Detail of Zan Ca Tlauhquechol, Portrait of the Mexican masked wrestler Marcara Rojo, by J Michael Walker
Exhibitions
Drawings, paintings, and writings by Los Angeles-based artist J. Michael Walker
Zan Ca Tlauhquechol, by J Michael Walker
San Beinto Street, by J Michael Walker

Solo Shows
2009 "Bodies Mapping Time"
Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA

2008 "Vivan las Mujeres!"
El Camino College, Torrance, CA

2008     “All the Saints of the City of the Angels:
Paintings and Stories by J Michael Walker”
     Museum of the American West, Autry National Center, Los Angeles

2006      Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: J. Michael Walker's Life with the Virgin and Saints,
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York City

2005     Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: J. Michael Walker's Life with the Virgin and Saints, Yale University Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT

2005     Las Geisha Mermaids; Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2004      Santos, Sombras y Sangre (Saints, Shadows and Bloodshed) Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles

2003     All the Saints of the Setting Sun, Gallery 727, Los Angeles

2003     All the Saints of the Western Valley of the City of the Angels, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2000     All the Saints of the City of the Angels,
Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2000     Drawn From My Soul, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR,
1998     Sacred Ground: Mystic Visions of Mesoamerica,
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Maryland
1997     Visiones de la Virgen, Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City

1997     Himnos y Visiones,  Museo Regional de Chihuahua,
Chihuahua, Mexico

1996     Siempre Virgen, Mexican Cultural Institute
Olvera Street, Los Angeles
Seclected Group Shows
2008      “The Black Madonna”Rosa Parks Museum, Troy University, Montgomery, Alabama

2007      2006-2007 COLA Fellowship Show”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles

2007     “The Black Madonna” Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama

2007     “The Black Madonna” Union Theological Seminary, New York

2007     “12 Artists, 24 IdeasAvenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2007     Mitos y LeyendasAvenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2006     “The Black Madonna” National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York City

2006      “Yosemite: Art of an American Icon” Museum of the American West, Autry National Center, Los Angeles;
and three subsequent venues, 2006-2008 (catalog)
2006     “And Now for Something NewdAvenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2005     “Mirando al Norte, Mirando al SurCal State Northridge, Northridge, Ca. (catalog)

2005     Homenajes/Homages: A Day of the Dead Exhibition
Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles

2004     "The Virgin of Guadalupe: Interpreting Devotion"
Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, California

2004     "L.A: Light, Motion, Dreams,"
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

2003     The Color of God, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount,
Los Angeles

2003     Light Among Shadows, Highways, Santa Monica, California

2002     Representing LA: StateCalifornia Narrative Painting,
Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA, (catalog)

2001     Bringing the Dark Madonna to Light,
University of San Francisco, San Francisco

2001     César E. Chávez: An American Hero,
Museo Chicano, Phoenix, Arizona

2000     Representing LA: California Narrative Painting,
Frye Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington (catalog)

2000     LA Contemporary Art Exhibition: The Homogeneity & Heterogeneity, DaeJon Municipal Art Museum, DaeJon, Korea

2000     César E. Chávez: An American Hero, Latino Museum of Art, History, and Culture, Los Angeles

2000     Talavera Contemporáneo, Universidad de las Américas,
Cholula, Puebla, México (catalog)

1999     Talavera Nueva: Selections from the Ceramic Collection of Uriarte, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA),
Long Beach, CA

1999     Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos Annual Exhibition,
Galeria Otra Vez, Self Help Graphics, East Los Angeles

1998     Day of the Dead Exhibition, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), Long Beach, CA

1998     Looking at L A/Mirando a L A, El Pueblo Gallery,
Olvera Street, Los Angeles

1997     Archangels in the Latin American Tradition: Contemporary Interpretations, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA),
Long Beach, CA

1997     Artistas del Norte, Museo del Chamizal,
Cd. Juárez Chihuahua, México

1997     Imágenes de la Virgenla Virgen de Guadalupe,  
José Gálvez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

1997     In the Neighborhood, Luckman Fine Arts Center, Cal State L A

1996     Archetypes and Contemporary Images in the Hispanic World, Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, California

1995     Community Properties, Huntington Beach Arts Center, Huntington Beach, California (catalog)

1995     Across the Street: Self Help Graphics and Chicano Art in Los Angeles Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)

1995     Across the Street: Self Help Graphics and Chicano Art in Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California