Michael Walker was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He studied at the École Supérieure d’Art Visuel in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1979, he entered the Faculty of Fine Arts (Federal University of Bahia), Brazil where he taught drawing and printmaking. His travels have taken him to various Latin American countries and the USA where he studied printmaking in University of New Mexico and California College of Arts and Crafts (1980-1981). He took his PhD in the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona, Spain (1995) and an investigation in digital media/printmaking at the Polytecnic University of Valencia, Spain. He is presently developing works in the printmaking field using digital technology and mixed media.

STUDIES

2003-04 Pos-Doctorate
Faculty of Fine Arts, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.
The research was funded by a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (Coordination Foundation of Improvement of Superior Level Personal CAPES)

1991-95 Doctorate in Fine Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona, Spain. Doctoral dissertation entitled, "La Influencia de la Ciencia y de la Técnica en el Arte de la Litografía 1796-1841" (Apto cum Laude).
The research was funded by a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (Coordination Foundation of Improvement of Superior Level Personal CAPES)

1981-82 Specialization in Printmaking
University of New Mexico, New Mexico, USA and California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland - California, USA.
The specialization was funded by a FULLBRIGHT grant.

1971-75 Graduation in Graphic Arts.
School of Visual Arts, Geneva, Switzerland.

AWARDS

2008 Second prize at the INGRAFICA, Primer Festival Internacional de Grabado Contemporáneo Ciudad de Cuenca, Spain.

2005 First prize at the I Bienal Ibero-americana de Grabado y Obra Gráfica Ciudad de Cáceres, Spain.

EXHIBITIONS

2011 (selected works) IV Bienal Iberoamericana de Obra Gráfica, Palacio de la Isla, Cáceres, Spain

2010 (selected works) 4th International Experimental Engraving Biennial.The “Brancovan Palaces” Cultural Center, Bucuresti, Romania

2010 (selected works) 5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal

2010 (selected works) International Print Triennial Vienna/Austria. Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.

2010 (selected works) International Print Triennial Oldenburg. Horst-Jassen Museum, Germany.

2009 Outros Papéis. Galeria Cañizares (UFBA), Bahia, Brasil

2009 (selected works) 41th Triennial de Krakow - MTG 2009. Contemporary Art Gallery Bunkier Sztuki, Poland.

2009 (selected works) III Bienal Ibero-americana de Grabado y Obra Gráfica. Palacio de la Isla, Cáceres, Spain.

2008 (selected works) Ingráfica, Primer Festival Internacional de Grabado Contemporáneo. Cuenca, Spain.

2008 Estampa XVI ed Salón Internacional del Grabado y Ediciones de Arte Contemporaneo. Madrid. Spain

2008 VideoBrac-Coproducción Colombo-Brasilera. Quindio, Colombia

2008 Maiden Voyage. Galeria Sete, Coimbra. Portugal

2007 (selected works) International Grafik Tiennale Krakau-Oldenburg-Wien. Vienna-MTG 2007, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.

2007 (selected works) II Bienal Ibero-americana de Grabado y Obra Gráfica. Palacio de la Isla, Cáceres, Spain.

2006 (selected works) 40th International Print Triennial Krakow-MTG 2006. Contemporary Art Gallery Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, Poland.

2006 Estampa XIII ed Salón Internacional del Grabado y Ediciones de Arte Contemporaneo. Madrid. Spain

2005 (selected works) Die 1. Europaischen Lithografietage in Munchen, Germany.

2005 Galeria Diferença, Lisbon, Portugal.

2005 (selected works) I Bienal Ibero-americana de Grabado y Obra Gráfica. Palacio de la Isla, Cáceres, Spain.

2004 Galeria 55. Cascais, Portugal.

2003 Galeria 55. Cascais, Portugal.

2001 (selected works) Artistas Plásticos da Bahia. Museu de Arte Sacra. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

2000 (selected works) SBPC Cultural. UFBA. Salvador, Bahia. Brazil.

1999 Espaço Cultural Casa Blanca. Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.

1999 University of Brazilia. Brazil.

1998 (selected works) The Third International Symposium of Lithography in Tidaholm of Sweden.

1992 (selected works) Exposició de Pintures i Escultures d'Artistes Sitgetans Actuals. Palau Maricel. Sitges, Spain.

1990 (selected works) International Exhibit of Contemporary Artists from Bahia and Americas. Brazil and Illinois, USA.

1989 Project Partner Gallery. Geneva, Switzerland.

1986 Galeria Multiplus. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

1984 Mural for the library of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.

1980 Museum of Modern Art. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

1979 Museum of Modern Art. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

1978 The Goethe Institute. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

1976 (selected works) The National Biennial, Sâo Paulo, Brazil.

1975 Oxy Art Gallery. Geneva, Switzerland