Frank Bowling

**Sir Richard Sheridan Patrick Michael Aloysius Franklin Bowling**  *(* Richard Sheridan Franklin Bowling;bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli February biɛɣ'pishi ni ayobu dali yuuni 1934), shɛba mi o la **Frank Bowling**, nyɛla British nuchee ni baŋda so bɛ ni daa dɔɣi British Guiana British Guiana. O nuchee ni baŋsim tuma ŋɔ nyɛla din tooi jɛndi pɛntibu. 

## Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Bowling nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so  Silimiin goli February biɛɣ'pishi ni ayobu dali yuuni 1934 tiŋ yuli booni Bartica, British Guiana, ka lammba nyɛ Richard Bowling mini Agatha.

## Pina mini nintiɣili

Bowling nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) yuuni  2008 Birthday Honours. O daa nyɛla ninvuɣ so bɛ ni niŋ ka naa la yuuni 2020 Birthday Honours. O nyɛla ninvuɣ so ŋun daa deegi yuuni 2022 Wolfgang Hahn Prize  tuma duzuɣu yuli booni Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig sani.

## Selected exhibitions

* *Frank Bowling’s Americas*, New York, 1966–75. Museum of Fine Arts Boston mini San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2022–23.
* *Frank Bowling: Penumbral Light*. Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, 2022.
* *Frank Bowling: Sculpture*. Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich Galleries, London, 2022.
* *Frank Bowling: Wolfgang Hahn Prize*. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, 2022.
* *Slip Zone: A New Look at Postwar Abstraction din be Americas and East Asia*, Dallas Museum of Art, 2021–22.
* *Frank Bowling: Land of Many Waters*. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 2021.
**Frank Bowling. Tate Britain*. London, 2019.
* *Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power*. Tate Modern, London, 2018.
* *Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi*. Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2017–18.
* *Journeyings: Recent Works on Paper by Frank Bowling RA*. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011.
* *Frank Bowling RA: Crossings*. Rollo Contemporary Art, London, 2011.
* *Frank Bowling: Full of Light – A Survey Exhibition Featuring Paintings nyɛla din daa yina bin din gbaai yuuni 1978 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 2004*. G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2005.
* *Bending the Grid: Black Identity and Resistance in the Art of Frank Bowling*. Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, United States, 2003.
* *Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes*. Venice Biennale, 2003.
* *Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century*. Multiple venues, 1996–67.
* *Frank Bowling: Painting*. Serpentine Gallery, London, 1986.
* *Frank Bowling*. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1971.

## Bibliography

### Exhibition catalogues

* Alloway, Lawrence,  Hunter, Sam and Bowling, Frank. *5+1*. New York: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1969.
* Alley, Ronald. *Frank Bowling*. London: Serpentine Gallery, 1986.
* Enwezor, Okwuri; with contributions by Frank Bowling, Okwui Enwezor, Rose Jones, Kobena Mercer, Anna Schneider, Zoe Whitley, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. *Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi*. Munich, London, and New York: Prestel, 2014.
* Crippa, Elena, ed. *Frank Bowling*. London: Tate Publishing, 2009.
* Brace, Gemma. *Frank Bowling. Land of Many Waters*. Bristol: Arnolfini, 2021.

### Bukunima

* Cornish, Sam. *Frank Bowling: Sculpture*. London: Ridinghouse, 2022.
* Gooding, Mel. *Frank Bowling*. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011 (2nd edition, 2015).

### Public collections
Bowling's works can be found in more than 50 international public institutions, including:
* Tate Britain, London
* Museum of Modern Art, New York
* Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
* Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
* Pinault Collection, Bourse du Commerce, Paris
* Moderna Museet, Stockholm
* Museum Ludwig, Cologne
* Royal Academy of Arts, London
* Museum of Art, Łódź, Poland
* Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Victoria and Albert Museum, London
* The Menil Collection, Houston
* Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

## Kundivihira

## Further reading
* Frank Bowling  at the Institute of International Visual Arts
* Miles, A. J., "Frank Bowling Contemporary Abstract Artist" 
* "Artist Frank Bowling on how he paints", *[[The Observer]]*, 20 September 2009
*  "Frank Bowling – works from the studio. Curator: Spencer Richards". New York: Skoto Gallery, 2003
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* Frank Bowling artist page, Hauser & Wirth
* How to Paint Like Frank Bowling, Tate, 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2023

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