Frank Walter’s work is an emblem of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. In his practice, he responded to motives in modern European art, explored cosmic space and painted environing landscapes. His works portray local horizons in Antigua and Barbuda, his native country, spaces and portraits both real and imagined. Walter believed in the therapeutic value of art, extending beyond his own psychological need to create; he was fueled by a desire to help society as a whole. The polymathic artist intended that his music, poetry, and visual art serve as a means of curing others. His fifty-thousand-page archive—accumulated over the course of his life—contains writings and recordings about tangible and psychic events in his life as well as conceptual musings on his artwork.

Noteworthy shows includeFrank Walter: To Capture a Soul, The Drawing Center, New York, USA (2024) Frank Walter: Artist, Gardener, Radical, The Garden Museum, London, UK (2023); Frank Walter: Pastorale, David Zwirner, Hong Kong (2023); Frank Walter, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2023) By Land, Air, Home and Sea: The World of Frank Walter, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA (2022); Frank Walter’s Chessboard, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (2022); Music of the Spheres, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (2021) and The Last Universal Man, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2017).

His work is included in important collections, such as Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; The Bunker, West Palm Beach, U.S.A.; Colección Inelcom, Madrid, Spain; Glenstone Foundation, Potomac, USA; Harry David Art Collection, Athens/Lagos/Nicosia; Hangzhou Contemporary Art Museum, Hangzhou, China; Hiscox Art Collection, London, UK; Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK; The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, San Francisco, USA; The Loewe Collection, Paris/Madrid, France/Spain; Pinault Collection, Paris, France; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA; Museum Fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany; Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada; The Robertson Institute of Art, London, UK.