Retrospective Solo Exhibition January 2025 at the Horton Arts Centre, Epsom
These are a few of my Favourite Things
In January 2025 I held a solo retrospective exhibition at the Horton Art Centre in Epsom, Surrey. I was prize winner at the Summer Exhibition and my prize was the opportunity to hold my own exhibition there.
I called this exhibition " These are a few of my Favourite Things" as domestic objects and memories have been a recurrent theme in my work. The earliest work in this exhibition was made 25 years ago and the latest was in 2024 .
The exhibition was curated by Maria Reeves, The Horton's director and was presented as an intimate domestic space filled with my artwork within the main atrium
Curators Statement
Walker is a collector. She is inspired by found items and personal histories. She deftly weaves together – sometimes literally – the stories behind these objects and the items themselves.
Walker’s work is very personal, drawing on family relationships and featuring portraits of known relatives. But this tenderness is also extended to unknown individuals when she is exploring the remnants of other people’s lives, imagined through letters found in junk shops and historical documents.
In this exhibition, Walker’s multi-media textile work created over the last 20 years has been presented in the form of a home.
The openly visible ‘front room’ includes portraits designed to present the individual as they wish to be seen. Travelling through the rooms, the visitor moves through scenes of domesticity. Traditional female tasks such as sewing and ironing feature regularly in Walker’s work and her feminist messages can be seen here most clearly.
The artist’s workshop shows her thought processes in progress. The doll’s house is an on-going of moments in her own life.
The final spaces to explore are the most intimate, culminating in the statement piece, A Woman’s Work. It is a reflection on her generational status as a mother, daughter and female human being.
Sensitive, haptic, and beautifully made, Walker’s work is a pleasure to discover.
Please click on the thumbnail image to enlarge the image
These are a few of my Favourite Things
In January 2025 I held a solo retrospective exhibition at the Horton Art Centre in Epsom, Surrey. I was prize winner at the Summer Exhibition and my prize was the opportunity to hold my own exhibition there.
I called this exhibition " These are a few of my Favourite Things" as domestic objects and memories have been a recurrent theme in my work. The earliest work in this exhibition was made 25 years ago and the latest was in 2024 .
The exhibition was curated by Maria Reeves, The Horton's director and was presented as an intimate domestic space filled with my artwork within the main atrium
Curators Statement
Walker is a collector. She is inspired by found items and personal histories. She deftly weaves together – sometimes literally – the stories behind these objects and the items themselves.
Walker’s work is very personal, drawing on family relationships and featuring portraits of known relatives. But this tenderness is also extended to unknown individuals when she is exploring the remnants of other people’s lives, imagined through letters found in junk shops and historical documents.
In this exhibition, Walker’s multi-media textile work created over the last 20 years has been presented in the form of a home.
The openly visible ‘front room’ includes portraits designed to present the individual as they wish to be seen. Travelling through the rooms, the visitor moves through scenes of domesticity. Traditional female tasks such as sewing and ironing feature regularly in Walker’s work and her feminist messages can be seen here most clearly.
The artist’s workshop shows her thought processes in progress. The doll’s house is an on-going of moments in her own life.
The final spaces to explore are the most intimate, culminating in the statement piece, A Woman’s Work. It is a reflection on her generational status as a mother, daughter and female human being.
Sensitive, haptic, and beautifully made, Walker’s work is a pleasure to discover.
Please click on the thumbnail image to enlarge the image
