House of Pingting

House of Pingting is The Brand and Creative Studio of Illustrator + Designer David Pohl

Education

1987 | BFA Painting Major, Video Minor | The Cleveland Institute of Art | Cleveland Ohio

* Received The Agnes Gund Memorial Scholarship, 1987

* Received The Fred Walker Poetry Award, 1987

1986 | AICA New York Studio Program | Independent Study + Internship at Holly Solomon Gallery | NY NY

1981-1983  | Design Foundation Program | Kent State University | Kent Ohio

Professional Experience | 1991 - Present

Freelance Illustrator | Owner of House of Pingting

Full Client List

Publications + Awards

2011 | Picnic: Pop Folk Contemporary Illustration / Promo Press

2011 | Lurzer's 200 Best Illustrators 2011-2012 / Lurzer's Archive

2004 | American Illustration 23

2004 | Communication Arts Illustration Annual 45

1995 | Print Magazine Design Annual

1995 | The 7th Annual Dimensional Illustrators Awards

1994 | How Magazine Self Promotion Annual

1994 | American Illustration 13

1994 | Print Magazine Design Annual 1994

1993 | The Society of Publication Designers 28th Annual

1993 | Graphis Magazine

1992 | Typography 13

1992 | Print Magazine Design Annual 1992

1991 | The Society of Illustrators 33rd Annual

1991 | Print Magazine Design Annual 1991

Selected Exhibitions (* Indicates Solo Exhibition)

2011 | Your Place at the Banquet | Future Tenant | Pittsburgh PA

2011 | Drawn In A Day | SPACE | Pittsburgh PA

2009 | Steeltown Stock | C SPACE Collective | Pittsburgh PA

2009 | Responding | Future Tenant | Pittsburgh PA

2009 | Cluster | The Pittsburgh Center For the Arts | Pittsburgh PA

2008 | Mattress Factory Museum Anniversary Auction | Pittsburgh PA

2007 | Work With Me | Future Tenant | Pittsburgh PA

2006 | Pinch Hitters | SPACE | Pittsburgh PA

2005 | Toy Zen Garden | The Three Rivers Arts Festival | Pittsburgh PA

2004 | small world: holy dirt | The Three Rivers Arts Festival | Pittsburgh PA  *

2004 | September 11 : Bearing Witness To History | History Center | Pittsburgh PA

2004 | Becoming (The Buddha Project) | Gallery U | Cleveland OH

2003 | Nataraja | Allegheny College | Meadville PA  *

2003 | Nataraja | Allegheny College | Meadville PA  (Solo Exhibition)

2002 | Mattress Factory Museum 25th Anniversary Auction | Pittsburgh PA

2001 | Mantra (Gestures Show #1) | The Mattress Factory Museum | Pittsburgh PA 

2001 | The Buddha Gardens | Gallery Chiz | Pittsburgh PA  *

1999 | 1999 Visions of the Time | Pittsburgh Filmmakers Media Arts Center | Pittsburgh PA *

1998 | God Finding Paintings | Sweetwater Center For The Arts | Sewickley PA  *

1996 | SPD 10th Annual Spots Show | The Society of Illustrators Museum | New York NY

1995 | Recoil | AWOW Gallery, New York, NY

1995 | SPD 9th Annual Spots Show | The Society of Illustrators Museum | New York NY

1994 | Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | Gallery In The Square | Pittsburgh PA  *

1994 | The 6th Dimensional Illustrators Show | The Art Directors Club | New York NY

1993 | SPD 28th Annual Exhibition | The New York Public Library | New York NY

1993 | Group Show | The Illustration Gallery | New York NY

1992 | Make For The Clear Light | Gallery In The Square | Pittsburgh PA  *

1992 | SPD 6th Annual Spots Show | The Society of Illustrators Museum | New York NY

1991 | SOI 33rd Annual | The Society of Illustrators Museum | New York NY

1991 | The 3rd Annual Dimensional Illustrators Show | The Art Directors Club, New York NY

Arts Educator | 1994 - Present

2009 | PGH Greenbridge Project | The Mattress Factory | Pittsburgh PA

2009 | The Legacy gARTen Project | Vincentian High School | Pittsburgh PA

2008 | The PCA Artists Residency Program | PA

2005-2007 | Factory 14s | The Mattress Factory | Pittsburgh PA

2005 | The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts' ELECT Student Works Program | Pittsburgh PA

1996-1998 | School Museums Program | The Carnegie Museum of Art | Pittsburgh PA

1994 | Instructor: Drawing and Illustration | The Pittsburgh Center For The Arts | Pittsburgh PA

Website Design

2000- Present | www.davidpohl.com

Design for Broadcast TV

2002 | Brainfood | WQED Pittsburgh

2000 | On Q Magazine | WQED Pittsburgh

1996 | Jobs: The Class 2000 | PBS

1995 | Frank’s Garage | WQED Pittsburgh

1992 | Out Of The Past | PBS

Animation

2006 | Fashion Africana | Utopia Model Agency

2002 | Brainfood | WQED Pittsburgh

1995 | Frank's Garage | WQED Pittsburgh