Born in Larchmont, New York, Walton Ford currently lives and works in Hillside, New York. Ford has exhibited around the country in galleries such as the Bess Cutler Gallery, the McNay Gallery, the Kohn Turner Gallery, and the John Berggruen Gallery. His most recent solo exhibition, "Brutal Beauty (2000)," at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine, showcased Ford's exploration of the natural and animal worlds. The artist was also included in a group exhibition in 2000 at the Katonah Museum of Art entitled "Deja Vu: Reworking the Past." Walton Ford is represented by the Paul Kasmin Gallery.