V Walton is a Maryland based interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work explores Black queer embodiment, ecology, and disability. Through sculpture, installation, video and performance, their practice brings a material perspective to questions of autonomy, care, and environmental stewardship. Their work illustrates the societal and interpersonal dynamics that build and break us down simultaneously, making multi-layered connections between clay [terra], nature, and the body. They received their MFA in Ceramic Art from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and their BFA with a concentration in ceramics from Towson University. Walton currently teaches ceramic art at Maryland Institute College of Art and Morgan State University.
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FOR INQUIRIES EMAIL : VWALTONSTUDIO@PM.ME
CURRICULUM VITAE
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art (NCECA) Board Member 2026-2027 | Baltimore Conference Co-Liaison
Kaabo Clay Collective, Leadership and Oversight, Board Member
EDUCATION
2023 MFA in Ceramic Art - New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCc) at Alfred University - Alfred, NY
2021 BFA in Ceramics - Towson University - Towson, MD
2014 AAS Fashion Design - Fashion Institute of Technology - New York, NY
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/
COMMISSIONS
2026 Hem of Heaven by Nekisha Durrett, Tile Production, Obama Presidential Center
2026 Good Black Art Cohort
2025-26 Turn Again to The Earth Community Gallery Installation, Baltimore Museum of Art
2024 Pratt>Forward Fellowship, NYC
2023 Short-Term Artist In Residence, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2021 Internship with Cristina Cordova, Penland, NC, February
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 I Find Rest, Hannah Traore Gallery, NYC
2024 Terra, Swann House Gallery at Ulysses, curated by Derrick Adams - Baltimore, MD
2023 Body Like A Thorn, MFA Exhibition, Robert C Turner Gallery, NY
2021 Acceptance: A Journey Through Chaos, Creative Alliance, MD
GROUP EXHIBITION
2026 Green Between, L.E.S Ecology Center and Make Meadows, NYC
2025 Baltimore to Boston, Laisun Keane Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 On Woman Hating, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
2024 Thicc-ening the Narrative: Intersectional Reflections on Race, Queerness, and Body size in Contemporary Ceramics, Clay Art Center, Virtual
2024 Focus Art Fair: Residents of the WTC and Silver Art Projects, NY
2024 Unsettling Extractions, VisArts, Richmond, VA
2024 Revisit/Reimagine, Banneker-Douglas Museum, MD
2023 Salt Eaters, NOMUNOMU, Baltimore, MD
2023 Clay Holds Water, Water Holds Memory, NCECA, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Distrubuquery, NCECA, Cincinnati, OH
2023 Figuring Space, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Nyctophobia, The FC Collective, Atlanta, GA
2022 Womxn of Alfred, NCECA, Sacramento, CA
2022 Culture, Strada, New York, NY
2022 MOR Exhibition, Goodyear Art Center, Charlotte, NC
2021 Future Ancestors, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2021 Repercussions: Redefining The Black Aesthetic, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, IN Baltimore, MD
2021 The Coal Skuttle’s Legacy, Motor House Baltimore, MD
2020 We Are Clay, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2020 Black Art Matters, Maryland Federation of Art, Virtual - Juror’s Choice - Black Art Matters, Maryland Federation of Art
PUBLICATIONS
2026-27 (Forthcoming) Ceramic Snap: Chapter: Disability Manifesto; V Walton & Besty Redelman Diaz
2023 Doorway To Change, October Issue: Flirting With Disaster, Studio Potter
2023 #Cripclay, Amanda Barr, Cecily Whitworth, Carly Riegger, V Walton, NCECA Research Journal
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023-26 MICA| Adjunct Professor, Handbuilding, Figurative Ceramics
2023-26 Morgan State University | Adjunct Professor: Ceramics, Sculpture, and Community Arts
2024 Visting Artist and Lecturer - Eastern Michigan University
2023 MICA| Summer Faculty in Ceramics - Precollege Course