1951 Born St Ives, Cornwall
1970 – 73
Cardiff College of Art (BA Honours, Fine Art)
COLLECTIONS
Warwick University
Nulfield Trust
John Moores
Contemporary Art Society
Cornwall County Council
Truro Museum and Galleries
Kasser Foundation, New York
Devon County Council
Contemporary Irish Art Society
Limerick Art Gallery and Museum, Ireland
Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
Lloyds T.S.B. London
Kings College, Cambridge
Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge
The Bank of America, London
E-People, Milton Keynes
Rotary Watches Ltd
Standard Life
QBE International Insurance
Williams Energy, London
Otter Gallery, University of Chichester Collection
New Art Gallery, Walsall ( Permanent Collection)
EXHIBITIONS
1975
Envelope Show, JPL Fine Arts, London
1976
‘Deck of Cards’, JPL Fine Arts, London
1977
‘Dartist’ Show, Newlyn Art Gallery
1977 – 78
‘Four Young Artists’, Penwith Gallery, St Ives
1978
John Moores, Liverpool
1979
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1980
‘Three Degrees of Frost’ (Terry, Anthony & Adrian), Prescote Gallery, Banbury
‘Public Hanging’, Penwith Gallery, St Ives
1981
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1982
Sainsbury’s ‘Images for Today’ Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1983
‘Small is Beautiful’, Angela Flowers, London
Wet Paint, Four Man, Festival Gallery, Bath
‘Flower Pot Art’, Bath Art Fair and Christopher Hull Gallery, London
‘A View from my Window’, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1987
‘Four Abstract Artists’, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
‘The Daybrook’, Smiths Gallery, London
1988
Invited Artist. ‘The London Group’, Royal Collage of Art, London
1988 – 89
‘Small Show’, Flowers East, London
1989
A Century of Art in Cornwall, Truro Museum & Art Gallery
1990
Abstract ’90, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath
South West Touring Exhibition, Plymouth – Prize – Winner
Commission: The Fall ‘Extricate’ – Album & 2 Singles covers, T-shirt & backdrop
1990 – 91
Christmas Exhibition, Austin Desmond, Exeter
1991
‘Colour Senses’, Three Abstract Painters, Spacex, Exeter
‘Young St Ives Painters’, Hall Gallery, Sterts Centre, Liskeard
1991 – 92
‘Small is Beautiful’ – Part 9 Abstract, Flowers East, London
Cornish Artists, Gordon Hepworth Gallery, Exeter
1992
Artists from Cornwall, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Summer Show, Curwen Gallery, London
Three Man: Andrew Lanyon, Alfred Wallis, Anthony Frost, Gordon Hepworth Gallery, London
1993
Small is Beautiful ‘Homages’, Flowers East, London
1994
‘Beyond the Edge’, Paintings & Sculpture from Cornwall, Unit 10, Exeter Touring
Affordable Abstract Art, Belgrave Gallery, London
Contemporary Printworks, Spacex, Exeter
‘Small is Beautiful XII’, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
The Little Picture Show, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
6” x 6” Small Artworks, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (& London/Germany)
1995
‘Beyond the Edge’, Paintings & Sculpture from Cornwall, Usher Gallery, Lincoln
‘The Edge of Beyond’
1995 – 96
Anna Bornholt Gallery – Mixed Shows
1999
Flowers West, Santa Monica, America
2000 – 01
Eden Project, Cornwall
2003
‘Frost/Bourne/Tyler’, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
2004
‘Buon Natale’, Advanced Graphics, London
2005
Islington Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London
The Armoury, Advanced Graphics, New York
‘Summer Exhibition’, Beaux Arts, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2015
Modern British Contemporary, Beaux Arts, London
‘St Ives ‘ New Art Gallery, Walsall
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.
2017
Mixed Show, Beaux Arts, London
2018
Inheritance of Colour, Beaux Arts, London
2019
Modern British Contemporary, Beaux Arts, London
2021
Colour—-Sound, Beaux Arts, London
2022
Focus Frost: Three Generations, Beaux Arts, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1979
Newlyn Art Gallery
1981
Mandeer Gallery, London
1982
‘Works on Paper’, Canterbury University Gallery
1983
‘Dangerous Diamonds’, Posterngate Gallery, Hull, Lincs & Humberside (touring)
1986
Anthony Frost ‘On Colour’, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn Orion
1987
‘Whiff of Magic’ New Paintings, Wolf at the Door Gallery, Penzance
1989
New Paintings, The Salthouse Gallery, St Ives
1991
Monotypes & Related Paintings, Gordon Hepworth Gallery, Exeter
Paintings and Monotypes, Royal Cornwall Museum Galleries, Truro
1993
Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
1994
Bodily Gallery, Cambridge
1995
Gordon Hepworth Gallery, Exeter
Jersey Arts Centre
1996
‘Viva Blues’, Newlyn Art Gallery, Touring show
Belgrave Gallery, London
‘Viva Blues’ Midland Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham
1997
‘Viva Blues’, Darlington Arts Centre
Kings University Arts Centre Gallery, Cambridge
‘Viva Blues’ (The remix – The Unofficial Tour), The Belgrave Gallery, London
‘Viva Blues’ (First Touch of Frost – The Unofficial Tour), The Forefront Gallery
1998
‘Viva Blues’, Mid Penine Gallery, Burnley
Maymie White Contemporary Art, London
Kings University Arts Centre Gallery, Cambridge
1999
The Corporate Connoisseurs, London
Jersey Arts Centre, Jersey
2000
Kings College, Cambridge
2001
‘The Sound of Colour’, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
‘The Space I’m In’, The Corporate Connoisseurs London
‘Walking into Red’, Advanced Graphics, London
2002
The Original Print Gallery, Dublin
2003
‘Big Colour in Space’ Space, Penzance
2004
‘Zig Zag Wanderer’, New Work, The Somerville Gallery, Plymouth
2005
The Otter Gallery, Chichester University
‘Lunar Notes – Neon Dreams’, 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
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
2010
‘Back to Back’, New Prints, Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton
2011
‘Magnetic Fields’, Beaux Arts, London
’Ohio Buzz’, Advanced Graphics, London
’Sublime Frequencies’, Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
2013
‘Sun – Zoom – Spark’, Beaux Arts, London
‘Zoomstar’, The Belgrave Gallery,St Ives
2014
‘Painting Smoke ‘, Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
‘Sound City’, New Mono Prints, Advanced Graphics London
2016
‘Beyond Cool’ , Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel
‘Luminous Tracks’, Beaux Arts, London
AWARDS
2009
Honorary Degree of Master of the University in Recognition of Services to the Arts (Open University)
COMMISIONS
1990
The Fall: Extricate (album and two singles’ covers, T-shirt and backdrop)
2000
Planting design (a living painting for the fodder crops exhibit) for The Eden Project
2008
The Fall: Imperial Wax Solvent (album, T-shirt and badge)
2012
The Fall (Backdrop, T-shirt and Badge)
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
1992
Cyprus School of Art, Cyprus
Judge & Organiser, Seven Celtic Artists, Finnistere, France
1993
Montmiral School of Painting, Tarn, France
1999
Judge – JJ Fox Painting Competition, Jersey
2008
Tate Artist in Residence, Oceania, Caribbean
2011
Eton College, UK (The James McLaren Art Fund)