British artist recognised for his abstract works - son of Sir Terry Frost
The collage paintings of Anthony Frost have compositional tension; texture, form and colour are held in a balanced relationship of abstract shapes. Frost speaks of a sense of ‘flow’, a mood induced by deep internal concentration – often aided by listening to music – whereby the intuitive processes of the brain become dominant over the rational and predictive.
Anthony Frost's paintings are bright, full of colour and expression. At first sight, his work appears quite straightforward, but there is a complexity that includes repeated motifs (lines, triangles and dots) and a mix of materials including acrylic, hessian, sail cloth, string. He works fast and free, producing unpredictable and abstract images which he describes as honest, real and truthful. Although there is an element of planning in each work, there is also a random element which manifests itself in the creative process: Adding a piece of material or a tie that can change the painting's direction in unplanned ways.
In July 2009 Anthony Frost was awarded "Master of the University" in honour of services to the arts by the Open University, via Plymouth University (college of Art & Design).
Highlights
2012 Commissioned to design The Fall (Backdrop, T-shirt and Badge)
2011 Residency Eton College, UK (The James McLaren Art Fund) 2011
2009 Honorary Degree of Master of the University in Recognition of Services to the Arts (Open University)
2008 Commissioned to create The Fall: Imperial Wax Solvent (album, T-shirt, badge)
2008 Tate Artist in Residence, Oceania, Caribbean
2005 Commissioned to design a stain glass window for Marazion Primary School
2001 M.A. course lecturer at Suffolk Anglia Polytechnic University
2001 Commissioned to create a vast planted 'version' of a specifically created painting for Eden Project
2000 Commissioned by Porthminster Café, St. Ives to make a neon piece created with the assistance of artist Peter Freeman
1993 Residency Montmiral School of Painting, Tarn, France
1992 Residency Finnistere, France
1992 Residency with Cyprus School of Art, Cyprus
1990 Commissioned by 'The Fall' to create album cover and tour backdrop
1982-1990 Visiting Lecturer Canterbury School of Art 1982-1990
Collections
His work is in a number of corporate, public and private collections including Bank of America, Lloyds TSB, The Nuffield Trust, John Moores, Contemporary Art Society, Whitworth Gallery (Manchester) and Standard Life. In April 2009, Chichester University purchased "Ricochet Man" for the Bishop Otter Collection.
Recent Exhibitions
2016
Works on Paper, Royal Academy, London
‘Kith & Kin’ Falmouth Art Gallery, Nicholsons/ Lanyons/ Hiltons & Frosts
‘Full Colour ‘ Heritage Courtyard Studios, Wells Summer Show, Belgrave Gallery
St Ives Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
Craigie Aitchison & Anthony Frost, Screen prints & Monotypes, Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle Upon Tyne
New Mono Prints, Advanced Graphics, New York.
2015
Modern British Contemporary, Beaux Arts, London
‘St Ives ‘ New Art Gallery, Walsall
2014
Colour Exhibition, Beaux Arts, London
Summer Show, Beaux Arts London
” detail ” Arts Council & University Of Lincoln } H-Project Space, Bangkok } Transition Gallery, London } The Usher Gallery, Lincoln } Summer Show ,Belgrave Gallery ,St Ives Summer Show, Penwith Gallery, St Ives “Small Is Beautiful” Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London
2013
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
20 Years in Cork Street, Beaux Arts
London Summer Show, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
D.T.R. Modern, New York
‘The Fall Artists’ Christiana Gallery, Copenhagen
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2012
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
Llowes Court Gallery, Hay-on-Wye Festival, Bob Devereux and Anthony Frost
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
2011
Llowes Court Gallery, Hay-on-Wye Festival, Bob Devereux and Anthony Frost
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
‘8 Artists from Cornwall’, Eton Drawing Schools
2010
Sound and Vision’ ‘Tate Shots’, Tate Modern, London
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
‘Small is Beautiful’, XXVIII Flowers, London
‘Spoilt for Choice’, King’s Place Gallery, London
2009
Collectors Prints, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
Bert Irvin R.A. and Anthony Frost (Rare and Unique Prints) Gallagher and Turner Gallery, Newcastle
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (Newlyn Society of Artists)
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
‘Summer Show Part I’, The Stoneman Gallery, Penzance
‘Paintwork #3 The Fall’, Gallery Borchardt, Hamburg
‘Painted Quartets’, Cheltenham Music Festival
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
Mixed Exhibition, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
2008
‘The Painted Path’ (including John Hoyland and Basil Beattie), Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery, Dublin
‘New Publications’, Advanced Graphics, London
‘Crossing Over’, Beaux Arts, Bath
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
‘Small is Beautiful’, Flowers East, London
‘The Colour Show’ (including Maurice Cockrill, Luke Frost, Rose Hilton,
Mali Morris and Geoffrey Rigden), Hilton Young Gallery, Penzance
2007
Art Now Cornwall, Tate St Ives
Anthony Frost & Essex Tyler, Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
‘One over One – Recent Mono Prints’, Advanced Graphics, London
‘Small is Beautiful’, Flowers Central, London
2006
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
Irving/Frost/Canning Monoprints, Advanced Graphics, London
‘Paintwork, The Fall’, Praxis Hagen Gallery, Berlin
‘London Calling’, Advanced Graphics, The Original Print Gallery, Dublin
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
2005
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, London
Solo Exhibitions
2016
‘Beyond Cool’ , Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
‘Luminous Tracks’, Beaux Arts, London
2014
‘Painting Smoke ‘, Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
‘Sound City’, New Mono Prints, Advanced Graphics London
2013
‘Sun – Zoom – Spark’, Beaux Arts, London
‘Zoomstar’, The Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
2011
‘Magnetic Fields’, Beaux Arts, London
’Ohio Buzz’, Advanced Graphics, London
’Sublime Frequencies’, Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
2010
‘Back to Back’, New Prints, Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton
2009
‘The Colour of Sound’, Beaux Arts, London
Arundel Festival Exhibition, Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
‘Printhead’, New Editions and new mono prints, Advanced Graphics, London
2007
‘Surface Noise’, Beaux Arts, London
‘Surface Noise: The Prints’, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
‘New Monoprints & Recent Editions’, Advanced Graphics, London
