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CORBAN WALKER: Now available at Solomon Fine Art
Solomon Fine Art is delighted to welcome internationally renowned artist, Corban Walker to the gallery stable.
Walker (b.1967, Dublin) is widely recognised for his installations, sculptures, and drawings that relate to perceptions of scale and architectural constructs. His local, cultural, and specific philosophies of scale are fundamental to how he defines and develops his work, creating new means for viewers to interact and navigate their surroundings.
Walker graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 1992. Since then, he has mounted several solo exhibitions internationally and has realized important public art commissions worldwide. Walker's work is part of numerous public and private collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Walker represented Ireland at the 54th Venice International Art Biennale in 2011 and received the prestigious Pollock Krasner Award in 2015.
Walker's latest public sculpture, Bushy, was unveiled last year in Dublin's Bushy Park as part of the Sculpture Dublin initiative. His most recent institutional solo exhibition, As Far As I Can See took place at the Crawford Gallery, Cork from 15 October 2022 – 15 January 2023 (scroll down for details).
Walker will present his first solo exhibition with Solomon Fine Art in Autumn 2023.
Header photo: Detail of 'Bushy' (2022) / Photo: Aisling McCoy
Corban Walker
Grid Stack 1, 2007
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96.5 x 61 x 45.7cm
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Commissioned by Sculpture Dublin for Dublin City Council, Parks. August 24, 2022 “I’M DELIGHTED AND HONOURED TO BE AWARDED THE BUSHY PARK SCULPTURE DUBLIN COMMISSION. FOR A LONG TIME I HAVE WANTED...Read moreIRISH ARTS REVIEW: Carol Hodder
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Published by Sculpture Dublin June 1, 2022 These biographies are excerpted from Art and Architecture of Ireland Volume III: Sculpture 1600-2000, edited by Andrew Carpenter and Paula...Read moreConversation Pieces: Corban Walker in conversation with Jessica Smith
https://www.sculpturedublin.ie/conversation-pieces-4-corban-walker-in-conversation-with-jessica-smith/ April 30, 2022 For the fourth in the Sculpture Dublin ‘Conversation Pieces’ series, guest curator Pádraic E. Moore chats with Corban Walker and...Read moreEamon Colman
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CRAWFORD COLLECTION: YOUR NATIONAL COLLECTION 2021 April 21, 2021 Today, Minister Catherine Martin announces that 422 artworks by 70 artists will be addBiography
Fergus Martin was born in Cork, Ireland. He studied painting at Dun Laoghaire School of Art from 1972 – 1976. From 1979 – 1988 he lived and worked in Italy, where he lectured in English Language at The University of Milan.
In 1988, he returned to painting and had his first solo exhibition at Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin, in 1990.
In 1991, he attended The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. He received awards from The Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York, in 1999 and 2006, and was awarded The Marten Toonder Award by The Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaion in 1999.
In 2001, he was elected to Aosdana.
In 2008, his sculpture, Steel, was installed at the entrance gates to The Irish Museum of Modern Art, and he had a major exhibition at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane.
In 2010, he won the Curtin O’Donoghue Photography Prize at The RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin.
In 2014, he was awarded the Irish American Cultural Institute O’Malley Award.
In 2019, Martin had a solo exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Fergus Martin Then and Now
In 2020, his sculpture, Barrel, was installed in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham/Irish Museum of Modern Art. Barrel was commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Also in 2020, his sculpture, Oak, was installed at the International Criminal Court, The Hague. Oak was commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs, a gift from the Government of Ireland to the Court.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Smoke, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Fergus Martin Then and Now, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Fergus Martin New Work, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Outside Inside, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
2011 Fergus Martin Photographs,Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2009 Fergus Martin, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2008/2009 Fergus Martin, Dublin C- 1967 Born, Dublin Currently Lives and
1967
Born, Dublin
Currently Lives and works in Cork, Ireland
Education
1987-’92 National College of Art and Design, Dublin – BFA
Recent International Museum Exhibitions
2024 Smoke and Mirrors, Zimmerli Museum, Rudgers University, NJ, USA
I’m sorry, this space is reserved, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 As Far As I Can See, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland (mid-career solo survey)
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Corban Walker, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2023
Under Stand The Space, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2022
As Far As I Can See, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2018
Condition Canal, Gowanus Projects, New York
Come What May, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2016
Post Office, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
2014
Patrick Scott, Image Space Light, Visual, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow
(Guest curator combined with a site specific installation in response to the artist’s oeuvre)
2012
Please Adjust, St Carthage Hall, Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland
Please Adjust, RHA Gallery Dublin
2011
Irish Pavilion, 54 Venice International Art Biennale 2011, Italy
2009
The Golden Bough, Hugh Lane Municipal Art Gallery, Dublin
New Installation, PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York
2007
Corban Walker, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Grid Stack, PaceWildenstein, New York
2004
Corban Walker, Fenton Gallery, Cork
2003
Locating, London Print Studio, London
2002
Corban Walker, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
2000
Mapping 4, PaceWildenstein, New York
do you know the way, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1999
Corban Walker, Handball Court, Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland
1998
Corban Walker, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
1997
Corban Walker, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Corban Walker, Ridinghouse Editions, London
1996
Corban Walker, l’Imaginaire Irlandais, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
1995
Sculpture, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1994
Latitude, City Ar
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