Personal

1970 Born in Tacoma, Washington

Education

1994 Bachelor of Architecture

University of Oregon.  Eugene, Oregon.

Public Commissions

2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison. School of Education.  Permanent outdoor public artwork.

2009 City of St. Paul, Minnesota.  Wabasha Street Steps. Permanent, integrated artwork.

2008 City of Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Woven Olla:  a permanent suspended public artwork for Southside Branch Public Library

2008 Hennepin County. Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Convergence: a temporary public artwork for the Government Center plaza waterfall

2008  Mill City Museum.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Grain Fall: a temporary public art installation for an historic concrete grain elevator

2007 City of St. Louis Park. St. Louis Park, Minnesota.  Dream Elevator: a permanent public artwork for a public plaza.

2006 Hennepin County &. Ridgedale Library. Minnetonka, Minnesota. Suspendend Volume:  a permanent suspended public artwork for library lobby

2006 Science Museum of Minnesota. St. Paul, Minnesota.  Threaded wall: a permanent public artwork

2005 City of Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Return Journey: a permanent public artwork for George A. Brackett Park

2005 Cream of Wheat Lofts. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wrapped Column: a permanent public artwork for an historic lobby

Selected Group & Solo Exhibitions

2008 Randy Walker: Filling Space Delicately.  Normandale Community College Art Gallery. Normandale Community College Fine Arts Department. Edina, Minnesota.

2007 Recent Work by Randy Walker.  Viterbo University Art Gallery, Viterbo University.  La Crosse, Wisconsin.

2007 Works by Randy Walker +Rachel Vogt.  Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota.  St. Paul, Minnesota. 

2006 By a Thread: Recent Sculpture by Randy Walker. Augsburg College, Gage Family Art Gallery. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2005 Transformations 5: Contemporary Works from Found Objects. Society for Contemporary Craft. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2005 Nothing New: Art from Recycled Materials. Minnesota Textile Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2004 2004 Artist Initiative Grant Recipients Exhibition. Minnesota State Arts Board. St. Paul, Minnesota.

2004-6 Fiberart International: Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Pittsburgh Fiber Arts Guild. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bellevue Arts Museum. Bellevue, Washington. Museum of Arts and Design. New York, New York.

2004 A Fine Line. Bloomington Art Center. Bloomington, Minnesota.

2002-4 Art of Today: Artists from North Dakota and Minnesota.Exhibition & Artist Residency. Rolling Plains Art Gallery; Plains Art Museum. Fargo, North Dakota.

2001 26th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Bloomington Art Center. Bloomington, Minnesota.

2000 Art Influenced by Architecture: International Juried Exhibition.

The Torpedo Factory Art Center. Alexandria, Virginia.

2000 National Small Sculpture Exhibition. Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

2000 National Sculpture and Fine Crafts Juried Exhibition.St. Louis Artists’ Guild. St. Louis, Missouri.

2000 What is Art? National Juried Exhibition. St. Cloud, Minnesota.

1999 International Juried Exhibition. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts. Summit, New Jersey.

1999 National Juried Exhibition. Cooperstown Art Association.Cooperstown, New York.

1998 National Small Works Exhibition. Schoharie County Arts Council. Cobleskill, New York.

Awards

2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2007 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant

2006 Science Museum of Minnesota Artist-in-Residence

2005 Americans for the Arts Year in Review 2005.  Woven Corncrib selected as an outstanding public artwork.

2004 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant

2004 Forecast Public Artworks Grant

2004 Third Prize. Fiberarts International

1998 First Prize. National Small Works Exhibition. Scoharie County Arts Council