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Henry Jock Walker is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works on Kaurna Country.

Working across disciplines, his practice transmutes the energy of surfing and folds textiles, painting, printmaking, and performance to explore the possibilities of artmaking as a social connector. Responsive to place and available materials, Walker instigates creative encounters that are open to experimentation, process-oriented and collaborative. From car parks to galleries, be they temporary or ongoing collective endeavours, Walker has a commitment to exploring the creative potential of situations fostering inclusive environments as an artist, creative producer and mentor. Underscoring Walker’s artwork is a commitment to recycled materials, most notably the neoprene used in wetsuits.

Walker has exhibited regularly both nationally and overseas, travelling between Australia and Japan for the interactive surf and skate art project Little Penguin Cup, leading to Kintsugi Supermarket’ as part of Asia TOPA, Substation (2020). Walker is a founding member and director of performance collective The Bait Fridge. Walker is represented by the Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul, NSW.



Exhibitions
2025 
  • Garage Sale, Good Bank Gallery, Mclaren Vale, SA

2024 
  • Ultra Flex, Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul, NSW

2023 
  • Dual Fuel, Staff Only, Adelaide, SA

2022 
  • Right Time on the Wrong Clock (with Luke Day), Fine Thanks Gallery, Torquay, VIC 

2021 
  • Low Pressure System (with James Dodd), Hugo Michell Gallery, SA 
  • Water Rites, Seaford Proem (let's get metaphysical) screen commission with Mark Tipple, ACE, SA 2020 Kintsugi Supermarket, Asia TOPA, The Substation, Newport, VIC 
  • Aquacurl Power Station, Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul, NSW 

2018 
  • Little Penguin Cup, Australia Now (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Tokyo, Japan Pipedream Fruit and Veg, The Walls, Miami, Gold Coast, Queensland 
  • RE-Entry Ding Repairs, Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul, NSW 
  • Table Rock Surf Centre, Artist in Residence, Sauerbier House, Pt Noarlunga
  • Triggs Two Tarp Surfing Competition Team, SUE, City of Onkaparinga 

2017 
  • Hardcore Since '64, Sister Gallery, Adelaide 

2016 
  • Locals Only, BUS Projects, Melbourne 
  • The Scrambled Egg and Dart Experiment, The Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul, NSW
  • The Expanding Paddock of Agricultural Expressionism (Spaced Out on Eyre), Eyre Peninsula, SA 

2015 
  • The Expanding Field of RAWH (collaboration with Amanda Radomi) Tandanya, Adelaide Litmus, First Draft Gallery, Sydney 

2014 
  • Froth Machine, CACSA Project Space, Adelaide 
  • Henry's Mobile Studio, Next Wave Festival, West Space, Melbourne 
  • SOMETHINGLAND, TCB art inc. Melbourne 

2010 
  • Simplicity <_> Complexity, Floro c anto Gallery, San Diego, California, USA 

2008 
  • Wonder Stuff, Felt Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia


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