Frank Holliday

Frank Holliday was born on May 2, 1957 in North Carolina. He went to California at the age of 18 and later moved to New York for School of Visual Arts. He is currently a professor in Parsons The New School for Design and is working on his abstract paintings. 

Frank Holliday became known in New York in the art world in the 1970s and 1980s. He was associated with the East Village Scene and Club 57. He has worked with Andy Warhol and was close with Keith Haring and Ann Magnuson. He was a teenager finding his own path and living his life having fun in New York City when it was abandoned, dangerous, and dirty. He was rebellious and his physical appearance was "the sexy bad boy." He wore tight black jeans and kept his look iconic in black and white.