Lee Walton
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| Born | California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts. BFA, San Jose State University |
| Known for | drawing, sculpture, video, performance, and New Media Art |
| Movement | Social Practice |
| Awards | Rhizome Commission, Project Commission Southern Exposure, Commission Art in General, Commission Socrates Sculpture Park |
Lee Walton is an American visual artist whose artwork is regularly associated with the subject of sports. Walton has exhibited his work internationally in a variety of media including drawing, concept based systems, performance art, video art, net art, and public projects. Several projects by Walton were included in the 2013 visual art exhibition Art of Sport at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
Walton holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the California College of the Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from San Jose State University. He is currently an Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Walton has lectured at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Art in General, The New School, Portland State University, Art Institute of Boston, University of Ulster in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Columbia University.
Much of Walton's work involves sports. For example, in 2004 to 2005 Walton organized a free throw contest with basketball player Shaquille O'Neal; for every free throw by O'Neal, Walton attempted one, hoping to beat O'Neal's average.
In another piece, "One Shot A Day", Walton changed the rules of golf and made a single swing each day. Playing 18 holes this way took him close to 5 months, from March 26 to August 15 in 2003. During that period, each day he published a video of his swing on his website. One Shot a Day was featured in the Art of Sport Exhibition at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
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