Joe Tilson (born 1928 in London) studied at St Martins School of Art and the Royal College of Art London. He taught at St Martin's School of Art, at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and at the School of Visual Arts, New York and is one of the founding figures of British Pop art in the 1960's. Work by the artist is held in museum collections, including the Tate Gallery London, MoMA New York, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian Lisbon and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.