Walter Price (born 1989) is an American

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based in New York City. He is represented by Greene Naftali and

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Early life

Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, Price served four years in the navy aboard the . His military service enabled him to pursue his art education on the GI Bill.

Career

Price's artistic practice often involves materials beyond acrylic or vinyl paint, as he incorporates fabric and photographs into his works. The paintings, often on wood panel, embody compositions that blur the line between abstraction and figuration.

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

*2013 – ''Full Spectrum,''

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, Macon, GA *2016 – ''Hill of Munch,'' Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY *2016 – ''No Free Tax Art Month,'' 247365, New York, NY *2017 – ''Mondialité'' (curated by

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and Asad Raza), Boghossian Foundation –

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*2017 – ''99 Cents or Less,''

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, Detroit, MI *2017 – ''Fictions,'' The Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY *2018 – ''FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art,'' Cleveland, Ohio *2019 – ''Techniques of the Observer,'' Greene Naftali, New York, NY *2019 – 2019

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, curated by

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and

Jane Panetta Jane Panetta is a New York-based curator and art historian. Panetta is currently an Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Career Curating Before working at the Whitney, Panetta spent five years in the Painting and Sculpture Dep ...

Solo exhibitions

*2016 – The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter Price *2016 – Karma, New York, Pearl Lines *2017 – LUMA Foundation, Zurich, 89Plus: Americans 2017 *2018 – The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Pearl Lines *2018 – Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, Pearl Lines *2018 – MoMA PS1, Queens, New York

Permanent collections

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, New York, NY

Publications

* 2016 - Crystal Black, Karma, New York

References

External links

Walter Price - Contemporary Art Daily
{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Walter 1989 births Living people African-American painters Artists from Georgia (U.S. state) American contemporary painters United States Navy sailors 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people African-American United States Navy personnel Art Institute of Washington alumni