Walter Askin lives and works in Pasadena. He received an MA in Art from the University of California, Berkeley in 1952. Solo exhibitions include presentations at the de Young Museum, San Francisco; Kunstlerhaus, Vienna; the Hellenic Union, Athens; the Pasadena Art Museum; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. His work has also been featured in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. From 1956 to 1992, he was a Professor of Art at California State University, Los Angeles. He has also taught and lectured at institutions including UC Berkeley; CSU Long Beach; the University of Hawaii; the University of New Mexico; Arizona State University; and the Irish Academy of Art, Dublin.