munich, Germany, Tatijana Pontgraz zeigt Arbeiten
- Lure, Dunedin, New Zealand, Piece On Earth
- Workshop 6, Auckland, New Zealand – evening presentation with Karl Fritsch

1999
- Army Barracks, Munich, Germany, Domagk Tage, with Felix Lindner and Karl Fritsch
- Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, Germany, Kleine Heile Welt
- Studio GR20, Padua, Italy, Gioielli Contemporanei Lalternativa Al Preziosa
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, Vom Geist Des Schmucks
- Army Barracks, Munich, Germany, Grosse Kunst Ausstellung
- Ausstellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Kleine Grosse Kunst Ausstellung

2000
- Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany, Gestrandet
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, INS, selected students from the Munich Arts Academy
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Fingers Group Show
- Böhmler, Munich, Germany – selected students from the Munich Arts Academy

2001
- Bayerische Kunst Verein, Munich, Germany, Mikromegas, also travelled to:
- American Craft Museum, New York
- Museum D´Art et D´Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
- Hiko Mizino College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan
- John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
- Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany, Von Wegen, jewellery from Munich
- Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany, Ein Hauch Von Klasse, selected students from the Munich Arts Acadamy

2002
- Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, Schmuck 2002, also travelled to:
- Dick Institute, Scotland
- Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, Holland, Blumen, with Galerie Ra
- Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria, Summer Exhibition
- SOFA, New York – with Jewelerswerk Galerie
- Oona Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Casual Jewellery
- Crisso, Verona, Italy, Travelling Exhibition
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, 10 Jahre Galerie Biro
- The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Pearl Talk
- Ipafmüveszeti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Kunststoff im Zeitgenössischen Schmuck
- Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland, Lepels/Spoons, also travelled to:
- Klingenmuseum, Solingen, Germany
- Museum het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, Holland
- Ruthin Crafts Centre, Ruthin, Wales
- Dorman Museum, Middlesborough, England
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland

2003
- Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany, Rosa
- Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 Years Between Munich and New Zealand, with Herman Jünger, Otto Künzli, Warwick Freeman, Kobi Bosshard, Karl Fritsch, also travelled to:- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany
- SOFA, New York – with Jewelerswerk Galerie
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Group Exhibition
- Luitpold Lounge, Munich, Ornament

2004
- Danner Rotunda, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany – presentation
- Handwerksmesse, Munich, Schmuck 2004
- 175:D Project, Delavaux, Paris, France – collaboration with Chicks On Speed
- Foot Locker, Berlin, Foot Locker Unlocked, collaboration with Chicks
On Speed
- Amaranthas Salon, Berlin, Kunstlotteriefest
- Mobilia Gallery, Boston, USA, Blue
- Galerie Oona, Berlin, Gold
- Fingers, Auckland, Group Show

2005
- FAD Design Centre, Barcelona, Spain – Chicks On Speed and invited guests
- The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Fools Gold
- Galerie Pontenplas, Gent, Belgium, I Die Where I Get Hooked
- Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia, Shades Of Gray
- Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand, Atea
- Mari Funaki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 10 - 2005
- Choice - German Contemporary Jewellery, travelled to:
- Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
- Gallery YU, Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, Japan
- Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
- Museum CODA, Apeldoorn, Holland
- Turnov Museum, Tschechien
- Fundacao Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisabon, Portugal, The Nomad Room
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Weeds, travelled to:
- Quoil, Wellington
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Christmas Show

2006
- Muse Museum, Sydney, Australia, JOC, Jewellery Out of Context, also travelled to:
- Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand
- Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Canada
- Handwerksmesse , Munich, Schmuck 2006 , also travelled to:
- Museum of Arts and Design, New York
- Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, World, also travelled to:
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand
- Geschaeft, Munich, Lisa Walker und Henrietta Schuster
- Whiteboard jewellery event, Wellington, New Zealand

Publications

1993 Open Heart, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, catalogue
1995 Schmuckszene 1995, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
1996 Tenth, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, catalogue
1997 Pretty, Workshop 6, Auckland, catalogue
1998 Piece on Earth, Lynx, Christchurch, catalogue
2000 Mikromegas, Bayerische Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, catalogue
2002 Schmuck 2002, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
2002 10 Jahre Galerie Biro, Munich, catalogue
2002 Lisa Walker, Munich, own catalogue
2002 Lepels/Spoons, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, catalogue
2004 Schmuck 2004, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
2004 Lisa Walker, Munich, own catalogue
2004 Luitpold Lounge, Munich, with Chicks On Speed and Franz Liebl, newspaper
2005 Fools Gold, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, catalogue
2005 Choice - German Contemporary Jewellery, travelled to Japan and Germany, catalogue
2005 The Nomad Room, Fundacao Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, catalogue
2005 Im Laden des Goldschmiedes, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, newspaper
2006 JOC, Jewellery Out of Context, Muse Museum, Sydney, catalogue
2006 Schmuck 2006, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
2006 Jewellery With Holes, Sally Marsland project, Melbourne, Australia, catalogue

On sale at

Hannah Gallery, Spain
Galeria Ra, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany
Galerie S O, Solothum, Switzerland
Jewelerswerk, Washington, USA
Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand
Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand
Mari Funaki, Melbourne, Australia