"When I enter the studio, I try not to begin with an idea as much as I endeavor to arrive at one."

David Hytone

Advisor/Facilitator

David received his BFA in Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design after studying briefly at the Osaka University of Arts in Japan. He has exhibited widely, including shows in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Miami, Minneapolis, Portland, Sun Valley and Brussels and Ghent in Belgium. A frequent visiting artist and lecturer at the such institutions as Penn State, the University of Indiana, and Western Washington University He has work in numerous private and corporate collections including Microsoft, Facebook, Capital One, Swedish Hospitals, Hilton, SeaTac airport and the permanent collection of King County, WA.

A 2024 MacDowell Fellow and 2018 Neddy finalist in painting currently living in Tacoma, WA, David's next exhibition will be a solo show at the Tacoma Art Museum in September of 2026.