Dr. Deborah Walker |
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| Position | Senior Lecturer | |
| deborah.walker@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Communication & Creative Arts | |
| Phone | +61 3 925 17664 | |
| Campus | Burwood | |
| Location | Building P, Room 4.41 | |
| Role and profile |
Deborah Walker is a lecturer in the visual arts and has exhibited regularly in Australia and internationally. She is currently represented by Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane and Hill-Smith Fine Art, Adelaide. Her work is represented in Australian and international collections. Her research is concerned with the intersection of art and philosophy, particularly the relationship of enigma and the ideas of the metaphysical painter, Giorgio de Chirico within a Nietzchean perspective. Professional Activities 1988 Judge, St.Kilda Festival, Art Prize 1988 Forum, School of Art, University of Tasmania 1987 Women's Register Slide Kit Co-ordinated Deakin University's participation in National Student Exhibition at Exhibition Buildings 1992 Co-ordinated Deakin University in Next Wave Festival 1992 Ministry of Education Slide Kit, included in Women in Contemporary Art 1993 Queensland University College of Arts, included in Slide Kit 1994 Discovery Media - Art CD - Rom, in Contemporary Australian. |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
1st Year Studio, 3rd Year Studio, Honours, P/grad Bachelor of Creative Arts - Visual Arts major sequence |
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| Research interests |
The Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico's and his relationship with the Philosophical ideas of Nietzsche, particularly in connection to visual enigma and the metaphysical. Graphic imagery, particularly intaglio and lithography. Cinema and its reference to the painted image. |
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| Current research projects | A series of paintings reflecting the metaphysical significance of the objects that populate our lives | |
| Awards |
1978, Warrnambool Print Acquisition Award, Warrnambool Gallery 1980, Victorian College of Arts, Graeme Brown Prize St.Kilda Festival Acquisition Award Visual Arts Board Traineeship Grant Print Council of Australia, Member Print 1981, St.Kilda Festival Acquisition Award, Highly Commended Victorian College of the Arts, Scholarship, National Gallery of Victoria, Mid-year Trustees Award 1985, Diamond Valley Acquisition Award 1986, Visual Arts Board, Project Grant Visual Arts Board, New York Travel Grant 1989, Trades Hall Studio Residency, Melbourne 1991, Deakin University, Research Grant 25th Anniversary Commission, P.C.A. The Approaching fin de siecle. 1992, St.Kilda Art Gallery, Postcard Show Prize, Ist Prize. Melbourne Theatre Company programme commission. Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Slide Registration 1994, Post-graduate scholarship, M.A., Monash University 1995, Outside Study Grant, Deakin University 2000, Post-graduate scholarship, Deakin University 2003 Artist in Residence, Griffith University, Queensland 2004 Artist in Residence, Griffith University 2005 Artist in Residence, Bundanon, Arthur Boyd Trust, Shoalhaven |
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| Qualifications |
1974 Diploma of Fine Art, Monash University, Australia 1981 Post-graduate Diploma, Victorian College of the Arts, 1994 Master of Arts, Monash University, Australia 2002 PhD, Deakin University, Australia |
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| Conferences |
1998 Double Dialogues Conference Paper, Deakin University 2004 Artist’s floor talk, Stonington Stables Museum of Art 2005 Journal article, Double Dialogues, on-line journal 2010 Double Dialogues, Conference Paper, MelbourneUniversity |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
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22nd April 2013