Walter Price (born 1989) is an American painter based in New York City. He is represented by Greene Naftali, David Zwirner, and The Modern Institute.
Early life Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, United States, Walter Price decided to become an artist in elementary school. After he saw a photo of artist Jacob Lawrence wearing a sailor's uniform and standing next to one of his paintings, Price decided to enlist in the U.S. Navy. He served four years in the navy aboard the . His military service enabled him to pursue his art education on the GI Bill.
Career
Price's artistic practice often involves materials beyond acrylic or vinyl paint, as he incorporates fabric and photographs into his works. The paintings, often on wood panel, embody compositions that blur the line between abstraction and figuration.
Exhibitions Group exhibitions 2013 – Full Spectrum, Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, Georgia 2016 – Hill of Munch, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY 2016 – No Free Tax Art Month, 247365, New York, NY 2017 – Mondialité (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Asad Raza), Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, Brussels 2017 – 99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI 2017 – Fictions, The Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY 2017 – 99 Cents or Less, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 2017 – 89plus: Americans 2017, LUMA Foundation 2017 – Zeitgeist, curated by Paul Bernard, Lionel Bovier, and Fabrice Stroun, MAMCO – Musée d’art moderne et contemporain 2018 – FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio 2019 – Techniques of the Observer, Greene Naftali, New York, NY 2019 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta 2020 – 100 Drawings From Now, The Drawing Center 2021 – Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection, The Drawing Center 2022 – Black Melancholia, Hessel Museum of Art 2022 – Old and New Dreams: Recent Acquisitions in a Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2022 – Drawing in the Continuous Present, The Drawing Center 2023 – Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet 2023 – Gallery 209: Objects of Desire, Museum of Modern Art 2023 – Before Tomorrow: Astrup Fearnley Museet 30 Years, Astrup Fearnley Museet 2025 – Upside Down Zebra, The Watermill Center 2025–2026 MONUMENTS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & The Brick (visual art space), curated by Hamza Walker, Bennett Simpson and Kara Walker 2026 Present Tension, Speed Art Museum, Louisville
Solo exhibitions 2016 – The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter Price 2016 – Pearl Lines, Karma, New York 2018 – Pearl Lines, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom 2018 – Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, Pearl Lines 2018 – Walter Price, MoMA PS1, Queens, New York 2019 – Walter Price: We passed like ships in the night, Aspen Art Museum. 2020 – The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter Price 2020 – Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Greene Naftali, New York. 2021 – Walter Price: Pearl Lines, The Camden Art Centre, London. The artist's first major monograph accompanied the exhibition. 2022 – The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Walter Price 2022 – Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Greene Naftali, New York. 2024 – Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2025 – Walter Price: Pearl Lines, Greene Naftali, New York.
Permanent collections Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Tate, London, UK Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Publications
2016 – Crystal Black, Karma, New York
References
External links Walter Price - Greene Naftali Walter Price - David Zwirner Walter Price – Contemporary Art Library