Ben Walker

Ben Walker is a full-time artist and illustrator in Sacramento, California. His tongue-in-cheek paintings of bears with guns, singing cowboys, flying machine operators, and other odd inhabitants of The Old West have lassoed the attention of art lovers in California and beyond. Walker is also the creator of an alternative life drawing studio called Pompsicle. Artists gather every week to draw from costumed models and "real life characters" like punks, roller-girls, and break dancers.

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ART EXHIBITIONS

April, 2008
Gallery 1988, LA
TOYS!

March, 2008
Vox Gallery, Sacramento
Sound as Art / Art as Sound

January, 2008
Side Show Studios, Sacramento
Ben Walker's Pompsicle
a group show featuring some of the best artwork Pompsicle sessions

December 2007
Coolcat Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Holiday Bonanza

December 2007
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Price-Less Show

October 2007
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cross Pollination Art Show (black light artwork)

August 2007
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dream a Little Dream

May, 2007

Izzy's Mini-VanGo
Walker's Traveling Five & Dime

April 2007
20th St. Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
50-50-50 Show (50 Paintings in 50 days)

May, 2007
Fools Foundation, Sacramento, CA
Sellout Buyout

February, 2007
Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Life on the Western Edge
Curator, Exhibiting Artist

December, 2006
20th St. Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Associates and Friends Show

 

FREELANCE CLIENTS
Kepi Ghoulie (Kepi: The Band), Minnesota Monthly, Gama-Go, Stars & Garters, Dr. Moz

OTHER VENTURES
Creator of Pompsicle -Alternative Drawing Studios, a weekly life drawing studio that features models in cool costumes and fashions. Sacramento, CA.

 

EDUCATION
B.F.A., Illustration / Animation, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA