Nick Walker (born 1969)[1] is a British graffiti artist originating from
Bristol,
England. His paintings often feature a
bowler-hatted gentleman 'vandal'.[2]
In 2006 a spray painted work of Walker's titled "Moona Lisa" sold for an unexpected £54,000 at
Bonhams in London.[3] At a solo exhibition at London's Black Rat Gallery in 2008, £750,000 worth of art was sold, with dozens of people camping outside the gallery overnight.[3]
Walker was a main participant in the 2011 See No Evil event in Bristol, where he painted "perhaps the most striking piece at the event",[4] one of his bowler-hatted gentleman on the side of a
tower block in Nelson Street.
Walker was the first
artist-in-residence of the
Quin Arts program at the
Quin Hotel in New York City.[5] Walker created 15 original pieces on-site for the Quin’s permanent collection during his residency in 2013, shortly following the hotel's opening.[6] In February 2016, Walker revisited the Quin to show both historic images, as well as a new vocabulary of abstraction. This solo exhibit, curated by DK Johnston, presented 25 original works and opened the hotel’s Quin Arts program for the 2016 season.[7] In November 2016, Walker joined a cohort of fellow former
Quin Arts artists-in-residence in using a
D’Angelico Guitar as their “canvas,” for an artist salon. His design featured curvilinear numbers resembling musical notes.[8]