Joe Tilson

Born in Lewisham, London, Joe Tilson was one of the great figures in post-war British art and a pivotal artist of the British Pop Art movement during the 1960s. Tilson taught at St Martin’s School of Art from 1958 to 1963 and later taught at several other institutions, including the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. His first one-man shows were held at the Marlborough Gallery, London in 1962 and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in 1963, and his work gained international recognition at the Venice Biennale. Tilson was elected Royal Academician in 1991 and his work is represented in public and private collections worldwide.