Ed Herring was a British artist who had an international career in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He is generally considered to be a conceptual artist.Born on 26 February 1945 in Southport, Lancashire (Northwest England), son of a telephone engineer, he was christened Albert Edward George. He studied art at Harris School for Art, Preston (Foundation course, 1962-1963); Manchester School of Art (Fine Art degree, 1963-1966); Central School of Art in London (post-graduate study in print, 1966–67).He taught in a number of institutions in Manchester and London. Sonia Boyce, MBE, was amongst his Foundation Course students at East Ham College of Technology (later to become Newham Community College). Wikipedia