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Revision as of 22:30, 16 June 2006 by Colonies Chris (talk | contribs) (dab MFA; wikified dates using AWB)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bruce Walters (born November 29, 1954 in Davenport, Iowa), is an artist who has exhibitioned digital artworks, graphite drawings and paintings primarily in the American Midwest. He received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and BA from the University of Iowa. He is an Associate Professor of Art at Western Illinois University.
Walters' artwork has been included in more than one hundred solo, invitational and competitive exhibitions. Though his work has been primarily exhibited in galleries in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, his work has been shown in London, England, Germany, Japan, New York and Washington DC. He has won best of show awards in seven different media: from graphite drawings to digital artwork.
As a graphic design and illustrator, his recent work has been as diverse as having seven political cartoons published on the editorial page of the Quad-City Times, several drawings etched on 4000 commemorative World War II rifles for Springfield Armory and the cover artwork for Epitaphs magazine. He also created more than a dozen websites, including a website for Public Works of Art in the Quad Cities in which Walters photographed and researched more than 100 public works.
Walters' career in education began at Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa where he assisted Alan Garfield in creating the first Bachelor of Arts program in computer graphics in 1984 (recognized by SIGGRAPH). He taught at Marycrest for twelve years, serving as Chairperson of the Communication and Fine Arts Division for six years before beginning to teach at Western Illinois University in 1997. He taught the first graduate art classes at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, IA for Western Illinois University in 2005. Walters has also taught computer art classes at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.