David Hytone received his BFA in Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design after studying briefly at the Osaka University of Arts in Osaka, Japan. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Belgium, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Minneapolis, Portland and Sun Valley. He has work in numerous private and corporate collections including Microsoft, Facebook, Capital One, Swedish hospitals, Hilton and the permanent collection of King County, WA. David was a finalist for the 2018 Neddy Award in Painting.

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Lives and works in Tacoma, WA

EDUCATION

1991 BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

1989 Osaka University of Arts, Osaka Japan

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025 Studio 23, Ghent Belgium (forthcoming)

Irwin School of Architecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (forthcoming)

2024 Rest/Less - Less/Rest, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

2023 Taking Stock, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

Coping Mechanisms, Some Novel, Some Secondhand, Studio 23, Ghent, Belgium

2022 If Not For the Pantomime Ventriloquist, Friesen + Lantz, Sun Valley, ID

2021 David Hytone, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

2019 The Armchair Librettist, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

The Elephant and the Albatross, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

2017 Long Division, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015 Objects and Devices, Gallery IMA , Seattle, WA

2013 New Paintings, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

2011 Now and Then, Core Gallery, Seattle, WA

1993 K Through 12 and Then Some, Burman Bld. St.Paul, MN

1992 David Hytone and Mary Esch, Gallery Rebelloso, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 VOLTA Art Fair, Cincinnati Art Underground, New York, NY

2023 Art on Paper Brussels, Studio 23, Belgium

VOLTA Art Fair, Cincinnati Art Underground, New York, NY

NAFT, SteM Musea Sint-Niklaas, Sint Niklaas, Belgium

2022 Art on Paper Brussels, Studio 23, Belgium

2021 Seconds, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA; curated by Griff Williams

Untitled, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID

2019 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

2018 The Vanity of Earthly Achievements, Orth Contemporary, Tulsa, OK

Painters Who Fu**ing Know How to Paint, COCA, Seattle, WA

2017 Out of Sight, Seattle, WA

Seattle Art Fair, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016 American Painting Today, V2, Seattle, WA

Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Boeker Contemporary, Hiedelburg, Germany

Out of Sight, Seattle, WA

Winter Group Show, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

2015 Hardgrave/Eaton/Hytone, Good Neighbor, Seattle, WA

2014 Winter Group Show, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Group Show, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA

Works on Paper, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA

Four Painters, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Ex Libris, Axis Gallery, Seattle WA

2013 Group Show, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA

Introductions, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA

Small Voids, Portland, OR

Small Voids, Oakland, CA

2012 Small Voids, Seattle, WA (traveling)

2011 Core Sample, Core Gallery, Seattle, WA

Presence, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA

Holiday Show, Core Gallery, Seattle, WA

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2024 MacDowell Residency

2019 Facebook Artist in Residence, Kirkland, WA

2018 Neddy at Cornish Award Finalist, Seattle Art Museum

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

King County Permanent Art Collection, WA

Microsoft, Redmond, WA

Swedish Hospital, Seattle,WA

Hilton Hotel, Seattle, WA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“David Hytone: Taking Stock,” Art Week. September 2023

Artwork feature. “The Erving Goffman Memorial Lookout Post” Harper’s Magazine. May 2022, p 21

Albro, Caroline. “World of Art,” Sun Valley Magazine. Winter 2020/2021

Kangas, Matthew. “David Hytone: The Armchair Librettist,” Preview Magazine. November 2019

Milne, Stefan. “5 Art Shows to See This November,” Seattle Met. November 2019

Artwork feature. “Three Trick Pony,” Harper’s Magazine. October 2019

Rose, Matthew. “David Hytone, Seattle Surrealist: The Elephant and the Albatross,” Modern Painters Magazine.

June 2019

Mothes, Kate. “David Hytone,” interview,YoungSpace. June 2019

Artwork feature. “Apologies to Mr. Bohm,” Harper’s Magazine. June 2018

Editor’s Pick. “Artist Spotlight: David Hytone,” Booooooom. March 8, 2018

Davis, Darren, “The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: November 2017,” Seattle Met. November 2017

Boutiette, Isabel. “Sketchbook Porn: David Hytone,” City Arts Magazine. August 24, 2017

Graves, Jen. “Dear Seattle Art Fair, I Love You and I Want You Live,” The Stranger. August 10, 2016.

Poetry Northwest. March 2016. (cover and spread)

Artwork feature. “Arrivals, Departures,” Luxe Magazine. November 2014

PROFESSIONAL/LECTURE EXPERIENCE

2025 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, J. Irwin School of Architecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2024 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

2023 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Eskenazi School of Art and Architecture, Bloomington, IN

2014-16 Host and Producer, The Makers Podcast

2000-02 Art Therapist, B.A.Y.A., 180 Degrees Inc, Minneapolis, MN