About
In Close Proximity is a vessel in which to record and showcase the works of K Walker. Walker (b.1997) combines the mediums of fashion, drawing, paint, performance, costume, poetry and sculpture. Their work focuses heavily on the themes of queerness, bodies, mythology, dysphoria, illness and sensuality.
Born and raised in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Walker studied a foundation course at Leeds Arts University in 2015 before studying BA fashion design in London, graduating in 2019. Walker is currently based at FiiK Studios in Leeds and is a founding member of the artist-led collective LAX.
Walker's most recent work aims to combine mediums of their practise to create art viewers can interact, escape and dream within. Their work often uses fantasy, nonsensical, humorous and grotesque imagery to personify themselves, their body, emotions and interactions with others.

Shows:
Solo:
'No Ordinary Love'
27th June - 13th July 2025
FiiK Studios, Leeds
25th - 27th November 2022
SCREW Gallery, Leeds
'I'M SCARED OF CHOCOLATE BARS'
12th May - 15th June 2022
Village Books, Leeds
25th February 2022
Archive, Leeds
Group:
Portals
23rd - 27th October 2024
Gasleak Mountain, Nottingham
Touch me (I'm trying)
9th - 16th August 2024
serf, Leeds
'Hacienda 2'
14th March 2024
West Art Collective HQ, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
'Contested Bodies: After Hours'
25th January 2024
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds
'Total Recall: Myth & Memory'
13th July - 15th October 2023
Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
'Leeds Artists Show 2023'
15th February - 30th April 2023
Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
Media:
'If I close my eyes long enough I can be something else'
2023, Zine, self published.
'I'M SCARED OF CHOCOLATE BARS'
2022, Zine, self published. Accompaniment to show of same name.
2021, Zine, self published.
K Walker studio visit with Yorkshire Sculpture International, filmed in 2023.