LISA WALKER 1967, born in Wellington, New Zealand 1988-89, studied Craft and Design at Otago Polytech Art School, tutor Georg Beer, Dunedin, New Zealand Travelled and worked in Australia, Great Britain, and Asia for two years. Own workshop in central Australia Founding member of “Workshop 6“ jewellery workshop in Auckland, New Zealand 1995-2001, student of Professor Otto Künzli, Munich Arts Acadamy, Germany Meisterschülerin/Head Student Own workshop in Munich 2002-2009 2010, relocation to Wellington, New Zealand AWARDS 1992 New Zealand Arts Council grant 1995 Creative New Zealand grant 1997 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship Scholarship for foreign students, State Ministry of Science, Research, and Art, Germany 2001 Awarded Meisterschülerin (Head Student) by Professor Otto Künzli 2003 HSP Nachfolgestipendium – scholarship, State Ministry of Culture, Germany 2005 Creative New Zealand grant Studio Support – Arts Council Munich, grant 2006 Steiner Stiftung Munich - grant 2007 Förderpreis der Stadt München (City of Munich scholarship) 2008 Darling Publications Award – Best Jeweller of the Year 2010 Francoise van den Bosch Award, Amsterdam, Holland 2010 Creative New Zealand grant COLLECTIONS Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand Schmuck Museum, Pforzheim, Germany Danner Stiftung, Pinakothek der Moderne/Museum of Modern Art, Munich, Germany Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany Francoise Van Den Bosch Collection, Amsterdam, Holland Private collections LECTURES / TEACHING 2001 Lecture series in New Zealand with Karl Fritsch Workshop and Lecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Lecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Lecture, Galerie Biro, Munich 2002 Lecture, Zimmerhof Jewellery Symposium 2004 Lecture, Whitirea Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand Lecture with Chicks On Speed and Franz Liebl, Luitpold Lounge, Munich 2005 Workshop and Lecture, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand 2006 Workshop and Lecture, Ädellab, Stockholm, Sweden Lecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia 2007 Lecture, Burg Giebichenstein University, Halle an der Saale, Germany Lecture, Zimmerhof Jewellery Symposium, Germany Lecture, Studio 4903, Washington, USA 2008 Workshop and Lecture, Arts Acadamy Nürnberg, Germany Lecture, Konstfack Arts Acadamy, Stockhom, Sweden Lecture, Galerie Norsu, Helsinki, Finland Workshop and Lecture, Whitirea Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand Lecture, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand 2009 Workshop and Lecture, Gerrit Rietveld Acadamy, Amsterdam, Holland Lecture, „Creation Positions“ conference, Belzalel University, Jerusalem, Israel Lecture „Lucca Preziosa 2009“, Firenze, Lucca, Italy Lecture series with Damian Skinner : Jewellery Museum, Pforzheim, Germany Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England Royal Academy of Art, London, England London Metropolital University, London, England Middlesex University, Middlesex, England Acadamy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany Koninkliijke Academie of Fine Arts Antwerpen, Belgium Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Belgium Provinciale Hogeschool Limbug, Belgium External Examiner, Gerrit Rietveld Acadamy, Amsterdam, Holland Workshop, Goteburg University, Sweden Lecture, Rediscovering Identity a Seminar on New Zealand Contemporary Jewellery, Rohsske Museum, Goteburg, Sweden Workshop and Lecture, Institute of Fine Metals, Copenhagen, Denmark Public discussion with Dr Florian Hufnagel, Art and Design Museum, Nürnberg, Germany 2010 Workshop and Lecture, JMGA, Perth Australia Lecture, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand Lecture, Taupo Museum, Taupo, New Zealand Workshop and Lecture, Whitirea Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1993 - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Brooches - Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand – Brooches 1994 - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Stacks 1996 - Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand – New Work 1997- Avid, Wellington, New Zealand – New Work 2000 - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Butterflies Wrapped in Silver Absolute Funk Rare New Zealand Meat With A Bit Of German Spice Domestic Royalty Contemporary Jewellery From Munich The European Centre Of Jewellery Ribena together with Karl Fritsch 2001 - Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Schmuck, together with Karl Fritsch - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, More Schmuck, together with Karl Fritsch - Mari Funaki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, The Emerald Animal, together with Karl Fritsch - Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany, Two Shining Stars From The Southern Hemisphere, together with Helen Britton - Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, Hilke 2002 - Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland – Haberdashery 2003 - Geschaeft, Munich, Germany, Schmuck von Henrietta Schuster and Lisa Walker - Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, USA, Glued, Bashed, Sewn, Squashed, Chrucked, Painted, Soldered, Licked 2004 - Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain, Jewellery - Galerie Oona, Berlin - Lecker, jewellery, throwing, clothes, rubbish, sewing, spewing, stuff, pearls, fluorescent cultural catastrophe, wearing it, trash, gold, regurgitation, concentration, cetail, feathers sind einfach gut, our world playground, groovy title, occidental utopian accident part 1 & 2, together with Chicks On Speed 2005 - Kunstrai with Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Glued, Bashed, Sewn, Squashed, Chucked, Painted, Soldered, Licked - Galerie Biro, Munich, Neue Arbeiten - Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, Diamonds, together with Karl Fritsch 2006 - Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia, Zerfügt, together with Henrietta Schuster - Geschaeft, Munich, Lisa Walker und Henrietta Schuster - Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, evening presentation 2007 - Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, USA, Unwearable - Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Lisa Walker and Karl Fritsch 2008 - Galerie Goethe, Munich, Gold and Bones - Galerie S O, Solothurn, Switzerland, Sometimes - Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, Sometimes Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand, Unwearable 2009 - Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Unwearable - Caroline Van Hoek Gallery, Gent, Belgium, Sometimes - Nürnberg Museum of Art and Design, Nürnberg, Germany, Her Last Show Made In Munich - Inform Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, with Karl Fritsch, Lisa Walker and Karl Fritsch - Artothek, Munich, Germany, with Helen Britton, Her Last Show Made in Munich, Dekorationswut 2010 - Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Winner of the Francoise van den Bosch Award - Millenium Gallery, Blenheim, New Zealand, Unwearable - Design Miami, USA, together with Jon Stam, with Caroline Van Hoek Gallery - Objectspace Window Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Untitled GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1992 - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Sound in Jewellery 1993 - Masterworks, Auckland New Zealand, Body Adornment - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Soltice - The Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand, Four NZ Women Jewellers - Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Womens Soltice Show - Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Open Heart, travelled also to: - Fisher Gallery, Auckland - Otago Museum, Dunedin 1994 - Avid, Wellington, New Zealand, Festival Exhibition - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Group Show - Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Workshop 6 Group Show 1995 - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Now and Then - Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, Schmuckszene 95 - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Annual Group Show - Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Rings - Arts Academy, Wellington, New Zealand, NZ Crafts in the 90´s 1996 - Jewellerswerk Gallery, Washington, USA , Work from Students of the Munich Arts Acadamy - Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand, 10 Years On, selection of past students work - Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia,Work from Students of the Munich Arts Acadamy 1997 - Austellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Jewellery - Austellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Fussball - Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany, Gefaess 1998 - Workshop 6, Auckland, New Zealand, Pretty presentation and catalogue - Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Auction - Romanstr. 97, Munich, Germany, Tatijana Pontgraz zeigt Arbeiten - Lure, Dunedin, New Zealand, Piece On Earth - Workshop 6, Auckland, New Zealand – evening presentation with Karl Fritsch 1999 - Army Barracks, Munich, Germany, Domagk Tage, with Felix Lindner and Karl Fritsch - Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, Germany, Kleine Heile Welt - Studio GR20, Padua, Italy, Gioielli Contemporanei Lalternativa Al Preziosa - Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, Vom Geist Des Schmucks - Army Barracks, Munich, Germany, Grosse Kunst Ausstellung - Ausstellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Kleine Grosse Kunst Ausstellung 2000 - Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany, Gestrandet - Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, INS, selected students from the Munich Arts Acadamy - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Fingers Group Show - Böhmler, Munich, Germany – selected students from the Munich Arts Acadamy 2001 - Bayerische Kunst Verein, Munich, Germany, Mikromegas, also travelled to: - American Craft Museum, New York - Museum D´Art et D´Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland - Hiko Mizino College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan - John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia - Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany, Von Wegen, jewellery from Munich - Galerie der Künstler,Munich, Germany, Ein Hauch Von Klasse, selected students from the Munich Arts Acadamy 2002 - Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, Schmuck 2002, also travelled to: - Dick Institute, Scotland - Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, Holland, Blumen, with Galerie Ra - Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria, Summer Exhibition - SOFA, New York – with Jewelerswerk Galerie - Oona Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Casual Jewellery - Crisso, Verona, Italy, Travelling Exhibition - Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, 10 Jahre Galerie Biro - The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Pearl Talk - Ipafmüveszeti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Kunststoff im Zeitgenössischen Schmuck - Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland, Lepels/Spoons, also travelled to: - Klingenmuseum, Solingen, Germany - Museum het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, Holland - Ruthin Crafts Centre, Ruthin, Wales - Dorman Museum, Middlesborough, England - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland 2003 - Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany, Rosa - Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 Years Between Munich and New Zealand, with Herman Jünger, Otto Künzli, Warwick Freeman, Kobi Bosshard, Karl Fritsch, also travelled to: - Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany - SOFA, New York – with Jewelerswerk Galerie - Galerie Biro, Munich, Group Exhibition - Luitpold Lounge, Munich, Ornament 2004 - Danner Rotunda, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany – presentation - Handwerksmesse, Munich, Schmuck 2004 - 175:D Project, Delavaux, Paris, France – collaboration with Chicks On Speed - Foot Locker, Berlin, Foot Locker Unlocked, collaboration with Chicks On Speed - Amaranthas Salon, Berlin, Kunstlotteriefest - Mobilia Gallery, Boston, USA, Blue - Galerie Oona, Berlin, Gold - Fingers, Auckland, Group Show 2005 - FAD Design Centre, Barcelona, Spain – Chicks On Speed and invited guests - The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Fools Gold - Galerie Pontenplas, Gent, Belgium, I Die Where I Get Hooked - Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia, Shades Of Gray - Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand, Atea - Mari Funaki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 10 - 2005 - Choice - German Contemporary Jewellery, travelled to: - Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan - Gallery YU, Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, Japan - Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany - Museum CODA, Apeldoorn, Holland - Turnov Museum, Tschechien - Fundacao Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisabon, Portugal, The Nomad Room - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Weeds, travelled to: - Quoil, Wellington - Galerie Biro, Munich, Christmas Show 2006 - Muse Museum, Sydney, Australia, JOC, Jewellery Out of Context, also travelled to: - Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand - Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Canada - CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Holland - Handwerksmesse , Munich, Schmuck 2006 , also travelled to: - Museum of Arts and Design, New York - Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, World, also travelled to - Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand - Whiteboard jewellery event, Wellington, New Zealand - Town Hall Gallery, Munich, Trophäen, with David Bielander, Helen Britton, Gabi Dziuba, Karl Fritsch, Daniel Kruger, Gerd Rothman - Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, Brooches - Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Neckware - Galerie Oona, Berlin, Schwartz Weiss - Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia, Connect - Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Radiant, also travelled to: - Roemund Museum, Holland - Galerie Biro, Munich, Christmas Show 2007 - Handwerksmesse, Munich, Schmuck 2007, also travelled to: - Oratoria di San Rocco, Padua, Italy - Collect, London, with Galerie S O - Galerie Biro, Munich, Opposition is true friendship - Geschaeft, Munich, Group Show - Lothringerstr. 13, State Art Gallery, Munich, Förderpreis der Stadt München (Munich City Scholarship) - Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Spinning Straw - Lure, Dunedin, New Zealand, Remember Me - Munich Art Fair, with the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Society - Galerie Stuhler, Berlin, Schmuck Kunst Schmuck 2008 - Bayerische Kunstgewerbe Verein at the Munich Handwerksmesse - Museum of Modern Art, Munich, Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute - Materiki Festival, Hokianga, New Zealand, As Good As Gold - Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Overcast - Galleri Norsu, Helsinki, Finland, Animal - Gmunden, Austraia, Skill by the Craft Think Tank, travelled to: - Contemporary Applied Arts, London - Handwerksmesse, Munich - As Good As Gold , Hokianga, New Zealand, - Overcast, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, - Interieur Fair, with Caroline Van Hoek Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium - Contemporary Art at Wittelsbacherplatz, Munich 850 Year Birthday celebrations, - Precious Design , Pierre Berge, Auction, Brussels, Belgium, Hommage an Hermann Jünger , Villa De Bondt, Geneva, Belgium, 2009 - Schmuck 2009, Handwerksmesse, Munich - Frame, with Platina Gallery and Galerie Ra, Handwerksmesse Munich - Lingam, Konstfack University, Stockholm, Sweden travelled to Gallery Rob Koudijs, Amsterdam, Holland - Cutting the Mirror, 12 Artists, Lucca Preziosa, shown at: - Italian Embassy, India - Inhorgenta, Munich, Germany - Villa Bottini, Via Elisa, Italy - Brandneu, Hansastr Atelier, Munich Cornucopia, Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand -Think Tank, Handwerksmesse, Munich - A New Line, Chicks On Speed, Kate Mcgarry Gallery, London - Talisman, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand - Opening of Galerie S O London, London, England - For Long and Faithful Duty, 10 Years of Beauty, Platina, Stockholm, Sweden - One Pair of Cufflinks, Caroline Van Hoek Gallery, Brussels, Belgium - Manschettenknöpfe und Ohriinge, Geschäft, Munich, Germany 2010 - Pocket Guide to New Zealand Jewellery, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, USA travelled to: - Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, USA - Racine Art Museum in Wisconsin - Object Rotterdam Art Fair, with Caroline Van Hoek Gallery, Rotterdam, Holland - Makers Metier, Gallery East, Perth, Australia - Gioielleria Contemporanea Materia E Colore, Studio GR.20, Padua, Italy - Magpie, Taupo Museum, Taupo, New Zealand - Contemporary Collections, Gallery S O, curated by Ralph Turner, London, England - Heimat, Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany - Portage:textiles, extrems of scale, Shetland Arts Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland, Scotland - Gustav, with Caroline Van Hoek Gallery, and Gallery Hoet Bekaert, Ghent, Belgium - Fingers Group Show, Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand - Values without Valuables, Hand Made Depot, St Petersburg, Russia - Multipes, Galerie S O, London, United Kingdom PUBLICATIONS 1993 - Open Heart, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, catalogue 1995 - Schmuckszene 1995, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue 1996 - Tenth, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, catalogue 1997 - Pretty, Workshop 6, Auckland, catalogue 1998 - Piece on Earth, Lynx, Christchurch, catalogue 2000 - Mikromegas, Bayerische Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, catalogue 2002 - Schmuck 2002, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue - 10 Jahre Galerie Biro, Munich, catalogue - Lisa Walker, Munich, own catalogue - Lepels/Spoons, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, catalogue 2004 - Schmuck 2004, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue - Lisa Walker, Munich, own catalogue - Luitpold Lounge, Munich, with Chicks On Speed and Franz Liebl, newspaper 2005 - Fools Gold, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, catalogue Choice - German Contemporary Jewellery, travelled to Japan and Germany, catalogue - The Nomad Room, Fundacao Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, catalogue - Im Laden des Goldschmiedes, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, magazine 2006 - JOC, Jewellery Out of Context, Muse Museum, Sydney, catalogue - Schmuck 2006, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue - Crafty Chain Letter, Craft in Dialogue, Sweden, feature (online) - Whiteboard Jewellery Event, Wellington, New Zealand, catalogue - Radiant 30 Years Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, catalogue - New Directions in Jewellery 2, Black Dog Publishing, London, book 2007 - Schmuck 2007, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue - Jewelleries/Schmuck, own catalogue, Förderpreis der Stadt München - Remember Me, Lure, Dunedin, New Zealand, catalogue - Metalsmith Magazine, USA, catalogue issue - Munich Art Fair, catalogue 2008 - Unwearable, Darling Publications, Cologne and New York, own book - As Good As Gold , Hokianga, New Zealand, catalogue - Overcast, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, catalogue - Contemporary Art at Wittelsbacherplatz, Munich 850 Year Birthday celebrations, catalogue - Precious Design , Pierre Berge, Auction, Brussels, Belgium, catalogue Urbis magazine, New Zealand, article by Damian Skinner 2009 - Schmuck 2009, Handwerksmesse, Munich, catalogue - Unwearable 2. Edition, Darling Publications, Cologne and New York, own book - Galerie Ra at Frame in Munich, Collect in London, Object in Rotterdam, catalogue - Design and Make: Mixed Media Jewellery A&C Black Publishers, London, England, book - Cutting The Mirror, Lucca Preziosa 2009, Lucca, Italy, catalogue - Article written by Yuval Saar, Jeruselum Post, Israel - Article written by Roseanne Bartley, online for Klimt02 - featured jeweller, Kit and Caboodle.com.au, online, Australia - Dominion Post, Wellington, New Zealand, by Daina Dekker, newspaper article 2010 - Online for The Journal of Modern Craft,BergPublishers www.journalofmoderncraft.com, article by Dionea Rocha-Watt „Lisa Walker´s speculatons in glue - Art News New Zealand, article „Jewellers Peak Performance“, magazine - Australian Art Review, article „Lisa Walker´s unwearable jewellery“ by Damian Skinner, magazine - NOOVO magazine, feature, online magazine, Barcelona, Spain - Dreaming Jewellery, Monsa Publications, Barcelona, Spain