W A L T O N F O R D

Born in Larchmont, New York, 1960
Lives and works in Great Barrington, MA

S E L E C T E D S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2004 NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New Britain, CT.
MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY, Los Angeles.
JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA.
2002 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
2000 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
"Brutal Beauty," BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Maine.
1999 UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Long Beach, California.
KOHN-TURNER GALLERY, Los Angeles, California.
1998 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
ASPEN ART MUSEUM, Aspen, Colorado.
1997 "Walton Ford", SOUTHEASTERN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, North Carolina.
PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
1993 "Procrustean Beds," NICOLE KLAGSBRUN GALLERY, New York, in collaboration with MICHAEL KLEIN, INC., New York.
THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, Cincinnati, Ohio.
VIRGINIA BEACH CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
1991 BESS CUTLER GALLERY, Santa Monica, California.
BESS CUTLER GALLERY, New York.
1990 "The Blood Remembers," BESS CUTLER GALLERY, New York.

S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2004 "For the Birds," ARTSPACE, New Haven, CT.
"Natural Histories: Realism Revisited," SCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
ART, Scottsdale, AZ.
"Animals & Us: The Animal in Contemporary Art," THE GALERIE ST. ETIENNE, New York.
2003 "Creatures That Stir, Symbol & Satire in Animals of Imagination," PALO ALTO ART CENTER,
California
"The Great Drawing Show" MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY, Los Angeles.
2002 "One Thousand Words," JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER, Sheboygan, WI.
"Acquiring Taste," REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT.
"Resisting Categories: Prints," THE GALLERY OF SOUTH ORANGE, South Orange, NJ.
"Hot and New in 2002," KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Katonah, New York.
2001 "Natural Histories: Artists Forage in Science and Nature," SCHMIDT CENTER GALLERY,
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Boca Raton, FL.

2000 "Deja Vu: Reworking the Past," KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Katonah, New York.
1999 "Collectors Gallery XXXIII," THE McNAY GALLERY, San Antonio , Texas.
"The Great Drawing Show 1550 - 1999" KOHN TURNER GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA.
1999 Summer Show: 1999, PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
"Armory Show," The ARMORY SHOW 1999, New York.
1998 "Wild Thing: Artists Views of the Animal World," JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY, San
Francisco, California.
1997 "Summer," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
"Animal Tales: Contemporary Bestiary and Animal Painting", WHITNEY MUSEUM OF
AMERICAN ART AT CHAMPION, Connecticut.

1996 "Landscapes," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
"Heroic Painting," S.E.C.C.A., curated by Susan Lubowsky, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"Classics Revisited," WINSTON WACHTER FINE ART, New York.
1995 "Next of Kin," LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"A Vital Matrix," DOMESTIC SETTING, Los Angeles, California.
"Walton Ford, Jimmie Durham," HO GALLERY, Hong Kong.
"Americana," GRAND SALON, New York.
1994 "Ashley Bickerton, Jimmie Durham, Walton Ford, Jeff Wall," NICOLE KLAGSBRUN
GALLERY, New York.
"Points of Interest, Points of Departure," JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY, San Francisco, CA.
"American Landscape," MICHAEL KLEIN, INC., New York.
"History 101: The Re-Search for Family," curated by Mel Watkin. FORUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, St. Louis, Missouri.

1993 "Living with Art: the collection of Ellyn & Saul Dennison," THE MORRIS MUSEUM,
Morristown, New Jersey.
"Kurswechsel," MICHAEL KLEIN, INC. at Transart Exhibitions, Cologne, Germany.
1992 "The Landscape as Stage," curated by Meyer Raphael Rubinstein, LOCKS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA.
1991 "Junge Americanische und Deutsche Malerei," GALERIE SCHULZE, Cologne, Germany.
"Artists Books from A to B: Contemporary Artists’ Books," CENTER FOR ARTS BOOKS EXHIBITION, Harper Collins, New York.
"In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Paintings," MINT MUSEUM OF ART, Charlotte, North Carolina.
BESS CUTLER GALLERY, New York.
1990 "A Sense of Place," MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Montgomery, AL.
"Critical Revisions," curated by Lois Nesbitt, BESS CUTLER GALLERY, New York.
"Collectors’ Choice of Emerging Artists - 1990," VERED GALLERY, East Hampton, New York.
"Brut 90," WHITE COLUMNS, New York.
1989 "American Pi(e)," BESS CUTLER GALLERY, New York.
1988 "Un Regard Autre," FARIDEH CADOT GALLERY, Paris, France.

S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2004 Highet, Alistair. "Animal Planet." PREVIEW CONNECTICUT, January 2004.
2003 Schwendener, Martha. ARTFORUM, Review, January.
Gilhooley, Derren, "Nature’s Way," HARPER’S & QUEENS, color reproduction, January.
Gilmore, Jonathan. TEMA CELESTE, Review, January/February.
Color Reproduction, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, May.
Color Reproduction, THE NEW YORKER, August 11.
2002 Rosoff, Patricia. "Acquired Tastes?" THE HARTFORD ADVOCATE, April, 4.
"Walton Ford," ART ON PAPER, March-April
McNally, Owen. "Teams Bring Embarrassment Of Riches to RAW," THE HARTFORD COURANT, March 31.
"Survival of the Fittest," VIEWS, THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Spring,.
NEW YORKER, Jaunary 14 (full page color reproduction).
"One Thousand Words" exhibition summary listed in mailing by JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER
"One Thousand Words" exhibition summary listed in mailing by JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER (includes Ford image)
"‘One Thousand Words’ focuses on Arts Center’s theme of storytelling" SHEBOYGAN PRESS, June 2
"‘Once Upon a Time’ Event to Kick of Summer of Storytelling Programs" SHEBOYGAN PRESS, June 16
Holmes, Steven. "Acquiring Taste." REAL ART CENTER. Exhibition catalogue.
NEW YORK MAGAZINE, Listing and color reproduction, September 9.
Jacobson, Mark. "Nature Boy," NEW YORK MAGAZINE, October 21.
THE NEW YORKER, Review and color reproduction, October 29.
THE NEW YORK SUN, Review and color reproduction, October 22.
Gleuck, Grace. THE NEW YORK TIMES review, November 8.

2001 NEW YORKER, October 8., 2001 (full page color reproduction)
Leffingwell, Edward. Review, ART IN AMERICA, January.
Long, Andrew. "Man and Beasts," DEPARTURES, March/April.

2000 "Brutal Beauty...Artist Walton Ford Exhibits His Largest Collection of Paintings." THE
COASTAL JOURNAL, September 28, 2000.
"Bowdoin exhibition puts focus on Ford’s bird paintings of ‘90," WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT PLANNER, September 28.
Sims, Pat. "Inverted Audubon," CASCO BAY WEEKLY, September 28.
Isaacson, Philip. "Ford’s paintings embrace Audubon - but with a twist," MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM, November 19.
East, Ashley. "Brutal Beauty: Where the wild things are," THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, September
29.
Temin, Christine. "Ford’s ‘Brutal’ birds land at the Bowdoin Museum," THE BOSTON GLOBE,
October 25.
Hayt, Elizabeth. "Nature Painting That Looks Unnatural," NEW YORK TIMES, October 15.
Franklin Burroughs. "Visions and Revisions," Essay from the exhibition catalogue of "Brutal Beauty," Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Arning, Bill. "Walton Ford’s Non-Fiction Fiction," Essay from the exhibition catalogue of "Brutal Beauty," Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Gillett, Michele. "The Big Picture," BERKSHIRES WEEK, September 14.
Dagnini Brey, Ilaria. "memoria d’elefante," ITALIAN ELLE, August 2000.
"In Principio Fu L’elefante," AMICA, June 7.
THE NEW YORKER, June 19 & 26.
Johnson, Ken. "Art Guide," NEW YORK TIMES, June 2.
Pedersen, Victoria. "Gallery Go’Round," PAPER MAGAZINE, June.
Illustration, TOWN & COUNTRY, June.
Varadajan, Tunku. "Allegory on the Nila," FINANCIAL TIMES, May 27.
Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review," NEW YORK TIMES, May 26.
Vincent, Steven. " Kasmin Shows Walton Ford," ART AND AUCTION, May15.
Illustration, THE NEW YORKER, May 22.
Newhall, Edith. "King of the Beasts," NEW YORK MAGAZINE, May 15.
Kazanjian, Dodie. "The Elephant Man," VOGUE, May.
Scobie, Ilka. "Mimesis for the New Millennium," artnet.com, May 24. Museum of Art.
1999 "Birds in the Hand," ARTnews, October.
"Hunting & Gathering: the Luxury List," HOUSE & GARDEN, September.
Kazanjian, Dodie. "Animal Magnetism," VOGUE, July.
Hirsch, Faye. "Working Proof," ART ON PAPER, Vol.3, No. 5, May - June.
M.B.. "People are talking about taking flight," VOGUE, April.
Cheever, Susan. "Country House Art Gallery," Jackie & Irving Blum’s interior view,
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, July.
Linton, Meg. "Inside the Watercolor World of Walton Ford," JUXTAPOZ, May/June.
Ollman, Leah. "A Philosophical Take on Zoology in Walton Ford’s Wry Paintings," Art Review,
LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 5.
AVATARS: The Watercolors of Walton Ford, Exhibition catalogue, UNIVERSITY
ART MUSEUM, California State University, Long Beach.
Kaylan, Melik. "The Natural," TOWN & COUNTRY, January.
Preview "Walton Ford at University Art Museum, California State University," ART NOW GALLERY GUIDE, January .
1998 Gomez, Edward. " Past Is Present", ART & ANTIQUES, December.
Illustration, THE NEW YORKER, November 9.
Miller, Jamie. "The Critical Nature of Ford," ASPEN MAGAZINE, Midwinter.
Review of Exhibition, THE NEW YORKER, May 11.
Tully, James. REVIEW, May 1.
Safrani, Shehbaz H., MARQ MAGAZINE, March.
MUSEUM NEWS, THE ASPEN ART MUSEUM, Winter.
1997 Rubinstein, Raphael. "Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin," ART IN AMERICA, December.
Eugenides, Jeffrey. "Walton Ford," BOMB, Fall 1997.
Frankel, David. Review, ARTFORUM, October 1997.
Wakefield, Neville. "Walton Ford," ELLE DECOR, June/July.
Schjeldahl, Peter. Review of exhibition, THE VILLAGE VOICE, April 30-May 6.
Falkenstein, Michelle. "Shiva’s Pets," NEW YORK PRESS, April 28.
Review of exhibition, THE VILLAGE VOICE, April 29.
Review of exhibition, THE DAILY NEWS, April 26.
Review of exhibition, THE NEW YORKER, April 28- May 5.
1996 Kimmelman, Michael. "History Painting: Yes, Those Enormous Canvases", THE NEW YORK
TIMES, August 30.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Heroism Addiction", "Heroic Painting", exhibition catalogue, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Review of exhibition, ART & ANTIQUES, December.
1994 Bayliss, Sarah. "Walton Ford at Nicole Klagsbrun," ART IN AMERICA, May.
Watkins, Mel and Lucy Lippard. "History 101: The Re-Search for Family," essay from exhibition catalogue, Forum for Contemporary Art.
Rubinstein, Meyer Raphael. "Walton Ford," ARTNEWS, February and ARTNEWS, Japanese Edition Vol. 1, No. 3, May.
Duffy, Robert W., Review of exhibition, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, January 30.
Ziolkowski, Thad. "Walton Ford," ARTFORUM, February.
Cameron, Dan. "Ode to Discernment," FRIEZE, January/February, pp36-40.
Sangster, Gary, essay from exhibition catalogue, "Rooms," Morris Museum.
Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review of exhibition, THE DETROIT NEWS, August 11.
1993 Rubinstein, Meyer Raphael. Essay from ex. cat., "The Killing Fields," The Contemporary Art
Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Annas, Teresa. "The Two Faces of John James Audubon," THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT, October 11.
Watkins, Eileen. review of exhibition, THE SUNDAY STAR-LEDGER, November 7.
Levin, Kim. "Choices," THE VILLAGE VOICE, November 9,1992.
Durham, Jimmie. "To be a Pilgrim: Walton Ford," ARTFORUM, January.
Wilette, Jean and Mark Leach. Exhibition catalogue, "In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting," Mint Museum of Art.
Rubenstein, Meyer Raphael. "Landscape as Stage," Locks Gallery exhibition pamphlet.
1992 Levin, Kim, "Choices," THE VILLAGE VOICE, November 9,1992.
Durham, Jimmie. "To Be a Pilgrim: Walton Ford," ARTFORUM, January 1992.
1991 Redd, Chris. "In the Looking Glass," ART PAPERS, September/October.
Maschal, Richard. "Through the Looking Glass," THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, July 21.
Levin, Kim. "Choices," THE VILLAGE VOICE, February 19.
Downe, Edward. "The Top 100 Collectors," ART & ANTIQUES, March.
1990 Gilbert, Elizabeth. "Galleries," DOWNTOWN EXPRESS, September 3.
Liu, Catherine. Review of exhibition, ARTFORUM, May.
Mahoney, Robert. Review of exhibition, ARTS, May.
Review of Exhibition, THE NEW YORKER, April 30.
Cutler, Bess. "Priorities," 7 DAYS, March 14.
1988 Spector, Nancy. "The Other Man: Alternative Views of Masculinity, The New Museum,"
ARTSCRIBE, January/February.
1987 Raynor, Vivien. "Art: Two Kinds of Pop, Fakery, and Masculinity," THE NEW YORK TIMES,
June 12.
"Un Regard Autre (Group Show) at Farideh Cadot Gallery, DOWNTOWN, October .
Braff, Phyllis. THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 29.
1985 Peterson, Roger Tory. "John Jay Audubon: Predator," March 10.

D O C U M E N T A R I E S

2003 art: 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season Two, PBS

E D U C A T I O N
1982 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.
European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy.

A W A R D S
1992 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship.
1991 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship.
1990 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Grant.
1989 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Grant.
1988 Art Matters, Inc., Fellowship.
The Penny McCall Foundation, Grant.

PUBLIC COLLECTION
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach.
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ

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