Hamish Fulton was born in 1946 in London, England. From 1966 to 1968, he studied at St. Martin's School of Art, London and the following year at the Royal College of Art, London. The conceptual artist and photographer primarily concentrated his work on the experiences in individual walks that he took.
The emotional and physical recollections of his walks, lasting anywhere from one day to many weeks, are displayed as photographs combined with descriptive captions that evoke unique feelings within each viewer. His books expound on these matters.
For the last twenty years, Fulton has shifted his focus on painting exhibition walls. His wall installation A 21 day coast to coast walking journey. Japan 1996 at the John Weber Gallery ,NY incorporates the concrete poetry

Concrete poetry

Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on....

 format and his earlier work A Seven day walk in the mountains Switzerland early summer 1984 was the inspiration for the 'fulton' Visual poetry

Visual poetry

Visual poetry is poetry or art in which the visual arrangement of text, images and symbols is important in conveying the intended effect of the work. It is sometimes referred to as concrete poetry, a term that predates visual poetry, and at one time was synonymous with it.Visual poetry was heavily...

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Hamish Fulton is represented in London by Maureen Paley

Maureen Paley

Maureen Paley is the American owner of a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green, London, where she lives. It was founded in 1984, called Interim Art during the 1990s, and renamed Maureen Paley in 2004. She exhibited Young British Artists at an early stage...

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Publications

• Hamish Fulton: Walking Artist. Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf 2001 ISBN 3-933807-26-3
• Hollow Lane Stellar Press (1972) ASIN: B0007AL3FE
• Hamish Fulton: Walking Artist. Hamish Fulton, Angela Vettese & Phil Bartlett ISBN 978-3-933807-26-7
• Walking Passed. Hamish Fulton. Gingko Press; Reissue edition (21 April 1994) ISBN 978-8488045539
• Wild Life (Pocketbooks) Hamish Fulton. Polygon Imprint of Birlinn Ltd ISBN 978-0-7486-6282-1. On the Cairngorms
  Cairngorms
  The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain of the same name - Cairn Gorm.-Name:...
  
   of Scotland.
• Richard Long: Walking in Circles (Painters & Sculptors) Hamish Fulton. Thames & Hudson Ltd; ISBN 978-0500236833. On the fellow-artist Richard Long
  Richard Long (artist)
  Richard Long is an English sculptor, photographer and painter, one of the best known British land artists. Long is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize four times, and he is reputed to have refused the prize in 1984...
  
  
• Walking artist: The separation of subject and medium. Crawford Arts Centre (1999) ISBN 978-0-906272-65-7
• Camp Fire. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. 1985. ISBN 9070149117

External links

• Artist Website
• Maureen Paley Website
• Galerie van der Mieden Website
• Wall installation at John Weber Gallery
• Examples of the 'fulton' Visual poetry form
• TateShots: Hamish Fulton's Slowalk (in support of Ai Weiwei) Footage from the artist's paticipatory performance piece at Tate Modern. 1 May 2011