ROGER MARK WALTON
rogermarkwalton@yahoo.com
EDUCATION :
1992 Master of Fine Arts Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Magna Cum Laude Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
GRANTS AND AWARDS :
2013 Art in the Embassies, U. S. Monrovia Embassy, Ambassador Deborah Malac
2010 – 2011 Art in the Embassies, U. S. Belgrade Embassy, Ambassador Mary Warlic,
. State Department Curator Robert Soppelsa
2005 Presidential Fellowship to travel to London and Paris, Savannah College of Art & Design
1999 Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation Grant
1998 – 1999 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist’s Fellowship
1991 The Charles G. Shaw Award, Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College
1987 The Expanding Horizons Award, Wright State University
RESIDENCIES :
2007 The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency, Amherst, Virginia
1991 The Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, Vermont
EXHIBITIONS :
2013 National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, Salmagundy Club, New York, NY
. Small Works, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
. Regarding The Sublime : Knudsen and Walton, Two person exhibition,
. Community College of Baltimore County, Catonville, MD
2012 Lois Dodd and Her Students, Falcon Foundation at the Firehouse Center, Damariscotta, MA
. Painting Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
. Lucky Thirteen, Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery, Mesquite, NV – First Place
2011 Painting Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2010 Horizon: Contemporary Landscape, Community Arts Center, Danville, KY, SheldonTapley
. Through a Window of Paint, curated, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
. Why Go Anywhere Else?, Curated by Erin Dziedzic; Contemporary Art Center of Montenegro
. Podgorica, The Modern Gallery of Budva, Gallery Josip Bepo Benkovi Herceg Novi,
. Kotor Kod Homena Gallery, Vojvodina Contemporary Art Museum Novi Sad,
. and the National Gallery of Belgrade in Serbia
2009 Landscape and Industry, Goggle Works Gallery, Reading, PA
. Kim Kiser Invitational Exhibition, Wright State University Gallery, Dayton, OH
. Painting Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
. Figurative Drawing & Painting Exhibition, Juror: Daniel Dallman, Lore Degenstein Gallery
. of Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2008 Spring Invitational Exhibition, Asylum Gallery, Sacramento, CA
. Painting Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2007 Open National Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
. International 2007 ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center, on line artrenewal. org
. Group Exhibition Invitational, Horn and Thistle Gallery, Savannah, CA
. Protecting Flat Surfaces From, SCAD Painting Faculty, Gallery 1600, Atlanta, GA
. Print Exhibition, Asylum Gallery, Sacramento, CA
. The Nude, Lexington Art League, Juror: Vincent Desiderio, Lexington, KY
2006 Painting Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
. Group Exhibition Invitational, Horn and Thistle Gallery, Savannah, GA
2005 The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
. Open National Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2004 The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Small Works, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2003 The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Small Works, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Unfolding A Story, Ex Libris Third Floor Gallery, Savannah, GA
. Georgetown International Art Competition, Fraser Gallery, Washington D.C.
2002 Pastel National, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
. The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Regional Exhibit, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, Honorable Mention
. Watermark 2002, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC
. Southern Style, Lowndes / Valdosta Arts Center, Valdosta, GA, Best of Show
2001 The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Small Works, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
. Faculty Works on Paper Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
. Low Country Landscapes, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA, Third Place
2000 First Street Gallery Exhibition, Juror: William Beckman, New York, NY
. Watermark 2000, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC
. On the Road : Inner & Outer Journeys, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts,
. Fredericksburg, VA, First Place
. Works On Paper, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH, Merit Award
. Faculty Exhibition, Faculty Exhibition, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
. Faculty Works on Paper, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
. Mainly Maine Landscapes, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Annual Exhibition, Jasper Community Arts Commission, Jasper, IN
. Art About Town, The Old Courthouse, Dayton, OH, Best Of Show
. Fort Smith Art Center, Annual Exhibition, Fort Smith, IN
. Annual Exhibition, Ohio State University at Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
. Faculty Exhibition, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
. Faculty Exhibition, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
. Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
. Figure, Face, & Form, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA,
. Honorable Mention
1998 Realism `98, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY, Peter Tatistcheff - juror
. Regional Juried Competition, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, Il
. Faculty Exhibition, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
. Faculty Exhibition, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
. Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH
. The View `98, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH, Second Place
. Annual Exhibition, Ohio State University at Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
. Art About Town, The Old Courthouse, Dayton, OH, McPhearson Award
. Annual Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, Ivan Karp - juror
1997 Recent Work, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH, one person exhibition
. San Joaquin Open, Fresno, CA, Second Place
. Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, NY
. Annual Exhibition, Ohio State University at Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
. Faculty Exhibition, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
. Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH, Honorable Mention
. Landscape & Still Life, A New Look, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1996 Recent Work, Riverbend Arts Center, Dayton, OH, one person exhibition
. Highland Cultural Center Exhibition, Highland, NY, Honorable Mention
. Faculty Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OH
1995 Painting Today, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, William Bailey - juror
. Audubon Artists, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
. It’s Love, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY, Honorable Mention
. Universal Diversity, Leslie-Lohman Foundation, New York, NY
1994 Drawing Into The 90’s, The Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, the exhibition toured,
. Neil Benezra - juror
. Works On Paper, Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Materials Award
1993 Audubon Artists, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
. National Small Works, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM
1992 E-Venti, Pino Molica Gallery, New York, NY
. Annual Exhibition, Smithtowne Arts Council, St. James, NY, Ivan Karp - juror
. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
1990 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Wright State University Gallery, Dayton, OH
PUBLICATIONS :
1992 Hughey Phillis, Marilyn. Watermedia Techniques for Releasing the Creative Spirit .
. New York, New York : Watson Guptil, pages 18 and 40.
1990 Martin, Frank. “The Museum as an Artist’s Resource : Copying the Old Masters”.
. American Artist Magazine : July, 1991, pages 65 to 68.
1988 Doherty, M. Stephen. Developing Ideas in Artwork .
. New York, New York : Watson Guptil, pages 104 and 105.
PUBLIC LECTURES :
2013 Visiting Artist, The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
2005 Paintings at the Louvre, What Reproductions Do Not Show Us, “Food For the Eyes”
. Lecture Series, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2001 Human Suffering and Personal Loss in Painting, “Food For the Eyes”, SCAD
1997 Visiting Artist, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH
Public Lecture Series presented at the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OH
1997 Edward Hopper Images of Easter in European Painting
1996 Artists as Teenagers – Picasso and Van Dyck S.R. Guggenheim Museum
. Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Watercolor from Turner to Kandinsky
Docent lecture tours given at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N Y
1995 Claes Oldenburg - Representing Reality, Art and Artifice
. Georg Baselitz - Personal History and Expressionism
. Joel – Peter Witkin - Reality and Unreality Josef Albers - Color and Light
1993 Italian Art from 1945 to 1968
. Oscar Kokoschka - Works on Paper
. Works from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection - Choices Artists Make
1992 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Changing Vision of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
TEACHING EXPERIENCE :
2000 – present Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
1997 – 2000 University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
1997 – 2000 Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
2000 North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, Summer Term
1991 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED :
2002 Still Life Painting in Oil, “Art Educators’ Forum”, Savannah, GA
2001 Sighting Techniques for Figure Drawing, “Art Educators’ Forum”, Savannah, GA
2001 Content and Composition, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, Dayton, OH
2000 Color, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, Dayton, OH
1999 Composition, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, Dayton, OH
1999 Color with a Limited Palette, Ohio Watercolor Society Biennial Seminar, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
1997 Developing Content in Artwork from Personal Experience, Ohio Watercolor Society
. Biennial Seminar, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
1997 Watercolor, Riverbend Arts Center, Dayton, OH
1996 Developing Content in Artwork from Personal Experience, Tri-Arts, Dayton, OH
1996 Watercolor, Riverbend Arts Center, Dayton, OH
1996 Oil Painting, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OH
RELATED EXPERIENCE :
2000 – 2005 Represented by Sherry French Gallery in New York City
1993 – 1995 Attended classes on Lecturing Techniques and 20th Century Art at
. the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York , NY
1990 – 1991 Painted copies from Rubens, Van Dyck, and Vermeer at the Metropolitan Museum of
. Art in New York, NY
1990 Stained glass window commission for the Metropolitan Community Church in Dayton, OH
1989 Studied Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling from the scaffolding at the Vatican, Rome