Biography

Alison Van Pelt was born in Hollywood, California in 1963. Her family relocated to Hong Kong in 1964 and returned to Los Angeles in 1968. Raised in the liberal climate of the 1960s and 1970s,Van Pelt's upbringing centered around the arts, education and the study of yoga and eastern philosophy. Van Pelt taught yoga from 1979-1999 and received formal training in painting, drawing and sculpture from the University of California at Los Angeles; Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California; Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and the Florence Academy of Art, Italy. She currently lives and works in New York City. (right: Alison Van Pelt, Georgia O'Keeffe, 2001, oil on canvas, 108 x 84 inches, Collection of Jeff Schranz)Van Pelt's work is included in the collections of several museums, such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California; Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California, and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Her work is displayed in corporations ranging from Bank of America, San Francisco to NBC Studios in New York City. Her art is exhibited in numerous private collections, including the Estate of Diana, Princess of Wales; President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; singer Sting and his wife Trudie Styler; and the Estate of Frank Zappa. (Source: Press Release for Alison Van Pelt: The Women at the Dayton Art Institute. #alisonvanpelt