About Scott Walker
Scott Walker (b. 1996, Massachusetts) is a New York City based artist working in primarily embroidery. Scott uses a deliberately feminine aesthetic, one that is soft in both material and sensibility. In his art, Scott explores the way that queer people often cope with living in a heteronormative society by escaping into colorful fantasy. Queer people have a special connection to pop cultural figures who embody the technicolor world of our imaginations. Pop stars are exalted to goddesses and icons. CDs, movies, and magazines become avatars of queer self expression. Scott is also inspired by the impulse of queer people to embody our vibrant imaginations through clothing, makeup and drag. These moments of self decoration become small acts of self affirmation and soft resistance. Intricately stitched on found antique linens, these images come to resemble both cherished family heirlooms and discarded antique store items.
Scott graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2018 with a BFA in Fine Art. His work has been exhibited in group shows in the US and in Ukraine. Scott has been an artist in residence at Wassaic Project and at The Peter Bullough Foundation. He has also created artworks in collaboration with MTV for their social media. Press for Scott’s work includes The Boston Globe and The Harvard Crimson.
Photo courtesy of The Peter Bullough Foundation
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
February—March 2024 - Interwoven, Bob’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NY [Link]
March 2024 - Lift and Drag, Stephen Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
May—October 2024 - Summer Exhibition 2024 [Title TBA], Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
May—June 2024 - ICON: Queer Worship of Celebrity, Visionaries + Voices, Cincinnati, OH
PAST RESIDENCIES
April—May 2023 - The Peter Bullough Foundation, Winchester, VA
March 2023 - Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
PAST EXHIBITIONS
April—May 2023 - Running With Scissors, Gallery1988, Glendale, CA [Link]
November 2022 - The 7th International Textile And Fibre Art Exhibition “Fibremen,” Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine [Link]
August 2022 - August Eternal, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Scott Walker and Nastia Goldstein
July 2022 - The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY
June-July 2022 - Embroideries by Scott Walker, Lagoon, Brooklyn, NY [Link]
March 2022 - Unearthed Online: A Virtual Zoonotic Hex Exhibition [online only], Field Projects, New York, NY [Link]
March 2022 - Common Threads: Connecting People, Families and Communities, Past and Present, The 58th Annual Needlework Show & Sale, Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA
June—July 2021 - Some Assembly Required, Presented by the Boston LGBTQAI+ Artist Alliance (BLAA), Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA
June 2021 - 10th International Mini Textile Art Exhibition "Scythia", Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
May 2021 - Hindsight 2020: Needlework Expressions of a Historic Year, The 58th Annual Needlework Show & Sale, Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA
March 2020 - The 57th Annual Needlework Show & Sale, Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA
December 2019 - Pegs Pongs Applesauce, Lobo Gallery, New York, NY
April 2019 - Nothing Without Intention, Curated by SVA MA Curatorial Practice, Brooklyn, NY
February 2019 - Soft Grit, Lobo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
June 2018 - Emerging, ReachArts, Swampscott, MA
May 2018 - Parsons 2018 BFA Fine Arts Thesis Show, New York, NY
July—August 2016 - Art From the Boros IV, Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY [Link]
EDUCATION
BFA in Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY — 2018
PRESS
October 2021 - “Pop Art with Scott Walker,” Ingrid Curtis, Obviously Dedicated [Link]
June 2021 - “Boston Exhibition ‘Some Assembly Required’ Spotlights Local Queer Artists,” Alex M. Koller, The Harvard Crimson [Link]
June 2021 - “‘Some Assembly Required’: well worth assembling,” Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe [Link]
June 2021 - “Meet The GAY2Kers,” Bailey Slater, Fag Mag
March 2021 - “Inside My Collection: Carla Shen,” Artsy Editorial, Artsy [Link]
June 2019 - "Covers of a Teen Magazine From the Mid-2000s Recreated as Tiny Embroideries," Sara Barnes, Brown Paper Bag [Link]
February 2019 - “9 Textile Artists and Designers Making Unique Work,” Jill Blackmore Evans, Format [Link]
May 2018 - "‘Emerging’ to be presented at ReachArts," The Swampscott Reporter, Tereza Swanda [Link]
November 2017 - “Open Studios Spotlights Fine Arts Students,” The New School Free Press, Lindsey Garretson and Anna Del Salvo [Link]