Caroline Walker is known for her accomplished paintings of the everyday lives of women. Choosing to paint almost exclusively female subjects, her work explores the social, cultural and economic experiences of women living and working in contemporary society, often focusing on labour that is overlooked or unseen.
Walker was born in Dunfermline, Scotland (1982) where she now lives and works. She received a BA in Painting from Glasgow School of Art in 2004 and an MA in Painting from The Royal College of Art in 2009.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Mothering [Touring] The Hepworth Wakefield, Pallant House Gallery, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange (UK); The Holiday Park, GRIMM, New York (USA); Nurture, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (UK); Women Observed, K11, Shanghai (CN). Selected group exhibitions include: Joyful Noise, Salisbury Cathedral (UK), Hand Picked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK); Good Mom/Bad Mom - Unraveling the Mother Myth, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL); Mama: From Mary to Merkel, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE); A Room Hung With Thoughts: British Painting Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (USA); Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, Hayward Gallery Touring. Walker is represented in a number of major public collections including: Tate (UK); National Galleries of Scotland (UK); Museum of Fine Arts Houston (USA); Longlati Foundation (CN); Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL)
