Tim Walker
Tim Walker
Born 15 January 1959 at Howick, Auckland
Qualifications
academic
BA in Art History, University of Auckland 1979
Senior Prize in Art History 1979
- MA (hons) in Art History, University of Auckland 1985
Thesis Robley; Te Ropere (1840–1930)
(copies purchased by British Museum, National Museum (now Te Papa), Auckland City Art Gallery, University of Auckland, Tauranga Public Archives, Hocken Library, Rotorua Museum of Art & History,)
Stage 1 papers in Italian (University of Auckland, 1980) and Maori (Victoria University, 1989)
other
Internal Affairs Business Planning certificate, 1989
- Carson Mills group Project Management certificate, 1993
Selected published writings
Craccum (student newspaper, University of Auckland)
- Weekly art and record reviews
Art New Zealand
- issue 17 Rooms – photography group exhibition
- issue 18 Motorway Schools – installation by Julian Dashper
- issue 19 New Realists – Richard McWhannell, Martin Ball, Glenda Randerson, George Baloghy
- issue 20 Auckland City Art Gallery – Printmaking survey
- issue 21 Peter Hannken – photography
- issue 48 Thank God I’m an optimist – Phillip Clairmont survey exhibition
- issue 53 A curious dislocation – Margaret Matilda White, photographer
- issue 83 Three decades Hard Labour – Murray Grimsdale survey exhibition
Waikato Museum publications
- Haongia Te Taonga
(with Ngahuia Te Awekotuku) 1985 Nga Puna Waihanga exhibition
- Choice
works from the permanent collection
- Symbol & sign
the printmaking of Ruth Davey
- Margot Philips; her own world
Margot Philips survey exhibition
National Art Gallery publications
- Kohia ko Taikaka Anake
contemporary Maori art
- Epstein to Matchitt
survey of the National Art Gallery sculpture collection
- James Crowe Richmond
(with Frances Porter)
- Treasures of the Underworld
– publication for New Zealand tour of 1992 Seville ceramic exhibition
Other
- Book of New Zealand Women/ Ko Kui ma te Kaupapa
essay on Margaret Matilda White
- Photoforum no. 56
article on Margaret Matilda White
- AGMANZ Journal no 18
‘This thing called Biculturalism’
Research projects / unpublished writings
Horatio Gordon Robley / moko : Thesis research (1979-86) and ongoing research
Theo Schoon : Conversations recorded at Tokomaru Bay, 1983
Margaret Matilda White : catalogue of her works, 1982 and ongoing research
E. Mervyn Taylor : catalogue raisonné of graphic works, 1982
William Hammond : Research project 1982, ongoing research
New Zealand yacht design: interviews recorded with Bruce Farr, Laurie Davidson, Greg Elliott, Jim Young, Des Townson, Peter Nelson, Don Brooke, D’Arcy Whiting, Max Carter.
New Zealand commercial product design, 1940-1970
Selected exhibitions
Claire Fergusson – exhibition of photographs and 2 performances, real Pictures gallery, 1981
The Tour Show – photographs of the 1981 Springbok Tour, Real Pictures gallery, 1981
Four Melbourne Photographer – Real Pictures Gallery, 1981
Choice – works from the collection, Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1985
Haongia Te Taonga (curated with Ngahuia Te Awekotuku), 5 Contemporary Maori artists, Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1985
Toi tu te whenua – Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1987
Margot Philips; her own world – Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1987
The Thermal Landscape – Mark Adams & John Kinder, Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1987
Jacqueline Fraser – ‘Whariki’, Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1987
Epstein to Matchitt – survey of sculpture collection, National Art Gallery, 1988
Taki Toru – Ralph Hotere, Selwyn Muru, Para Matchitt, National Art Gallery, 1988
There is more in Te Kore – Contemporary Maori art from the collection, National Art Gallery, 1989
Horatio Gordon Robley; life in the Bay of Plenty– National Art Gallery, 1989 ( toured to Tauranga and Rotorua)
Community of women – Work by women from the collection, National Art Gallery, 1989
Treasures & Landmarks – 1990 commemorative exhibition from the collection, National Art Gallery, 1990
New Works 1992 – Di Ffrench, Jeff Brown, Lily Laita, Ralph Hotere, John Reynolds, National Art Gallery, 1992
Perspectives; treasures from the National Collection – (supervised; with Jill Trevellyan, Megan Tamati-Quennell & Jillian Lloyd), National Art Gallery, 1994 through 1996
PARADE: where there are people there is art – (Concept Developer), Te Papa, 1998 ongoing
Note: includes component exhibition KIWI MAGICIANS; the story of New Zealand’s fast light yachts which I developed
- Aorangi room; Paintings from the collection –
Te Papa, 1998
- A Private View;
Treasures of Impressionism and Beyond – Works from Private American Collections, Due to open at Te Papa, Easter 1998
Present Employment
Curator, Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Since 1988 I have been employed by this organisation, originally the National Art Gallery, then the National Art Gallery & Museum and now The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
- I commenced in 1988 as a Curator of Historical New Zealand Art
- Between 1990 and 1994 I was Curator-in- Charge or Senior Curator of Art (after this date the position was dis-established)
- Between 1994 and1997 I worked as a Concept Developer within the Project team of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- My specialist areas are New Zealand Art (all periods), New Zealand Photography, Folk and Primitive Art, Contemporary Maori and Pacific Art. As well, I have an increasing interest in and knowledge of New Zealand decorative arts and design (as evidenced by the PARADE project at Te Papa).
Past Employment
Volunteer Curator, Real Pictures Photographers’ Gallery, 1981
Research Assistant, Auckland City Art Gallery, (Christmas periods 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84).
Photographic Librarian, Auckland Institute & Museum, 1981-82
Curator of Fine Arts, Waikato Museum of Art & History, 1985–87
Health
With the exception of being blind in my right eye (the result of an accident) I enjoy good health
As at 28 February, 1998
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