David Pettibone

Education
- M.F.A., New York Academy of Art
- B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
Biography
David Pettibone is an ľֱn painter. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Pettibone regularly exhibits his work at galleries and institutions in ľֱ and across the country and his paintings are in various private and public collections. He currently teaches drawing and painting in Anchorage. Often, you can often find him outdoors, painting a tree, just off of the trail.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Beginning Drawing
Exhibitions
Solo
2020 Summer Paintings, IGCA, Anchorage, ľֱ
Eat, Drink and Be Merry, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, ľֱ
The Whale as a Dish Paintings, Cyrano's Out North Gallery, Anchorage, ľֱ
2018 Year With a Tree, Homer Council on the Arts, Homer, ľֱ
Observed Faces, UAA Arc Gallery, Anchorage, ľֱ
2017 Year With a Tree, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, ľֱ.
2016 The Whale as a Dish, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, ľֱ.
2015 Beekeepers, Portland Masonic, Portland, Maine.
Group
2022 Domesticated Wild, Bunnell StreetvArts Center, Homer, ľֱ
2021 Group Exhibition, ľֱ Pacific University, Anchorage, ľֱ
2020 ľֱ Biennial, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, ľֱ.
Plein Air, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, New York.
Anthropocene, IGCA, Anchorage, ľֱ.
2019 Draw North, IGCA, Anchorage, ľֱ.
Birds on the Edge, IGCA, Anchorage, ľֱ. 2019
ACES Mural Project, Church of Love, Anchorage, ľֱ
All ľֱ Biennial, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, ľֱ.
2018 Natural Proclivities, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, New York.
Career History/Work Experience
- Board Member, Bunnell Street Arts Center
- Drawing and Painting Instructor, The Shop, Art Space
- Drawing and Painting Instructor, Kenai Peninsula College Beginning Painting
Public Art
- Solid Waste Services Central Transfer Station, 1% For the Arts, Municipality of Anchorage, 2023-2024
- Nalukataq, Taġiuġmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority, Utqiagvik, AK 2023
- “Harmony”, Eagle River Elementary, 1% For the Arts, Municipality of Anchorage, 2023
- Arctic Animals, Shishmaref School, Shishmaref, AK 2021
- Sandhill Cranes in Flight, 1% For the Arts, Homer, AK 2020


