About the Artist

Mary Frank was born in London in 1933 and moved to the United States at the age of seven. In the early 1950s she began carving wood sculpture, and studied with Hans Hoffman and Max Beckmann. In 1969, she began working on large multi-part, figurative clay sculptures until the early 80’s.

Over the course of Frank’s career, she has worked in many mediums and materials, including monoprints, drawings, sculpture, painting, illustration, and photography. A dedicated activist, Frank’s support of Solar Cookers International has helped to increase awareness of this life saving resource in the face of the climate crisis.

Mary Frank has been the subject of numerous solo museum and gallery exhibitions over the years. Frank collaborated with poet Peter Matthiessen on Shadows of Africa (1992) and her ongoing work with environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams has resulted in Trilogy, published by Eakins Press, (2024).