BIOGRAPHY
Carol Walthers is a multidisciplinary artist focusing on painting, drawing and surface applications such as wax resist and mono-printing. Throughout her practice, she has explored watercolour, pastel, oil, and photography. She employs a range of themes mostly focusing on humanity; relationships with our environment and each other. Exploration and experimentation are important elements of her art practice.
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, her final year culminated in a solo show at Gallery 76. The Corkin-Reeves Award was one of two awards she received while in college. After graduating she received an OAC grant to produce photo-serigraphs at Open Studio. Carol was a founding member of Gallery 44 and had solo exhibitions there. She achieved signature status with Pastel Artists Canada, Toronto Watercolour Society, and the Colour and Form Society. She has exhibited in over 60 juried shows in York Region, Toronto and Waterloo Region. These curated group shows were highlights: Newmarket’s “Artists Preserve History, Mulock Farm”, and McMichael Gallery’s, “All Things With Imagination”. One of her pastel paintings is part of a public collection in Mulock Park, Newmarket.
Between 2023 and 2025, she presented six issue-based solo exhibitions throughout Southern Ontario, with a focus on advocating for environmental protection. Her exhibition in Cambridge featured a 13-foot interactive mural that invited members of the public to contribute personal messages and collectively “grow” a crop of corn. Collaborating with local advocacy organizations to raise awareness in the community was an especially enriching experience, demonstrating to her the value of building meaningful, personal connections with audiences through her art.
This year (2026) has marked significant progress in her artistic career. She recently completed a public art commission for the City of Cambridge: a 5-foot molded goose that she painted in 2026 and which is now on public display in the city. This fall, Carol will be teaching at the Homer Watson Gallery in Kitchener. Looking ahead, she has also been selected to present a solo exhibition at the Homer Watson Gallery in 2028.
Art Administration
Society of York Region Artists - Board member, current
Preston Arts Collective - Board member, current
Celebration of the Arts, Cambridge - Visual Arts Coordinator 2023
Art Aurora Show - Juror 2019
Gallery 44 - Board member 1980 - 1983
Small Focus Exhibition, Gallery 44 - Curator 1983
Artreprenuer Certificate - 2018
Community Engagement
North Dumfries Conservation Alliance - Board member
List of exhibitions and awards