Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon was born in 1957 in Tucson, Arizona and currently lives and works in Venice, California. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in Economics. A self-taught artist, he received the Bucksbaum Award following his participation in the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and the 2001 Wolfgang Hahn Prize from Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany. Pettibon has recently been the subject of expansive surveys at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (2007); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (2006); and CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain (2006). Recently included in the 52nd Venice Biennale, Pettibon is widely considered one of the most influential contemporary artists working today.
- Books by Raymond Pettibon
- Here’s Your Irony Back (The Big Picture)
- Other artists