Brooke Walker

Brooke Walker’s artworks give a voice to the voiceless. Her passion for wildlife conservation and desire to understand the intricate nuances of the human/non-human animal relationship inspires her arts practice. This love of wildlife was created and nurtured during childhood surrounded by animals on a hobby farm in McLaren Vale, South Australia.

In 2009, Walker graduated from UniSA with a Bachelor in Visual Communication (Illustration Specialisation) and has since continued her artistic studies and skill development through workshops held by Robin Eley of the Art Academy South Australia. In addition, she has sought painting technique mentorships by American painters David Kassan and Shana Levenson.

Walker hosted ‘PERICLITATUS’, her first solo exhibition of charcoal drawings in 2015. This exhibition showcased the worlds most endangered species through beautifully rendered portraits. Since then her technique has shifted towards oil painting, while still utilising the same attention to detail, giving her works a hyperrealistic quality.

In 2017 Walker was awarded the ‘Hidden World’ Category prize at the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards in London with her work ‘Okapia Johnstoni’. Since then she has also won the...

2021 May: Charcoal Sanding - Annie Murphy-Robinson, Online
2020, September: Oil Painting - Jen Genari, Online
2020, January 6 - 10: Catapult Mentorship - ‘Rone’ - Melbourne Street Artist, Collingwood, Victoria
2019, September 4 - October 26: Assistant/Mentorship - Robin Eley, The Art Academy, West Hollywood, California
2019, January 5 - 9: Oil Painting Workshop - David Kassan, The Art Academy, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 - 2018, August 1: Painting Path Member - David Kassan and Shana Levenson, Art Crit Academy, Online
2017 - 2018, March - March: SAYES, Business SA Entrepreneurship, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 - 2017, August 1: Painting Path Member - David Kassan and Shana Levenson, Art Crit Academy, Online
2016, May 2 - June 20: Art Business Basics - Monica Davidson, NAVA, Online
2014, January 11 - 16: Oil Painting Workshop - Robin Eley, The Art Academy, Adelaide, South Australia
2013, July 12 - 14: Drawing from Life - David Jon Kassan, The Art Academy, Adelaide, South Australia
2007 - 2009: Bachelor of Design (specialising in illustration) University of South Australia

Solo Exhibitions

2021, OUR GREAT BARRIER REEF, UniSA / Guildhouse,
Adelaide
2019, DUALITY, Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale
2015, PERICLITATUS, STARS Waverley Homestead, Willunga

Group Exhibitions

2022, Animal House, Art Images Gallery, Norwood
2021, Our Backyard, Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale
2019, Fragile/Fierce, Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale
2019, Art for Life’s Sake, Atelier Crafers, Crafers
2019, Go Wild, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2019, Blue Ribbon, Gallery One Mitcham
2019, World Wildlife, Invited Artist, Stationmasters Gallery,
Strathalbyn
2018, Fleeting Landscapes / Treasured Souls, Hugo Winery,
McLaren Flat
2018, The Other Art Fair, The Facility, Melbourne
2018, Under 40’s SALA Exhibit, Bethany House, Willunga
2018, Common Ground SALA Exhibit, Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale
2018, Fringe on Fleurieu, Red Poles, McLaren Vale
2017, Fleurieu Arthouse Christmas Exhibit, Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale
2017, UniSA 40 year Alumni Exhibition, Bob Hawke Building, Adelaide
2017, Fleurieu Arthouse Studio Exhibit, Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale
2016, RSASA Characters of the Fleurieu, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa
2014, RSASA Characters of the Fleurieu, Stump Hill Gallery, McLaren Vale
2013, Aldinga Bay Arts Community F...