Bio
Born in Pleasantville, New Jersey in 1926, abstract expressionist painter, Frank Wimberley later attended Howard University and studied with James Porter, Lois Mailou Jones and James Wells. While a student, he also played jazz (a consistent theme in his work) and later became friends with musicians such as Miles Davis, Ron Carter, and Wayne Shorter.
Frank currently lives and works from studios in New York City and in Sag Harbor on the East End of Long Island. Frank Wimberley has had numerous solo and group gallery and museum exhibitions, including at Gerald Peters and June Kelly Galleries in New York, and at Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, and The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY. Several works by the artist have been sold at auction, including at Swann Auction Galleries and are in private and public collections nationally including the Parrish Art Museum.
Awards and Accolades
Awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant for 1998.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Berry Campbell, New York, NY
2018 Raphael Gallery, NYC
2014 Gerald Peters Gallery, NYC
2012 Spanierman Gallery, NYC
2009 Spanierman Gallery, NYC
2008 Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2007 June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, From Here to There
Ferregut Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY, Melodic Impasto
2005 Ferregut Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY, Tone Poems
2004 Opalka Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY, 35 Year Overview
The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, Art and Soul
2003 Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, Paintings and Constructions
2002 Port Washington Library Gallery, Port Washington, NY, Gestures
2001 June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, Compositions for Matter
Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer, Troy, NY, An Exhibition of Painting for Black History Month
2000 Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, Then and Now
1998 Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Paintings
Awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant for 1998
1997 June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, Paintings
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, Collection Insights
1995 Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, Paintings, Collages, & Wood Constructions
Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, Frank Wimberley
Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Recent Paintings
1994 Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, New Paintings
Cinque Gallery,New York City, NY, Wimberley
1993 Rathbone Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY, Frank Wimberley: Recent Works.
AlleyCat Gallery, New York City, NY, Recent Works by Frank Wimberley
Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, Recent Paintings
1992 Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY, Approaches to Abstraction
1990 Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY, Three Solo Exhibitions
1989 Fine Arts Gallery, LIU, Southampton, NY, Abstract Paintings
1987 Langston Hughes Cultural Center, Corona, NY, An Alternate Perspective
1985 Spectrum IV Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, Works On Paper
1974 Union Theological Seminary, New York City, NY, Choices in Abstract Expression
Acts of Art Gallery, New York City, NY, Collage, Drawing, Paintings
1973 The Black History Museum, Hempstead, NY, Frank W. Wimberley
Group Exhibitions
2019 Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. Annual 50th Collectors Show and Sale
2018 Hunter College Art Galleries - Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, New York, NY. Acts of Art and Rebuttal in 1971
The Heckscher Museum of Art Long Island Biennial Exhibition, Huntington, NY
2017 The Art League Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
The Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
2016 The Art League Gallery, Dix Hills, NY
2007 Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY, Mahogany Dew
New York State Museum, Albany, NY, Expressions in Blue
2006 Spanierman Modern, New York City, NY, Long Island Abstraction, 1950’s to the Present
The New York State Museum, Albany, NY, Driven to Abstraction
The Ferregut Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY, Celebrations From Around the World
The Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Kansas, Something to Look Forward To
2005 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Amistad Foundation, Hartford, CT, The Hewitt Collection of African American Art, Celebration & Vision, A Conversation About Collecting
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, Something to Look Forward To
The Pfizer Corporate Art Program, New York City, NY, Ten Artists Defining Abstraction, from The June Kelly Gallery, NYC, NY
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, Point of View
2003 Deborah Davis Fine Art, Inc., Hudson, NY, Reflections
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, Diverse Works
Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer, Troy, NY, Jazz Reverberations
The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, Something to Look Forward To
2002 Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, Winter Selections
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Layers of Meaning
Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2001 Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer. Troy, NY, An Exhibition to Honor Black History Month
June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, Art Dealers Association of America
Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, Re-Opening
June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, Art Chicago 2002, Chicago, IL
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, ABSTRACTION: Cross Currents I
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, On Paper/ Of Paper
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City, NY, No Greater Love: Abstraction
2000 Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY, Recent Works, Frank Wimberley, Dan Welden
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Abstraction: 60 Years/60 Artists
Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY, Different Directions
Cinque Gallery, New York City, NY, Founders and Friends Exhibition
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Dealer’s Choice: 8th Annual
Sankofa, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY, An Exhibition Celebrating 25 Years of Black Dimensions in Art
2000 Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Drawing and Sculpture 2000
Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY, Summer Selection: 2000
Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, Sag Harbor, NY, Black Whalers
The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Gallery, Stamford, CT, Reverberations, An Art Exhibition to Honor Black History Month, Year 2000
Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, See What We Believe, A Visual Journey of the African American Spirit
The Goat Alley Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, 18th Annual 725 Show
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Amsted Foundation, The Annual Juneteenth Celebration
1998 Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY, The Thirty-sixth Juried Exhibition Awarded Best In Shot
The Mint Museum of Art, Charleston NC, The Hewitt Collection
The June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, Art Dealers Association of America
The Rathbone Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY, A Place By the Sea
The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Lois Mailou Jones, and Her Former Students, an American Legacy, 1930-1995
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton,. NY, The Spirit of Nature
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY A Place By the Sea
The Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, Old Friends
1997 Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY, 28 Long Island Artists, Recent Works
The African American Museum, Charleston, NC, Lois Mailou Jones and Her Former Students, An American Legacy, 1930-1995
The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Gallery, Stamford, CT, 20 th Century Windup A Fin de Siecle Art Exhibition
Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY, Celebrating Diversity
1997 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, The Altered Image, Guest Curator Anne Dipietro
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Dealer’s Choice III: Gallery Artists
Cinque Gallery, New York City, NY, In The Spirit
1995 New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, Tri-County Artists
Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, The Circle, Symbol of the Psyche
Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, Geometry vs. Gesture
1995 The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, In The Making: The First Ten Years of The Permanent Collection of the Islip Art Museum
Howard University College of Fine Arts, and Fondo Del Sol, Washington, DC, Lois Mailou Jones and Her Former Students, an American Legacy, 1930-1995
Arlene Bujese Gallery, Southhampton, NY, Winter Light, The Reach of Abstraction, Light of Spring, Matter of Synthesis: Collage and Assemblage, Object into Subject
Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, Eighteen Suffolk Artists
Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, Drawings
Northeastern University, Jamaica Plain, MA, African American Master Artist in Residency Program
Russel Sage Junior College, Albany, NY, Messages from the Interior Curated by George Hofman, Traveling Exhibition
Cinque Gallery, New York City, NY, Bridge of Dreams
1993 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, Different Drummer
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, John H. & Vivian Hewitt Collection of African American Artists
Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY, Less is More: 20x20x20
Gallery Authentique, Roslyn, NY, New Paintings
Ashawagh Hall, Springs, NY, The Springs Invitational
1993 The Odeon Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, Nature Talks1992
The Brooklyn Union Gas Community Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Jamaican Art Center, Jamaica, NY, Reflections in African American Art II
Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY, Beneath the Surface
Kenkeleba House, New York City, NY, The Search for Freedom African American Abstract Painting, 1945-1975
ACBAW Gallery, Mount Vernon, NY, New Horizons
1991 Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY, Liberation Through Color
1990 Kenkeleba Gallery, New York City, NY, Abstract Works
Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY, Nature: Variations
1989 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, Personal Patterns
June Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY, Paintings and Works on Paper
Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY, 4 th Annual Invitational
Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY, Invitational
Langston Hughes Cultural Center, Corona, NY, Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective Art Exhibition
1988 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, From the Permanent Collection
1987 Alitashe Kebede Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, New Acquisitions
1986 Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY,
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, Abstract Energy Now
1982-86 Peter S. Loonam Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1986 Albright-Knox Members’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1985-90 Katharina Rich Perlow, New York City, NY
1985 The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York City, NY, The Fine Art of Collecting
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, Walls: The Artist as Philosopher/Poet
1984 Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, 15 th Open Print, Drawing and Watercolor Competitio
1983 Peri-Renneth Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY, Contemporary Black Artists
1982-98 Cinque Gallery, New York City, NY,
1982 Chris Marc Beaux Art, Martinique, FWI
1981 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, Winterscape, 48 Artists of the Region Interpret the Theme
Counterpoint Guild & Bertina Hunter, Lever House, New York City, NY, Sculpture 81, Commemorating Black History Month
1980 Peter S. Loonam Gallery, Major Media
1979 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, Eastville Artists
1974 Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, A Few Shades of Black
1973-4 Brookwood East Gallery, East Islip, NY, Collages and Paintings
1973-4 Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY
1972 Museum of Modern Art , Penthouse Gallery, New York City, NY, Acts of Art
1971 The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1969 CW Post College, Brookville, NY