Joe Tilson (London - UK, 1928). Lives and works in London.

Joe Tilson attended St Martin's School of Art, continuing at the Royal College of Art until 1955. That year he received the prestigious Rome Prize and moved to Italy. He began to teach arround Italy and London, his teaching career took him to the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Hamburg.

During the 1960s Tilson became one of the main figures associated with the British Pop Art movement: in 1962 he held his first solo exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery in London. In addition, he was invited to participate in the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964. Tilson's work gained international recognition, leading to international exhibitions and acquisitions including the Tate Gallery in London, MoMA in New York and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In 2002, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, dedicated a major retrospective exhibition to the artist entitled Joe Tilson: Pop to Present.