Nick Walker

Born in 1969, Nick Walker comes from the Bristol avant-garde graffiti and street-art scene of the early 1980s. Precursor to the British graffiti phenomenon, Nick Walker, just as Banksy, influenced hundreds of emerging artists. His constantly evolving, innovative, stimulating and very modern work has made the artist world famous.

Nick Walker's uniqueness comes from combining the freedom allowed by the graffiti and his mastering of the stencil, thus creating sophisticated works. He manages to adapt the strength of street art on the traditional canvas, without disowning his street influences. His ironic sense of humor only enhance the originality of his work.


"In 1992, I began to combine stencils with my freehand work, which allowed me to juxtapose quasi-photographic images with the crudeness of conventional graffiti. The stencils had a strong impact on my work. The advantage of stencils is that they allow me to take an image from anywhere (dissect a part of life) and recreate it on any surface. I try to add a humorous or ironic element to some paintings and add a little relief and light to the walls. Painting is a form of escape for me and if my work allows the viewer to do the same thing, then I am satisfied.”

Nick Walker's immediately recognizable style and humour have earned him worldwide recognition. In 2008, its iconic Moona Lisa (2006) was sold at 54,000£, more than ten times its estimated auction value at Bonhams in London. That same year, Nick Walker's soloshows were sold out in Los Angeles and London (where he sold for more than 750 000£ worth of works), and collectors waited more than 24 hours to be among the first to obtain one of the latest editions (screen-printing and lithography). In 2011, he took part to See no Evil on his first playground, Bristol (where he still lives) and painted what some say was the most outstanding work of the event.

In 2013, Nick Walker became the first residential artist of the New York Quin Hostel's Quin Arts program; he then created for the Quin's permanent collection, 15 original in-situ works. He then frequently participated in the Quin's life.

In Paris and in Seoul, the Brugier-Rigail gallery represents Nick Walker.