Bio

Walter Mika was born in Queens, New York in 1961 with Down syndrome. He has attended Pure Vision Arts since its opening in 2002. Known for his intense and energetic use of line, color and form, his figurative, art brut style, drawings are influenced by cartoons, movies, and other aspects of popular culture. Mika’s drawing are included in numerous private collections and have been populare at the NY Outsider Art Fair for over 14 years. His work has been featured in magazines such as Arts & Antiques and Envision Folk Art.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020

Funny Bunny, SHRINE, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

PURE VISION PURE JOY, 824 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

The Eye of the Outsider, La Esquina, New York, NY

A Ball for All, The Shield Institute and Pure Vision Arts Gala, Three Sixty, New York, NY

27th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

2018

Outsider Insight, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

GADGET GURLS: THE DOLLHOUSE, Water Mill, NY

26th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

2017

Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY

Clifford Chance Law Firm, Pure Vision Group Exhibition, New York, NY

Paint the Town Brown, Three Sixty, New York, NY

25th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

2016

Birds of a Feather, Pure Vision Arts, NYC. Visions from the Edge, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT

Exhibit at MADmusée, (guest curator Alain Platel), Théâtre de Liège, Liège, BE

24th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

2015

BEAUTIFUL MINDS pure vision, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY

Somoza Palooza, Metropolitan West, New York, NY

22nd Annual Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, New York, NY

2014

Museum Acquisition, MADmusée, Liège, BE

Savant-Garde, Pure Vision Arts, NYC. Clifford Chance Law Firm, New York, NY

Public Access: Selections from Pure Vision Arts, The Gallery at Ace Hotel NY, New York, NY

Any Colour You Like, Weird Days, Brooklyn, NY

2014

Al Fresco, LWR Fine Art, New York, NY

22nd Annual Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, New York, NY

Developmental Disability Awareness Day, Healing Arts Initiative, City Field, Flushing, NY

Transit on the Spectrum: The Art of Pure Vision, NY Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY

2013

Outsider Art Inside the Beltway, Art Enables, Washington DC

Personal Space, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

21st Annual Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, New York, NY

2012

Pure Folk, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY

20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, New York, NY

Visions from the Edge, Mass College of Liberal Arts, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA

2011

Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

6th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY

2010

Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY

Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, New York, NY

2009

Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY

The Pure Vision Arts Connection, Gallerie Olof, Leiden, NL

Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, New York, NY

2008

Modern Primitive, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, New York, NY

Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY

European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, AT

Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, New York, NY

2007

City Folk, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

Urban Visionaries, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

Another Look Outside, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY

15th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, New York, NY

2006

Pure Vision Arts, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY

Pure Vision Arts Group Exhibition, New York, NY

The 14th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, New York, NY

2005

Pure Visions in the City, Pure Vision Arts, New York, NY

Art/View, City Museum of Washington, DC

13th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, New York, NY

2004

The 12th Annual Outsider Art Fair. Puck Building, New York, NY

2003

Art View - The Carnegie Institute, Washington DC

Credit Suisse First Boston, Pure Vision Arts Exhibition, New York, NY