Starting his artistic career as a glassblower, Brian Wall has dabbled in a number of artistic endeavors before becoming the artist he is today. It was not until the early 1950s, after serving as an aerial photographer in the Royal Air Force, that Wall started painting. In 1951 he attended the Litton School of Art and later studied under Barbara Hepworth as her assistant. Being forced to flee to Yorkshire during WWII, Wall was not able to return to London until the 1960s. Upon moving back, he became a major figure in the influential English Sculpture of the 1960s movement. Wall produces one-of-a-kind pieces, combining geometric elements. He has public collections in London, Manchester, Israel, and the United States. From 1964-1971 Wall was the Head of the Sculpture Department at the Central School of Art and Design in London. Ali is a great example of his use of industrial beams and geometric shapes so often found in his sculptures.