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inspired patterns.

Early life and education

Walala grew up in Piégon, a small village in the South of France, where her mother ran a B&B. Her father, an architect, moved to Paris after they divorced. Walala struggled at school due to her dyslexia and felt her eccentric style was judged. In 1997, her father encouraged her to spend the summer in London so she could improve her English skills. Although reluctant at first, Walala loved it and returned to London in 1999 after completing her French Literature degree. During her 20s, she worked in hospitality while experimenting with different potential career paths. She started taking drawing and pottery classes. As suggested by a teacher, Walala studied Textile Design at the

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, graduating in 2009.

Career

After graduating from university in 2009, Walala established her brand Studio Walala in Hackney, East London. In 2017, Walala was invited by NOW Gallery in South London to create an interactive, life size installation, for which the studio created an immersive so-called "temple of wonder". In 2021, during a period of lockdown due to the

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, Walala reimagined the

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shop as a grocery store, selling essential products re-designed by emerging artists such as Kentaro Okawara,

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Selected work

* ''WALALA X PLAY'', NOW Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2017 * ''Walala Lounge'', London Design Festival, 2019 * ''Captivated By Colour '', for the first London Mural Festival,

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, 2020 * ''House of Dots'', for

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, London, United Kingdom, 2020 *''Supermarket'',

, London, United Kingdom, 2021 * Official poster design for

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2022

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walala, Camille Living people 1975 births 21st-century French women artists Alumni of the University of Brighton French expatriates in England French installation artists French LGBT artists French muralists French textile designers People from Drôme People from Hackney People with dyslexia Postmodern artists Urban designers