Photo by Mark Galer
Nicholas Walton-Healey is an art and documentary photographer whose work celebrates creative expressions of connection and freedom. After ‘discovering’ photography during the final years of his first degree, Walton-Healey completed a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) at RMIT University (2013), refining both his technical skills and conceptual approach.
Driven by a desire to engage deeply with people and place, Walton-Healey conceived and completed Land Before Lines — an extended portrait series of poets from the photographer’s home state of Victoria (published and exhibited in 2014). His passion for collaborative, community-based storytelling quickly led to the Northern Territory, where he connected with two Indigenous communities in Darwin and later began working with an Elder and cultural educator on the Tiwi Islands.
In addition to his personal projects, publications and exhibitions, Nicholas has also undertaken numerous commissions across the arts, health, and community sectors. His clients include ANAT (the Australian Network for Art & Technology), ANZCA (the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists), First Step Program, Grey Melbourne, the NT Lived Experience Network, Star Health and the Yarra Riverkeepers Association, among others.
Assignment enquiries can be directed to:
hello[at]nwhphoto.com
EXHIBITIONS
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SOLO
2025 Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
The Blender Studios, Melbourne VIC2024 Tarntipi
Magnet Galleries Melbourne VIC2023 Salt Frames
Gallery, Library at The Dock, Melbourne VIC2016 The Disassembly Line
Seventh Gallery, Melbourne VIC2014 Land Before Lines
Gallery, Manning Clark House, Canberra ACT2014 Land Before Lines
Thousand Pound Bend, Melbourne VIC2011 Fox Breath
Raglan Community Hall, Raglan VIC -
GROUP
2025 Lost in Translation: Group Art Exhibition
The Store, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne VIC2023 Mirror: New Views on Photography
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne VIC2018 The Work of Art: An Exhibition of Art, Labour and Working Life
The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne VIC2018 Territories
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China2013 The Eleventh Hour: BA (Photography) Grad Show
Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC2013 (UN)NATURAL
First Site Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC2011 Sleeping Beauty / Phantasy and Reality
Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne VIC -
COMISSIONED
2026 The Line: Through Brunswick
* details forthcoming2019 Encountering People, Places and Things
The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne VIC2018 Tarntipi: Teaching, Learning and Understanding Tiwi Culture
Aboriginal Bush Traders, Darwin NT2017 Home Truths: Portrait Exhibition
Knowledge Market, Melbourne VIC
PRESS, PLACEMENTS & PANELS
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PRESS
2025 EP112: The Camera Life Podcast2024 EP40: The Camera Life Podcast
2024 Interview with Mark Phillips
The Brunswick Voice2023 On Nightcliff: project feature by Don Norris
Photo Review2023 Salt Frames: project feature
Photo Collective2020 Analysis of The Disassembly Line by Grace McQuilten
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Art2018 Tarntipi Exhibition Preview by Chelsea Heaney
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AWARD PLACEMENTS
2022 Semi-Finalist: Landscape Genre
Head-On Photo Awards2021 Shortlist: Above The Water
STORIES AWARD, Photo Collective2021 Finalist: Documentary Category
EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARD, Capture Magazine2020 Shortlist: The Disassembly Line
STORIES AWARD, Photo Collective2020 Nomination: House of Ghosts
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PANELS
2025 Unfinished Group: Photography Projections Night2024 Brunswick Community History Group
2023 New Dialogues: Photo Collective
Australian Photography Awards2022 Where Blood Comes From
15 Mile Community, Palmerston NT2018 Art, Labour & Working Life
The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne VIC