Bio/Resume
J. Michael Walker is a visual artist and writer whose woman-centric art is grounded in his immersion in Latin American cultures.

Over the past 25 years,
J. Michael has participated in more than one hundred exhibitions; received a dozen grants, fellowships, and artist residencies  (Most recently from the Sacatar Foundation, Bahia, Brazil); and has enjoyed a dozen solo exhibitions in both the United States and Mexico.

As a writer, J Michael is author-illustrator of All the Saints of the City of the Angels: Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets (Heyday 2008), which was awarded Art Book of the Year and Best Non-fiction on the Pacific West; and is co-editor of Waiting for Foreign: LA Writers on (and in) Guadalajara (Peregrino Press 2010).


(Portrait of J Michael Walker, by Robert Hale, 2012)

Images and text copyright 2013 by J Michael Walker.