Caroline Walker: Mothering
17 May - 27 October 2025
Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.
Book online here and save £1 off standard adult, senior over 65, full-time student and disabled ticket types.‘The subject of my paintings in its broadest sense is women’s experience, whether that is the imagined interior life of a glimpsed shop worker, a closely observed portrayal of my mother working in the family home, or women I’ve had the privilege of spending time with, in their place of work. From the anonymous to the highly personal, what links all these subjects is an investigation of an experience which is specifically female.’ Caroline Walker
Caroline Walker (b.1982, Dunfermline) studied painting at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London, and is known for her accomplished paintings which offer a lens into the everyday lives of women.
Through her large canvases, intimate panels and ink sketches, she portrays diverse female subjects in settings that blur the boundaries between public and private. Her works reveal the complex social, cultural and economic experiences of women living in contemporary society.
The exhibition will bring together works made over the past five years with new paintings exploring themes of motherhood and early-years care.
Caroline Walker: Mothering is accompanied by an illustrated monograph of the same title, published by Lund Humphries in September 2025. The exhibition will travel to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, from 22 November 2025 – 10 May 2026.
One of ‘the exhibitions you must see in 2025’ Art Fund
‘Tender and poignant snapshots of daily life, their realism counteracted by a loose and luminous painterly style.’ Galerie
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