Curriculum Vitae (Art)
Nina Walton
ninawalton@mac.com
@ninawalton__
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
2008 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
1996 Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law, University of NSW, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions / Public installations
2023 Three Six Five Days on Paper, Artist Studio Relocation, BTWNLNS, Sydney
Presidio Heights House, Knulp, Sydney
2022 Dominik Mersch Award Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2021 Light Field, Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Los Angeles City Hall
One Year 365 Days, Instagram performance, @365d__1y
2020 n = 1, n → ∞, Factory 49, Sydney
Collaborations
2025 Lee Mathews, Resort 2026, 25th Anniversary show
2023- Seasonal Weaving, Between Lines, Sydney
Around the time of the yearly equinoxes (22 March and 22 September), I create a new installation at Between Lines, a book, design and furniture store located in
Newtown,Sydney. This is a single work that unfolds over years.
2023- Salon Magdalena, Sydney/Northern Rivers. I turn my home into a gallery to show other artists work.
Selected Group Exhibitions & Commissions
2025 Gesture and Trace, National Art School, Sydney
New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design: Gladstone Regional Gallery & Museum, QLD; Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie, NSW;
Australian Design Centre, Sydney, NSW.
2024 Second Look: Response, remade and experimental textiles, Barometer Gallery, Sydney
Reflex: The 3rd Australian Biennale of Reductive Art, University of Technology, Sydney
New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS; Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, VIC;
Hamilton Gallery, ViC; Redcliffe Art Gallery, QLD; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
2023 Care Structures, M16 Artspace, Canberra
Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design: JamFactory, Adelaide, SA; Benalla Art Gallery, VIC
2022 Eshgh Bazi, Wardens Gallery, Sydney
David Stein Window, Sydney
Postgrad Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
2020 By a thread, MAY SPACE, Sydney
The Edge of Chaos, The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles
Another Day in Paradise, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
Utopia, 321 Crown Projects, Sydney
Frolic/Freeze 3 & 4, Articulate Project Space, Sydney
2019 National Art School Graduate Show, National Art School, Sydney
National Art School Café Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
Pearls Before Swine, Down Under Space, Sydney
Art Market San Francisco
, Ever Gold [Projects]
Proximity, Articulate Project Space, Sydney
Ferment 3 & 4, Articulate Project Space, Sydney
Prizes
2023 Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia
2022 University Medal, Master of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
MFA Exegesis: Systems in Art/Art as System
DMG Award (joint award from Dominik Mersch Gallery and National Art School)
2019 University Medal, Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
John Olsen Prize for Drawing, National Art School, Sydney
Residencies
2023 Between Lines Artist Residency, Sydney
Bundanon Artist Residency, Australia
Conferences
2024 Temporal Grids, The Material Image, Transdisciplinary Arts Research at the Intersection of Art, Science and Culture, National Art School
Bibliography
2024. The Design Files, Inside One of Sydney’s Dreamiest Art Deco Apartments, October 2024.
The Design Files, A Studio Visit with Nina Walton, April 2024.
2023 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).
2021 Interview, 2SER Radio, interview with Willy Russo, 4 October 2021.
National Art School Graduate Shows 2021, Artist Profile, January 2021.
2020 Interview with an Artist, 2SER radio, interview with Willy Russo, 19 November 2020.
2019 National Art School Grad Shows, Artist Profile, December 2019
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The Art of Giving up Your Day Job, Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2019:
Collections
Private collections and on-site commissions in Australia and internationally.