Conor Walton studied in his hometown at the National College of Art and Design. Having undertaken a joint degree in Fine Art and Art History he went on to complete an MA in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. Walton also furthered his fine art training, travelling to Florence to study old master techniques with Charles Cecil, where he won the Lorenze il Magnifico third prize for painting at the Biennale in 1999.
Returning to Dublin in 1996, he held his first solo show three year
s later. Walton has won numerous prestigious award including the Taylor Prize for Painting in 1993, The Don Niccolo D’Ardia Caracciolo RHA Medal in 1997 and Fourth Prize a the BP Portrait Award in 2005. Walton currently lives in Co. Wicklow and exhibits across Ireland and further afield in Norway, Denmark and the UK.
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