CV

Judith Walker with painting Gutted II 2023

Selected One person Shows

Selected Group Shows

  • Cats in Cartoons, Cartoon Museum, London, 2025
  • Southwark Open, Southwark, Park Gallery, London, 2024
  • SFSA Painting Open, No Fortmat Gallery, London, 2024
  • Senior Art School, The Exhibition Southwark Park Gallery, 2024
  • The Path, Palazzo Piasani-Revedin, Venice during the Biennalle, 2024
  • Open Studio, Acme Propellar Factory, 2024
  • SFSA Drawing Open, no format Gallery, London, 2024
  • In Seclusion II Metaspacegallery.com, 2024
  • The Dark Side & Dreams and Nightmares, Boomer Gallery. London, 2024
  • All Together at Once, Koppel Project, Sponsored by Artquest, London, 2023
  • No barking aRt Studio Sale Room - part of A World Without End Summer Exhibition, 2020
  • 30/30 2020 – 12 Art Collective by Artquest 2020 and 2021
  • Take me to the Moon, Beach Creative Gallery, Herne Bay 2019
  • Turning the Tide, Beach Creative Gallery, Herne Bay 2018
  • The Inking Women, Cartoon Museum, London 2017
  • The End of the Pier Show, Beach Creative Gallery, Herne Bay 2017
  • 2nd Floor Studios Painting Open, London 2016
  • In the Sand, Beach Creative Gallery, Herne Bay 2015
  • Postcards from the Seaside, Beach Creative Gallery Herne Bay, 2016
  • The Pastiche, Parody & Piracy, The Cobb Gallery, London, 2014
  • Postcard From My Studio, Acme Project Space, 2013
  • Marriage A La Mode, The Cartoon Museum, London 2011
  • Ink in the Bottle, The Cartoon Museum, London 2010
  • Paintings in Hospitals Exhibition, Meier Gallery, London, 2005
  • Southwark Open Exhibition, Cafe Park Galleries, London, 1996, 2002 - 2005
  • Tradition & Innovation in Printmaking Today, 1987
  • Male Formy Grafiki, Poland, 1985 & 1987
  • The Festival Show, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 1987
  • Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London 1984
  • South West Print and Drawing Exhibition, New Mexico, USA, 1979
  • New Contemporaries, ICA, London, 1977
  • Green & Stone Summer Exhibiton, London, 1977

Projects

  • Arts & Health Hub Professional Development programme
  • Participating in Stomach Ache a research-curatorial project exploring the experience of health issues in the gastrointestinal tract, University of Melbourne 2023
  • Making do and Getting By- a COVID Instagram project curated by Rebecca Pelly-Fry, 2021
  • Gut Feelings: Voicing the Visceral – Project Workshop to collaborate in the producing of and contribute to the publication of 'Digest Reader' funded by TACO, London, 2021

Events

My zine The Maze of life in included Mark Pearson’s Mobile Zine Library as a part of Yes! Art, London, 2026

  • Presentation to Stomach Ache Workshop at Melbourne University and Central St martins 2025
  • Gutzy Zines workshop, Arts & Health Hub, part of Medi-Culture, 2025
  • Presentation for InPractice, Royal Academy, London, 2024
  • Crystallised Intelligence: Guts,Talk and workshop for Arts & Health Hub, funded by Arts Council, 2023
  • Presented to Arts & Health Hub, Such bank Centre, London, July 2022
  • Images projected on outside of building as a part of the We Are Lewisham, London Borough of Culture 2022 and Acme Research project with Bartlett School of Architecture UCL
  • Performed at the Edinburgh Free Fringe, 2021
  • Cartoon, Criticism and Commentary International Women's Day, Division of Medicine Anthea Swan Team, UCL/UCLH, London, 2016
  • The Guardian's Family Art and Cartoon Day 2001-2019 running workshops and giving talks for Guardian readers and their children (formally a part of The Big Draw)

Residencies

Public works of art

  • Shortlisted for Exploring the Gut-Immune-Brain Axis, Nutrition and Mental Health a project to create a mural in Southampton in collaboration with the John Hansard Gallery and the University of Southampton. 2026

    Window of the Soul, a commission for South Bank University, London 1997
  • The Peckham Eye Project, Peckham Library, London. November 2001 to January 2002

Collections

Awards

  • Arts Council Cultural Recovery fund 2021
  • Nominated for Jerwood Artists Platform 2002 & 2003
  • Winsor and Newton Young Artists Award 1977 London and South East Region
  • Phoebe Llewellyn Smith Scholarship, 1976

Education

Teaching

    • Mentoring students from UAL and Birkbeck 2020-22
    • Art workshops for Women Against Domestic violence 2012 -2013
    • Teaching art therapy - multi cultural counselling course for Women's Training Link, 1992-94.
    • Art teacher, Shelly's school for children with severe learning disabilities, 1990-91
    • Art therapist at St Luke's Alcohol Treatment Center 1990-91
    • Teaching Assistant New Mexico State University 1978-80

Other Activities

      • Performed Stand up Comedy 2017 to 2023
      • Radio presenter for Women's Radio Station's Open Discussion programme 2018- 2019
      • Produced cartoons for The Sun & New Humanist magazine
    • Professional Memberships