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Make The Bed: A solo exhibition by Walker J. Antonio

“Walker Antonio’s solo exhibition features sixty intimate works created through daily practice, exploring how repetition and discipline shape creative clarity. Quiet, thoughtful, and process-driven, the show marks a turning point for both the artist and the gallery.”

Over the course of the past year, Walker Antonio’s exhibitions have traced a compelling arc — one that

moves from the outward fractures of contemporary life toward a quieter, more disciplined reckoning with

process, presence, and care. His most recent solo exhibition, Make The Bed, marks the culmination of that

inquiry, arriving in Macon not simply as a presentation of work, but as a moment of alignment between

artist, space, and season.

Antonio first drew broader attention with Ranked in Rows, his inaugural solo exhibition at Stevenson &

Co. Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina. The body of work examined how individuality and human

connection have eroded in the wake of the pandemic, shaped by an increasing reliance on digital spaces

that promise control while deepening division. Large-scale paintings confronted viewers physically,

asking them to consider what is lost when screens replace embodied experience.

That inquiry continued inward with Primal Reflections, exhibited at the Gallery at the Rhodes Arts Center

at Northfield Mount Hermon School. There, Antonio explored the subconscious effects of digital culture

— the anxieties, dreams, and internal narratives shaped by social media and the curated self. The work

bridged psychological interiority with visual language, offering viewers a mirror for emotions that often

resist articulation.

Together, these exhibitions chart a movement from societal critique to internal excavation. Make The Bed

brings that progression into sharper focus.

Unlike his earlier shows, which centered on physically demanding, large-scale paintings, Make The Bed

represents Antonio’s first sustained exploration of small-scale work. The exhibition features sixty

intimate pieces, each created through cycles of destruction, reimagination, and reconstruction. Working at

a reduced scale allowed for concentrated experimentation with composition and material, using constraint

not as a limitation, but as a tool.

What began as a commitment to completing one painting per day evolved into a weekly series of four. In

doing so, Antonio unintentionally formed a chronological body of work that traces subtle shifts in

thought, process, and technical understanding. Together, the works document a period of rigorous

discipline, revealing how repetition and structure can generate clarity, growth, and transformation ahead

of a return to larger formats.

This commitment to daily practice mirrors Antonio’s role as an educator. He currently teaches Drawing

and Painting at Woodberry Forest School, where the values of consistency, attentiveness, and care are

reinforced both in the classroom and the studio. Antonio holds a BA in Studio Art and Art History from

Wofford College and is currently pursuing an MA in Fine Arts from Falmouth University, with plans to

pursue a traditional MFA following completion of the program next year.

For Sheridan Studios, Make The Bed arrives at a moment of parallel transformation. The past year has

marked a turning point — a season of breaking down visual language, reassessing process, and discerning

where performance has its place, while remaining open to allowing creative practice to shape something

more intentional beyond the canvas.

What makes this collaboration especially meaningful is that it emerges from shared questions rather than

shared history. Though Antonio and the studio’s curator have never met in person, they share a family

name, mutual friends, and a similar moment of recalibration. Introduced through overlapping creative

circles, both found themselves navigating pivotal shifts in their respective careers simultaneously, each

exploring how discipline, repetition, and restraint can foster clarity and growth. In that way, Make The

Bed feels less like a single exhibition and more like a meeting of minds.

Rooted in the tension between order and chaos — and the discipline required to hold both — Make The

Bed reflects a philosophy in which structure, when approached with intention, becomes generative rather

than restrictive. That same ethos underpins Sheridan Studios at this stage of its evolution, making the

exhibition a natural and timely culmination for both artist and space.

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