BIO
V Walton is a Maryland-US based interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work explores Black queer embodiment, ecology, and disability. Through sculpture, installation, video and performance, their practice brings a material perspective to questions of autonomy, care, and environmental stewardship. Their work illustrates the societal and interpersonal dynamics that build and break us down simultaneously, making multi-layered connections between clay [terra], nature, and the body. They received their MFA in Ceramic Art from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and their BFA with a concentration in ceramics from Towson University. Walton currently teaches ceramic art at Maryland Institute College of Art and Morgan State University. (they/she/he pronouns)
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2023 MFA in Ceramic Art - New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC)
at Alfred University - Alfred, NY
2021 BFA in Ceramics- Towson University - Towson, MD
2014 AAS Fashion Design - Fashion Institute of Technology - New York, NY
AWARDS/GRANT/RESIDENCIES/MEMBERSHIPS
2025- Kaabo Clay Collective Board Member
2026-7 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Board Member
and Conference Co-Liaison
2024 Pratt>Forward Fellowship, NYC
2023 Short-Term Artist In Residence, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2021 Internship with Cristina Cordova, Penland, NC, February
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025-6 Turn Again To The Earth Community Gallery (Solo Installation),
Baltimore Museum of Art, Through March 2026
2025 I Find Rest, Hannah Traore Gallery, NYC
2024 Terra, Swann House Gallery at Ulysses, curated by Derrick Adams, Baltimore, MD
2023 Body Like A Thorn, MFA Exhibition, Robert C Turner Gallery, NY
2021 Acceptance: A Journey Through Chaos, Creative Alliance, MD
GROUP EXHIBITION
2025 Baltimore to Boston, Laisun Keane Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 On Woman Hating, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
2024 Thicc-ening the Narrative: Intersectional Reflections on Race, Queerness, and Body
size in Contemporary Ceramics, Clay Art Center, Virtual
2024 Focus Art Fair: Residents of the WTC and Silver Art Projects, NY, NY
2024 Unsettling Extractions, VisArts, Richmond, VA
2024 Revisit/Reimagine, Banneker-Douglas Museum, MD
2023 Salt Eaters, NOMUNOMU, Baltimore, MD
2023 Clay Holds Water, Water Holds Memory, NCECA, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Distrubuqueeryy, NCECA, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Figuring Space, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Nyctophobia, The FC Collective, Atlanta, GA
2022 Womxn of Alfred, NCECA, Sacramento, CA
2022 Culture, Strada, New York, NY
2022 MOR Exhibition, Goodyear Art Center, Charlotte, NC
2021 Future Ancestors, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2021 Repercussions: Redefining The Black Aesthetic, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
2021 The Coal Skuttle’s Legacy, Motor House Baltimore, MD
2020 We Are Clay, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2020 Black Art Matters, Maryland Federation of Art, Virtual
- Juror’s Choice - Black Art Matters, Maryland Federation of Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024-6 MICA| Adjunct Professor, Figurative Ceramics, Intro To Handbuilding
2023-6 Morgan State University | Adjunct Professor: Ceramics, Sculpture,
and Community Arts
2021-2023 NYSCC at Alfred University | Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sophomore Handbuilding (21’) and Junior Figurative Sculpture (22’)
and Foundations (23’)