Adrian Walton-Smith

1954 Born Watford, England
1976 BATH ACADEMY of ART, Studied sculpture
1976 ‘DE ATELIERS’, Studied Fine Art at with Carel Visser, Wessel Couzijn, Jan Dibbets, Toon Verhoef and others

1983  TONEEL GROEP GLOBE, environmental stage designs for“CARAMBOLE” directed by Kees Hulst

1984  TONEEL GROEP GLOBE, stage design for “NJOE” directed by KeesHulst

1990 SPECIAL-EFFECTS DIRECTOR

A working life engrossed in ‘table top” film for advertising. Physical phenomena for high-speed film… fire, product collisions, explosions, vapour, macro worlds, etc.
Special-effects website: (https://vizspecialeffects.nl)

2010 VORTEX art works… begins the temporary, dynamic forms created by movement

2012 NIEUWMARKT ATELIERS, open atelier, Oudeschans, Amsterdam 2016 “STRATEN van AMSTERDAM”, AT5

2016  ‘WHITE VORTEX’ project design (https://vizspecialeffects.nl/light/)

2017  ‘A THOUSAND TIMES’ proposal, Light Festival‘DE GRENS’ proposal, Van Lanschot kunstprijs

2018  ‘SCATTER PIECE’ presentation Bogotá, Halfweg

2019  ‘THREE OAKS’ presentation Bogotá, Halfweg

2020  ‘VORTEX WORKINGS’ show GINDS, Hoofddorp

2021  ‘MY FRIEND is DEAD’ exhibition GINDS, Hoofddorp

2022  KAALSTAART, group exhibition Breda – “Three Oaks”

2022 GINDS, Open studio Hoofddorp