Nick Walker (born 1969) is a British graffiti artist originating from

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. His paintings often feature a bowler-hatted gentleman 'vandal'. He is credited with being part of the

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movement that

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started in the 1980s, which was also an influence on

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. Walker recreated the graffiti'd streets of

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for

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's 1999 film,

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. His work was included in a video by

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. In 2006 a spray painted work of Walker's titled "Moona Lisa" sold for an unexpected £54,000 at

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in London. At a solo exhibition at London's Black Rat Gallery in 2008, £750,000 worth of art was sold, with dozens of people camping outside the gallery overnight. Walker was a main participant in the 2011 '' See No Evil'' event in Bristol, where he painted "perhaps the most striking piece at the event", one of his bowler-hatted gentleman on the side of a

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in Nelson Street. Walker was the first

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of the

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program at the Quin Hotel in New York City. Walker created 15 original pieces on-site for the Quin’s permanent collection during his residency in 2013, shortly following the hotel's opening. In February 2016, Walker revisited the Quin to show both historic images, as well as a new vocabulary of abstraction. This solo exhibit, curated by DK Johnston, presented 25 original works and opened the hotel’s Quin Arts program for the 2016 season. In November 2016, Walker joined a cohort of fellow former

artists-in-residence in using a D’Angelico Guitar as their “canvas,” for an artist salon. His design featured curvilinear numbers resembling musical notes. Walker still lives in Bristol.

Notable works

* ''Moona Lisa'' - painting of the

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showing her bottom. Sold in 2006. * ''The Morning After New York'' - painted in 2008 in East Village, New York. The building was threatened with demolition in 2011. * ''Pope'' - painted on a ticket hut in London for the pontiff's visit in 2010.

Publication

* ''A Sequence of Events''. Drago, 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Nick Living people 1969 births English graffiti artists Artists from Bristol