Fred Pollock, born 1937

Fred Pollock was born in Glasgow in 1937 and attended Glasgow School of Art from 1955 to 1959. He currently resides and works in London and was one of the artists who exhibited at Stockwell Depot in the 1970s. His work has always been regarded highly by critics and collectors, and Pollock is now viewed as the pre-eminent abstract painter of his age for his long-term exploration of abstraction through highly charged colour values. His art can be found in a variety of public and private collections, including those of the Arts Council and the Scottish Arts Council. His goal is to create paintings that are visually powerful, have a large effect on first viewing, but also have a depth of other events. His paintings are distinguished by marvellously expressive brushwork and colour use. In 1977, his work was included in the Royal Academy's exhibition "British Painting 1952-77," and in the 1980s, he started a series of solo shows at the Vanessa Devereux Gallery in London. In 1980, he was included in the Hayward Annual, directed by John Hoyland, and in 1982, he was included in the Serpentine Gallery Summer Show. Anthony Caro offered Pollock to be a guest artist at the Triangle Workshop in Mashomack, New York State, in 1984. In the 1990s, he had individual exhibitions at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London, as well as in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, and Groningen. His art can be found in a variety of public and private collections, including those of the Arts Council and the Scottish Arts Council. As well as the Fleming Collection.