Biography
Born in 1915, in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Terry Frost first began to paint as a prisoner of war. Returning to England, he received an ex-serviceman's grant and attended Camberwell School of Art, London from 1947 to 1950. He went on to teach at the Bath Academy of Art at Corsham Court from 1952, and was the Gregory Fellow at Leeds University 1954 to 1956, teaching at Leeds School of Art from 1956 to 1957. He was made Artist in Residence at the Fine Art Department of Newcastle University in 1964, became a full time lecturer at the Department of Fine Art, Reading University 1965, and went on to become Professor of Painting at the University of Reading from 1977 to 1981.

Frost's first one-man show was held at the Leicester Galleries in 1952. He continued to exhibit regularly in London and his first international one-man show was held in 1961 at the Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York. Further solo exhibitions include the ICA, London (1971) and the Serpentine Gallery, London (1976) organised by the Arts Council and South West Arts, touring to Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds, Chester, Birmingham and Plymouth.

A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Mayor Gallery, London in 1990 and in 2000 a major retrospective, 'Terry Frost: Six Decades', was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Frost has also participated in many group shows since 1953, and his work is held in many corporate and private collections throughout the world.

Terry Frost was elected Royal Academician 1992 and received a knighthood in 1998. He lives and works in Newlyn, Cornwall.

Terry Frost died on 1st September 2003

Recent Solo Exhibitions
2001 Mead Gallery, University of Warwick
2000 Royal Academy of Arts, Sackler Galleries Beaux Arts, London
1997 Belgrave Gallery, London
1995 Green on Red Gallery, Dublin McGeary Gallery, Brussels
1994 Mayor Gallery, London
1992 Adelson Gallery, New York

Selected Public Collections
British Museum, London Tate Gallery, London National Gallery of Canada National Gallery of New South Wales, Australia Victoria and Albert Museum, London European Commission Conference Centre, Brussels