Ashley Bickerton was born in the West Indies in 1959. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating in 1983 and continued his education in the Whitney Independent Studies Program. In the early 1980s, Bickerton emerged in the New York art world as part of the Neo-Geo artists, along with Jeff Koons, Peter Halley and Haim Steinbach. Works from this period are characterized by his use of corporate logos to suggest over-consumption by society and the harmful effects of capitalism. Bickerton has exhibited worldwide and has work in several public art collections.