Walter Mika

Walter Mika

Walter Mika was born in 1961 and has attended Pure Vision Arts since its opening in 2002. Known for his energetic and primitive use of line, color and form, his figurative drawings reflect an interest in cartoons, movies, and other aspects of popular culture. Mr. Mika’s art is included in numerous private collections and has garnered important recognition at The Outsider Art Fair and has been featured in magazines such as Arts & Antiques and Envision Folk Art.

2017
25th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC

2016
Birds of a Feather, Pure Vision Arts, NYC 
Visions from the Edge, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
MADmusée, (guest curator Alain Platel), Théâtre de Liège, Belgium
24th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC

2015
BEAUTIFUL MINDS pure vision, ROCA, West Nyack, NY
Somoza Palooza, Metropolitan West, NYC
22nd Annual Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, NYC

2014
Museum Acquisition, MADmusée, Belgium
Savant-Garde, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Clifford Chance Law Firm, NYC
Public Access: Selections from Pure Vision Arts, The Gallery at Ace Hotel NY, NYC
Any Colour You Like It, Weird Days, Brooklyn, NY
Al Fresco, LWR Fine Art, NYC
22nd Annual Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, NYC
Developmental Disability Awareness Day, HAI, City Field, Flushing, NY
Transit on the Spectrum: The Art of Pure Vision, New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY

2013
Outsider Art Inside the Beltway, Art Enables, Washington, DC
Personal Space, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
21st Annual Outsider Art Fair, Center 548, NYC

2012
Pure Folk, American Folk Art Museum, NYC
20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA

2011
Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
6th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons
, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY

2010
Labor of Love,
Pure Vision Arts, NYC.
5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons
, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2009
Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
The Pure Vision Arts Connection, Leiden, Netherlands
4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge,
Westhampton Beach, NY
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
The Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC

2008
Modern Primitive, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC
European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, Austria
Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC

2007
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC
Urban Visionaries, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Take Another Look Outside, Van der Plas Gallery. NYC

2006
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea. NYC
Pure Vision Arts Gallery, Group Exhibition, NYC
14th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building, NYC

2005
Pure Visions in the City, Pure Vision Arts Gallery, NYC
Art View, City Museum of Washington, DC.
Pure Visions in the City, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
13th Annual Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2004
12th Annual Outsider Art Fair, NYC

2003
11th Annual Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC
Art View. The Carnegie Institute, Washington, DC

Obama

Oil Pastel on Paper, 14 x 17, 2016

Policeman

Oil Pastel on Paper, 18 x 24, 2012

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Oil Pastel on Paper, 18 x 24, 2015

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Oil Pastel on Paper, 22 x 28, 2010

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Oil Pastel on Wood Panel, 36 x 36, 2015

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Oil Pastel on Masonite, 20 x 24, 2011

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Oil Pastel on Paper, 13 x 17, 2015

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Oil Pastel on Paper, 18 x 24, 2015

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Oil Pastel on Paper, 18 x 24, 2015

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Oil Pastel on Paper, 18 x 24, 2015

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Oil on Board, 2013

Bunny

Crayon on Masonite, 18'' x 24'', 2011

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Patel on Paper, 2005

Obama

Oil Pastel on Paper, 2009

Obama

Oil Pastel on Masonite, 24'' x 30'', 2010

Football Player

Oil Pastel on Paper, 2012