Lisa Walker
Lisa Walker was born in 1967 in Wellington, New Zealand, She studied Craft and Design at Otago Poltechnic Art School in Dunedin from 1988-89. After travelling for two years around Australia, Great Britain and Asia, establishing small workshops as she went, she returned to New Zealand and founded Workshop 6 with three other jewellers in Auckland. From 1995 –2001 she was a student of Otto Künzli at the Akadamie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Germany. She established her studio in Munich from 2002 – 2009, returning to Wellington in 2009 where she is still currently based. She has exhibited widely in galleries and museums internationally and has work in many international collections. She has received awards and prizes including Foerderpreis der Stadt Muenchen in 2007, the Francoise van den Bosch Award in 2009 and the Arts Laureate Award of the New Zealand Arts Foundation in 2015.
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Lisa WalkerBrooch , 20199ct Gold, Freshwater Pearls2 x 3 x 13 cm
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Lisa WalkerNecklace, 2018Human Hair, Plastic, Silver55 x 19 x 1 cm
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Lisa WalkerPendant, 2018Linen, Stuffing, Thread32 x 35 x 24 cm
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Lisa WalkerPendant , 2017Pounamu, Silver, Thread12 x 6 x 5 cm
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Lisa WalkerBrooch , 2014Mother of Pearl, 9ct Gold4,5 x 2,5 x 1,5 cm
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Lisa WalkerPendant, 2011Feathers, Pliable Steel, Silver, Lacquer, Thread10 x 5 x 4cm
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0 + 0 = 0
Lisa Walker Lisa Walker, 2017Waterproof Cover, 352 pagesRead more
Publisher: Dent-de-leone
ISBN: 978-1-907908-35-4
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An unreliable guidebook to jewellery
Lisa Walker , 2019Softcover, 472 pagesRead more
Publisher: Perimeter Books
ISBN: 978-0-6484022-2-0
Dimensions: 19 x 13 cm
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TWENTY
Galerie S O Solothurn 21 Sep - 16 Dec 2023After 20 years of dedication to contemporary jewellery and object Gallery S O is pleased to invite you to celebrate this exiting journey at Galerie S O in Solothurn. Die...Read more -
Winter Show
Galllery S O London 8 Nov 2019 - 1 Feb 20208 November 2019 - 2 February 2020 (Closed on festive season, from 23 December 2019 - 1 January 2020) The exhibition comprises a selection of contemporary jewellery and objects by...Read more -
Lisa Walker
Gallery S O London 4 - 27 Oct 2019Gallery S O is very pleased to announce a solo-exhibition by jewellery artist Lisa Walker (NZL). Known for work that has questioned the very nature of jewellery – its past,...Read more
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Dear Thing
Gallery S O London 30 Nov 2017 - 21 Jan 2018Private view: Thursday 7 December 2017 30 December 2017 - 21 January 2018 (Closed on festive season, from 24 December 2017 - 2 January 2018) The exhibition comprises a selection...Read more -
CHAIN
Gallery S O London 8 Apr - 5 Jun 2016Gallery S O is very pleased to announce a group exhibition about CHAIN. A series of interlinking loops joined together, the chain belies the simplicity of its construction through complex...Read more -
Gallery Artists
Gallery S O London 4 Feb - 30 Jun 2016
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Jewellery & Objects
Gallery S O London 11 Nov 2015 - 10 Jan 2016A celebration of what we do including work by: David Bielander, David Clarke, Christian Gonzenbach, Kirsten Haydon, Kimiaki Kageyama, Otto Künzli, Sally Marsland, Marc Monzo, Sonia Morel, Ted Noten, Bernhard...Read more -
Fix Fix Fix
Gallery S O London 15 Feb - 24 Mar 2013Group exhibition curated by Glenn Adamson of British and international artists and makers.Read more -
Chamber of Wonder : International Art Jewellery
Gallery S O London 7 Dec 2012 - 27 Jan 2013To coincide with the Design Museum's survey show Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, GALLERY S O London presents Chamber of Wonder.Read more
While the term 'cultural resistance' has become synonymous with the world of social sciences in the 1970s, new energies emerged elsewhere. From the sub, counter and resistance cultures exciting developments in contemporary jewellery blossomed and a fresh identifiable movement among designers and makers of the day was born. The work asked questions about the cultural meanings of gender, material value and the intimate relationship between the object and body. Wearable pieces were made to rethink social rituals and stereotypes and queried the notion of how and why we adorn ourselves.
Following in the spirit of this movement Chamber of Wonder shows the work of current designer makers united by their irreverence of traditional notions of luxury jewellery and a curiosity for reinterpreting objects found and fashioned to wear. From Bernhard Schobinger's choker of hexagon rock crystal slabs linked with fine gold to Hans Stofer's renovated skipping rope necklace with timeworn handles, or David Bielander's silky, silver garlic bulb pendant, the works in the show celebrate the diverse expressions of the genre and offer fresh alternatives to the 'proper' function of jewellery.
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22 Bricks at a Time
Gallery S O London 2 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012Contemporary metalwork and jewellery by 22 international artists:Read more
Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Rudolf Bott, Helen Britton, David Clarke, Christian Gonzenbach, Andi Gut, Therese Hilbert, Simone ten Hompel, Kimiak Kageyama, Manon van Kouswijk, Otto Kunzli, Mark Monzo, Sonia Morel, Ted Noten, Mah Rana, Michael Rowe, Fabrice Schaefer, Bernhard Schobinger, Hans Stofer, Manuel Vilhena, Lisa Walker. -
Lisa Walker: Wearable
Gallery S O London 24 Jun - 24 Jul 2011Lisa Walker's jewellery can be seen like a continuous and playful study about the disproportion of wearing and the elasticity of extremes between ugliness and beauty. Walker purposely uses the...Read more -
Multiples
Gallery S O Solothurn 20 May - 18 Jun 2011Specially commissioned by Gallery S O, 21 International Artists respond to the concept of multiples: Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Helen Britton, David Clarke, Iris Eichenberg, Andreas Fabian, Christian Gonzenbach, Andi...Read more
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Multiples
Gallery S O London 5 Nov 2010 - 16 Jan 2011Specially commissioned by Gallery S O, 21 International Artists respond to the concept of multiples:Read more
Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Helen Britton, David Clarke, Iris Eichenberg, Andreas Fabian, Christian Gonzenbach, Andi Gut, Tony Hayward, Therese Hilbert, Simone ten Hompel, Manon van Kouswijk, Otto Künzli, Marc Monzo, Mah Rana, Michael Rowe, Antoinette Vonder Mühll, Bernhard Schobinger, Hans Stofer, Manuel Vilhena, Lisa Walker. -
Selected Contemporary Jewellery and Objects by International Artists
Gallery S O Solothurn 11 Dec 2009 - 21 Feb 2010Exhibited artists: Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Helen Britton, David Clarke, Andi Gut, Kimiaki Kageyama, Simone ten Hompel, Manon van Kouswijk, Otto Künzli, Marc Monzo, Ted Noten, Mah Rana, Michael Rowe,...Read more -
Lisa Walker : Sometimes
Gallery S O Solothurn 15 Mar - 12 Apr 2008
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Lisa Walker wins Best Designed Independent Book at the 68th Australian Book Design Awards
November 25, 2020We are delighted to announce that Lisa Walker's book 'An Unreliable Guidebook to Jewellery' designed by Žiga Testen and Kim Mumm Hansen has won the...Read more -
Lisa Walker: SHE WANTS TO GO TO HER BEDROOM BUT SHE CAN‘T BE BOTHERED
Retrospective Exhibition at Villa Stuck March 14, 2020The museum Villa Stuck presents an extensive exhibition of Lisa Walker's jewellery created in the last 30 years. https://www.villastuck.de/ausstellungen/2020/walker/index.htmRead more -
Lisa Walker: I want to go to my bedroom but I can't be bothered
Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa March 1, 2018I want to go to my bedroom but I can't be bothered charts the 30-year evolution of world-renowned New Zealand jeweller Lisa Walker. From the...Read more
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MEDUSA Bijoux et tabous
Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris May 20, 201719 May — 5 November 2017 An exhibition exploring the history of jewellery and its taboos, including works by Peter Bauhuis, David Bielander, Lin Cheung,...Read more -
I AM HERE : Crafts Council
November 11, 2015UPPER GULBENKIAN GALLERY, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON 9 - 25 November 2015 Gallery S O is pleased to be involved with this touring CRAFTS...Read more -
Lisa Walker : New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Award
October 28, 2015We are delighted to annouce that Lisa Walker has been awarded the New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Award for 2015. For more information please follow...Read more