John Walter (artist)

[1] Between 2006 and 2008 he was Sainsbury Scholar in Painting and Sculpture at the British School at Rome.

His winning proposal, Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness explored the art of visual awkwardness through a group exhibition of work by 14 artists and architects.

[3] Walter works with disciplines including painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, video, installation art, artist's books, costume and spatial design.

His work is characterised by an exuberant use of colour and pattern and relates to the aesthetics of Maximalism.

[4] His research included an exploration into the relationship between visual culture and HIV through his multimedia project Alien Sex Club[5] and the behaviour of viruses through his project CAPSID (2018) presented at CGP London and HOME, Manchester.