“Painting is, for me, akin to prayer or meditation, a reverent and measured survey of things more significant than myself, a forced spiritual confrontation out on a canvas battlefield. Each painting is initially a question, then an expression of belief, followed by a struggle, ending in a picture.”

Tim Walker is a designer and visual artist living and working in Northwest Arkansas. He is a partner and Chief Creative Officer for DOXA / VANTAGE, a Fayetteville, Arkansas based brand design and marketing agency. Tim is an Arkansas native, a graduate of Arkansas State University, and worked in advertising, printing, and higher education before starting his own firm in 1992. His responsibilities at the firm include the formulation of creative strategy in response to client objectives and overseeing the firm’s creative product.

Tim’s work in design has been awarded by inclusion in the Communication Arts Design Annual, Print Regional Design Annual, HOW, Step-By-Step Graphics, Graphic Design USA, the Society of Publication Designers Annual, and numerous peer professional organizations. He served as the inaugural president of the Northwest Arkansas chapter of AIGA, has served as an adjunct instructor of graphic design for two regional universities, and served on the professional advisory boards for The University of Arkansas School of Art and the Fay Jones School of Architecture and design.

Having set aside an original pursuit of painting for some 30 years while building a design career, he returned to it in recent years with renewed focus, with his approach to painting now influenced by a history of design practice in ways he never expected.

Tim is currently actively seeking gallery representation and group exhibitions.

Tim B. Walker

Born 1966, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
Resides and works in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Education/training:

[1984-1988]: Bachelor of Science, Graphic Design, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States


FINE ART

Solo exhibitions:

[2025] The Fragile/Strong Series, Arsaga’s Mill District, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Selected group exhibitions:

[1989] Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
[1989] Service League of Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Texas, United States
[2019] 10th Annual Open International Online Exhibition, International Society of Acrylic Painters
[2022] Walton Arts Center, Group Exhibition, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
[2023] Art Fields Collective, Group Exhibition, Lake City, South Carolina, United States
[2024] Delta Triennial, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Awards:

[1989] Purchase Award, Service League of Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Texas, United States
[2019] Best in Show, International Society of Acrylic Painters, 10th Annual Open International Online Exhibition

Selected press:

“Interview with artist Tim Walker” in The Arkansas Arts Scene Blog (2023) [https://www.arkansasartscene.com/home/interview-with-artist-tim-walker]

Professional contributions:

[2013-2016]: Professional Advisory Board, University of Arkansas School of Art, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States.


DESIGN:

Work history:

[2020 - present] Principal & Chief Creative Officer, DOXA/VANTAGE, Fayetteville, Arkansas
[2003 - 2020] Principal & Creative Director, DOXA, Fayetteville, Arkansas
[1992 - 2003] Principal & Creative Director, Walker Creative, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas
[1990 - 1992] Creative Services Coordinator, Office of University Relations, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
[1988 - 1990] Art Director, Creative Multigraphics, Jonesboro, Arkansas

Professional contributions:

[2016 - 2018] Founding President, Northwest Arkansas Chapter, AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
[2007 - 2015] Adjunct Instructor, Graphic Design, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR
[1995 - 1998] Adjunct Instructor, Graphic Design, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR