Walter Price (artist)
{{Short description|American artist (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Walter Price
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| birth_date = born 1989
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| birth_place = Macon, Georgia
| training = Middle Georgia College
AA, 2012-14
The Art Institute of Washington
BA, 2011
| nationality = American
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Walter Price (born 1989) is an American painter based in New York City. He is represented by Greene Naftali, David Zwirner, and The Modern Institute.{{cite web |title=Taipei Dangdai and NADA Miami Announce Exhibitors, Tu Hongtao Joins Lévy Gorvy, and More |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/taipei-dangdai-and-nada-miami-announce-exhibitors-tu-hongtao-joins-levy-gorvy-and-more-80892|date=September 30, 2019|language=en|website=Artforum|access-date=2020-10-08}}David Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
Early life
Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, Price decided to become an artist in elementary school.MGA Alumni Profiled in The New Yorker. Inside MGA. June 8, 2022. https://inside.mga.edu/2022/06/mga-alumni-profiled-in-the-new-yorker.php
After he saw a photo of artist Jacob Lawrence wearing a sailor's uniform and standing next to one of his paintings, Price decided to enlist in the U.S. Navy.Eler, Alicia. Rising New York art world star Walter Price debuts solo show at Walker Art Center. Star Tribune. August 6, 2024. https://www.startribune.com/rising-new-york-art-world-star-walter-price-debuts-solo-show-at-walker-art-center/600839496 He served four years in the navy aboard the {{USS|Whidbey Island|LSD-41|6}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4997|title=Walter Price|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}} His military service enabled him to pursue his art education on the GI Bill.
Career
Exhibitions
=Group exhibitions=
- 2013 – Full Spectrum, Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA
- 2016 – Hill of Munch, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 2016 – No Free Tax Art Month, 247365, New York, NY{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 2017 – Mondialité (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Asad Raza), Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, Brussels
- 2017 – 99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
- 2017 – Fictions, The Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
- 2018 – FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- 2019 – Techniques of the Observer, Greene Naftali, New York, NY{{Cite web|url=https://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/walter-price/about/|title=About Walter Price - The Modern Institute|website=www.themoderninstitute.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}
- 2019 – 2019 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta{{cite web|url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2019-Biennial|title=Whitney Biennial 2019|website=whitney.org|language=en}}
=Solo exhibitions=
- 2016 - The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter PriceDavid Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2016 - Pearl Lines, Karma, New York
- 2018 - Pearl Lines, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom{{cite web |title=Walter Price at The Modern Institute |url=https://artviewer.org/walter-price-at-the-modern-institute/ |website=art viewer}}
- 2018 - Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, Pearl LinesDavid Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2018 - Walter Price, MoMA PS1, Queens, New YorkDavid Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2019 - Walter Price: We passed like ships in the night, Aspen Art Museum.David Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2020 - The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter PriceDavid Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2021 - Walter Price: Pearl Lines, The Camden Art Centre, London. The artist's first major monograph accompanied the exhibition. David Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2022 - The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter PriceDavid Zwirner to Represent Walter Price. David Zwirner. May 9, 2024. https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2024/david-zwirner-to-represent-walter-price
- 2024 - Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Eler, Alicia. Rising New York art world star Walter Price debuts solo show at Walker Art Center. Star Tribune. August 6, 2024. https://www.startribune.com/rising-new-york-art-world-star-walter-price-debuts-solo-show-at-walker-art-center/600839496
- 2024 - Walter Price: Pearl Lines, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. The exhibit features 20 paintings from 2017 to 2023.Clavarino, Elena. The Arts Intel Report.https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/walter-price-pearl-lines-1
Permanent collections
Publications
References
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External links
- [https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/walter-price Walter Price - David Zwirner]
- [http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/tag/walter-price/ Walter Price - Contemporary Art Daily]
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