“… Lisa’s work might be thought of as the antithesis of one-track thinking. I recently imagined Lisa standing with arms outstretched, absorbing everything the world had to offer her. What comes out is an unadulterated expression of her creativity. In Munich Lisa very deliberately gave herself permission to break down her preconceptions of how she worked – anyone who knew her work before she arrived would know how skilled she was. I remember her saying the opportunity to make without external pressure of income and exhibition would not come again. So during her study there, all inhibitions were off, albeit within the constraint that she would continue to make jewellery.


“…Perhaps I should start making sculpture? Na, I’m too lazy and don’t have enough time – too much work researching all that sculpture history and stuff, jewellery is enough.”

- Lisa Walker


This statement might be dismissed as a laconic aside, however what it says is how much she values her heritage as a jeweller. Lisa understands and values the precedents of her field, her ancestry and she is absolutely prepared to stand in her place, find her voice and make her contribution. For example Lisa and Herman Junger were intense, mutual fans.”

Sally Marsland, 2006

1967
Born in Wellington, New Zealand

1988-89
Studied Craft and Design at Otago Polytech Art School, Dunedin, New Zealand

1990-91
Travelled and worked in Australia, Great Britain, and Asia for two years. Own workshop in central Australia

1992-94
Founding member of “Workshop 6“ jewellery workshop in Auckland, New Zealand

1995-2001
Student of Professor Otto Künzli, jewellery class, Arts Acadamy Munich, Germany

2001
- Exhibition and lecture series in New Zealand with Karl Fritsch
- Workshop and lecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Lecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Lecture, Galerie Biro, Munich
- Awarded Meisterschülerin (Head student) by Professor Otto Künzli

2002
- Began shared workshop with Eva Jünger (till present)
- Lecture, Zimmerhof Jewellery Symposium

2003
Collaboration projects with Chicks On Speed#

2004
- Diplom, Munich Arts Acadamy
- Presentation, Danner Rotunda, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
- Lecture, Whitirea Polytechnic, Wellington, New Zealand
- Lecture with Chicks On Speed and Franz Liebl, Luitpold Lounge, Munich

2005
- Workshop and lecture, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland
- “Im Laden des Goldschmiedes“, jewellery event with invited guests, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, curated together with Karl Fritsch

Awards


1992
New Zealand Arts Council grant

1995
Creative New Zealand grant

1997
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship

1996-2001
Scholarship for foreign students, State Ministry of Science, Research, and Art, Germany

2003
HSP Nachfolgestipendium – scholarship, State Ministry of Culture, Germany

2005
- Creative New Zealand grant
- Studio Support – City of Munich, grant

Collections


Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand

Solo exhibitions


1993
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Brooches
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand – Brooches

1994
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Stacks

1996
- Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand – New Work

1997
- Avid, Wellington, New Zealand – New Work

2000
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand – Butterflies Wrapped in Silver Absolute Funk
Rare New Zealand Meat With A Bit Of German Spice Domestic Royalty
Contemporary Jewellery From Munich The European Centre Of Jewellery Ribena together with Karl Fritsch

2001
- Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Schmuck, together with Karl Fritsch
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, More Schmuck, together with Karl Fritsch
- Mari Funaki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, The Emerald Animal, together with Karl Fritsch
- Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany, Two Shining Stars From The Southern Hemisphere, together with Helen Britton
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, Hilke

2002
- Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland – Haberdashery

2003
- Geschaeft, Munich, Germany, Schmuck von Henrietta Schuster and Lisa Walker
- Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, USA, Glued, Bashed, Sewn, Squashed,Chrucked, Painted, Soldered, Licked

2004
- Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain, Jewellery
- Galerie Oona, Berlin - Lecker, jewellery, throwing, clothes, rubbish, sewing, spewing, stuff, pearls, fluorescent cultural catastrophe, wearing it, trash, gold, regurgitation, concentration, cetail, feathers sind einfach gut, our world playground, groovy title, occidental utopian accident part 1 & 2, together with Chicks On Speed

2005
- Kunstrai with Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Glued, Bashed, Sewn, Squashed, Chucked, Painted, Soldered, Licked
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Neue Arbeiten
- Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, Diamonds, together with Karl Fritsch

2006
- Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia, Zerfügt, together with Henrietta Schuster
- Geschaeft, Munich, Lisa Walker und Henrietta Schuster

Group exhibitions


1992
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Sound in Jewellery

1993
- Masterworks, Auckland New Zealand, Body Adornment
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Soltice
- The Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand, Four NZ Women Jewellers
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Womens Soltice Show
- Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Open Heart, travelled also to:
- Fisher Gallery, Auckland
- Otago Museum, Dunedin

1994
- Avid, Wellington, New Zealand, Festival Exhibition
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Group Show
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Workshop 6 Group Show

1995
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Now and Then
- Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, Schmuckszene 95
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Annual Group Show
- Lynx, Christchurch, New Zealand, Rings
- Arts Academy, Wellington, New Zealand, NZ Crafts in the 90´s

1996
- Jewellerswerk Gallery, Washington, USA , Work from Students of the Munich Arts Academy
- Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand, 10 Years On, selection of past students work
- Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia,Work from Students of the
Munich Arts Academy

1997
- Austellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Jewellery
- Austellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Fussball
- Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich, Germany, Gefaess

1998
- Workshop 6, Auckland, New Zealand, Pretty presentation and catalogue
- Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, Auction
- Romanstr. 97, Munich, Germany, Tatijana Pontgraz zeigt Arbeiten
- Lure, Dunedin, New Zealand, Piece On Earth
- Workshop 6, Auckland, New Zealand – evening presentation with Karl Fritsch

1999
- Army Barracks, Munich, Germany, Domagk Tage, with Felix Lindner and Karl Fritsch
- Ecke Galerie, Augsburg, Germany, Kleine Heile Welt
- Studio GR20, Padua, Italy, Gioielli Contemporanei Lalternativa Al Preziosa
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, Vom Geist Des Schmucks
- Army Barracks, Munich, Germany, Grosse Kunst Ausstellung
- Ausstellungsraum Balanstrasse, Munich, Germany, Kleine Grosse Kunst Ausstellung

2000
- Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany, Gestrandet
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, INS, selected students from the Munich Arts Academy
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Fingers Group Show
- Böhmler, Munich, Germany – selected students from the Munich Arts Academy

2001
- Bayerische Kunst Verein, Munich, Germany, Mikromegas, also travelled to:
- American Craft Museum, New York
- Museum D´Art et D´Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
- Hiko Mizino College of Jewellery, Tokyo, Japan
- John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
- Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, Germany, Von Wegen, jewellery from Munich
- Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany, Ein Hauch Von Klasse, selected students from the Munich Arts Acadamy

2002
- Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany, Schmuck 2002, also travelled to:
- Dick Institute, Scotland
- Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, Holland, Blumen, with Galerie Ra
- Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria, Summer Exhibition
- SOFA, New York – with Jewelerswerk Galerie
- Oona Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Casual Jewellery
- Crisso, Verona, Italy, Travelling Exhibition
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany, 10 Jahre Galerie Biro
- The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Pearl Talk
- Ipafmüveszeti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Kunststoff im Zeitgenössischen Schmuck

- Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, Holland, Lepels/Spoons, also travelled to:
- Klingenmuseum, Solingen, Germany
- Museum het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, Holland
- Ruthin Crafts Centre, Ruthin, Wales
- Dorman Museum, Middlesborough, England
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland

2003
- Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany, Rosa
- Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 Years Between Munich and New Zealand, with Herman Jünger, Otto Künzli, Warwick Freeman, Kobi Bosshard, Karl Fritsch, also travelled to:- Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany
- SOFA, New York – with Jewelerswerk Galerie
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Group Exhibition
- Luitpold Lounge, Munich, Ornament

2004
- Danner Rotunda, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany – presentation
- Handwerksmesse, Munich, Schmuck 2004
- 175:D Project, Delavaux, Paris, France – collaboration with Chicks On Speed
- Foot Locker, Berlin, Foot Locker Unlocked, collaboration with Chicks
On Speed
- Amaranthas Salon, Berlin, Kunstlotteriefest
- Mobilia Gallery, Boston, USA, Blue
- Galerie Oona, Berlin, Gold
- Fingers, Auckland, Group Show

2005
- FAD Design Centre, Barcelona, Spain – Chicks On Speed and invited guests
- The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Fools Gold
- Galerie Pontenplas, Gent, Belgium, I Die Where I Get Hooked
- Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia, Shades Of Gray
- Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand, Atea
- Mari Funaki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 10 - 2005
- Choice - German Contemporary Jewellery, travelled to:
- Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
- Gallery YU, Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, Japan
- Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
- Museum CODA, Apeldoorn, Holland
- Turnov Museum, Tschechien
- Fundacao Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisabon, Portugal, The Nomad Room
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand, Weeds, travelled to:
- Quoil, Wellington
- Galerie Biro, Munich, Christmas Show

2006
- Muse Museum, Sydney, Australia, JOC, Jewellery Out of Context, also travelled to:
- Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand
- Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Canada
- Handwerksmesse , Munich, Schmuck 2006 , also travelled to:
- Museum of Arts and Design, New York
- Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand, World, also travelled to:
- Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand
- Geschaeft, Munich, Lisa Walker und Henrietta Schuster
- Whiteboard jewellery event, Wellington, New Zealand

1993
- Open Heart, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, catalogue

1995
- Schmuckszene 1995, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue

1996
- Tenth, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, catalogue

1997
- Pretty, Workshop 6, Auckland, catalogue

1998
- Piece on Earth, Lynx, Christchurch, catalogue

2000
- Mikromegas, Bayerische Kunstgewerbe Verein, Munich, catalogue

2002
- Schmuck 2002, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
-10 Jahre Galerie Biro, Munich, catalogue
- Lisa Walker, Munich, own catalogue
- Lepels/Spoons, Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, catalogue

2004
- Schmuck 2004, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
- Lisa Walker, Munich, own catalogue
- Luitpold Lounge, Munich, with Chicks On Speed and Franz Liebl, newspaper

2005
- Fools Gold, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, catalogue
- Choice - German Contemporary Jewellery, travelled to Japan and Germany, catalogue
- The Nomad Room, Fundacao Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal,
catalogue
- Im Laden des Goldschmiedes, Luitpold Lounge, Munich, newspaper

2006
- JOC, Jewellery Out of Context, Muse Museum, Sydney, catalogue
- Schmuck 2006, Munich Handwerksmesse, catalogue
- Jewellery With Holes, Sally Marsland project, Melbourne, Australia, catalogue

Galeria Ra, Amsterdam, Holland
Galerie Oona, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Biro, Munich, Germany
Galerie S O, Solothum, Switzerland
Jewelerswerk, Washington, USA
Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand
Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand
Mari Funaki, Melbourne, Australia