Frank Bowling was born on February 26, 1934 in British Guiana. As a part of Britain’s influential Windrush generation, the pioneering works of Frank Bowling are standing testaments of human evolution. Through a diverse array of styles including Abstract expressionism, Color Field painting, and Lyrical Abstraction, Bowling incorporates a blend of the traditional English landscape and American abstraction influences to explore autobiographical and postcolonial geopolitical themes. Incorporating a concern for color, mastery of geometry, and vigor for pushing the possibilities of paint, Bowling has established a legacy of unparalleled originality and power that continues today. 

Bowling studied at Regents Street Polytechnic, Chelsea School of Art and the City and Guilds of London Art School, graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962 with a silver medal. Bowling was the first black artist to be elected as a Royal Academician in 2005, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to art in 2008.

His work is represented in fifty international museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA; Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK; Tate, London, UK; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, as well as collections in Guyana, Jamaica, Australia, and Germany. Bowling maintains working studios in New York and London.