Tom Walton was born in Oxford, United Kingdom. As an infant he relocated to Washington, DC. Beginning at age 16, he studied with the artist Carlo Pittore. Walton received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004 and his MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in 2007.
Walton has exhibited his work extensively, including 12 solo shows across the country. He is a recipient of an Elizabeth Greenshields grant. In 2021 he was an artist in residence at the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New Orleans. He is a founding member of Camp st. Studios. He has a painting in the permanent collection of the Woodmere Museum located in Philadelphia PA. In 2018 he curated a National show of paintings titled “Real to not Real” at Southeastern Louisiana University where he is an Associate Professor of Painting. His paintings have been published in INPA9 and the New American Paintings 154 Southern edition. Walton lives in New Orleans.
