In 1985 Walker decided to become an artist after seeing
The Pont Neuf Wrapped in
Paris. He studied
sculpture at the
National College of Art and Design (NCAD, Dublin) from 1987 to 1991. He also acted for a time, appearing in
Frankie Starlight (1995) and
How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate (1997). Walker works with slate, stainless steel, glass and
fluorescent tubes. Walker was elected to
Aosdána in 2011. He also represented Ireland at the
54th Venice Biennale in that same year. He received the Pollock-Krasner Award in 2015. Walker’s latest public sculpture,
Bushy, was unveiled in 2022 in
Bushy Park, Dublin. ==References==