Biography

1981Born in Stockton, California, USA
2003BA in Japanese Language, San Francisco State University
2007MFA in Design, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Artist in studio program, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 “Bank ART Studio NYK 2007: Anthony Cannon Walker Open Studio Exhibition,”

BankART Studio NYK、Yokohama, Japan

1994 “50 Ways to Pick Your Nose,”
1991 “The Good the Weird and the Things With Sneers,”
Archival Framing Gallery, Sacramento, California

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 “Partisan,” Merchandise Mart, Art Chicago 2008, Chicago, Il.
2007 “BankART Studio Exhibition 2007 5-6,”
“Foreign Influence: Ten Legal Aliens Making Art in Japan”

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Union Gallery

“The 55th Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music: Graduation Works Exhibition,”

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Union Gallery
2006 “World is a Playground Exhibition,”
HIGURE 17-15 cas contemporary art studio, Tokyo
“Tokyo Geidai – Street! 2006 Exhibition,”
Break Station Gallery, JR Ueno Station, Tokyo
Hosted by the East Japan Railway Company and the
“International Art Exchange Exhibition in Tokyo and Seoul,”
The Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture’s
Shinjuku Promenade Gallery, Tokyo (May); and
The Hongik University Gallery, Seoul, Korea (August)

Awards and Grants

1996Honored with the Governor’s medallion as a California Arts Scholar, participating in the California State Summer School for the Arts held at California Institute of the Arts
1997Honored with the Governor’s medallion as a California Arts Scholar, participating in the California State Summer School for the Arts held at California Institute of the Arts
2004 – 2007Recieved a full scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to attend the MFA Program at the
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music