Curriculum Vitae (Art)
Nina Walton
ninawalton@mac.com
@ninawalton__
Education
Master of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney, 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney, 2019
Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, 2008
MA. Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, 2008
MA. Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, 2008
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law, University of NSW, Sydney, 1996
Solo Exhibitions / Public installations
Goethe-Institut, Melbourne, 2026
Three Six Five Days on Paper, BTWNLNS, Sydney, 2023
Presidio Heights House, Knulp, Sydney, 2023
Dominik Mersch Award Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, 2022
Light Field, Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Los Angeles City Hall, 2021
One Year 365 Days, Instagram performance, @365d__1y, 2021
n = 1, n → ∞, Factory 49, Sydney, 2020
Selected Group Exhibitions & Commissions
Salon Magdalena presents UPSTAIRS. Estonian House, Sydney, 2025
In Existence / In Residence, Between Lines, Sydney, 2025
Tapestry, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, 2025
Gesture and Trace, National Art School, Sydney, 2025
New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design: Touring show from 2023-2026. Gladstone Regional Gallery & Museum, QLD; Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie, NSW; Australian Design Centre, Sydney, NSW; Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS; Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, VIC; Hamilton Gallery, VIC; Redcliffe Art Gallery, QLD; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, QLD; JamFactory, Adelaide, SA; Benalla Art Gallery, VIC.
Second Look: Response, remade and experimental textiles, Barometer Gallery, Sydney, 2024
Reflex: The 3rd Australian Biennale of Reductive Art, University of Technology, Sydney, 2024
Care Structures, M16 Artspace, Canberra, 2023
Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney, 2023
Eshgh Bazi, Wardens Gallery, Sydney, 2022
David Stein Window, Sydney, 2022
Postgrad Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney, 2022
By a thread, MAY SPACE, Sydney, 2020
The Edge of Chaos, The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles, 2020
Another Day in Paradise, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney, 2020
Utopia, 321 Crown Projects, Sydney, 2020
Frolic/Freeze 3 & 4, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, 2020
National Art School Graduate Show, National Art School, Sydney, 2019
Pearls Before Swine, Down Under Space, Sydney, 2019
Ever Gold [Projects, Art Market San Francisco, 2019
Proximity, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, 2019
Ferment 3 & 4, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, 2019
Collaborations
Lee Mathews, Resort 2026, 25th Anniversary show
Seasonal Weaving x BTWNLNS, Between Lines, Sydney, 2023-2026
Salon Magdalena, Sydney, 2023-ongoing
Residencies
Between Lines Artist Residency, Sydney, 2023-2026
Bundanon Artist Residency, Australia, 2023
Prizes
Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia, 2023
DMG Award (joint award from Dominik Mersch Gallery and National Art School), 2022
University Medal, Master of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney, 2021
MFA Exegesis: Systems in Art / Art as System
University Medal, Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney, 2019
John Olsen Prize for Drawing, National Art School, Sydney, 2019
Conferences
Temporal Grids, The Material Image, Transdisciplinary Arts Research at the Intersection of Art, Science and Culture, National Art School, 2024
Bibliography
LM Journal, Part 2 / Nina Walton, November 2025
The Design Files, A Studio Visit with Nina Walton, April 2024
LM Journal, A Conversation with Nina Walton, November 2023
Three Six Five Days Book Launch at Between Lines, Interview with Damien Cave, Australian Bureau Chief for the New York Times, 12 October 2023
The New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design. Textiles in Art, Design and Fashion. pp116-123. JamFactory and Wakefield Press (2023)
Interview, 2SER Radio, 4 October 2021,
National Art School Graduate Shows 2021, Artist Profile, January 2021
Interview with an Artist, 2SER radio, 19 November 2020
National Art School Grad Shows, Artist Profile, December 2019
Collections
Private collections and on-site commissions in Australia and internationally.