Malia Pettit

(b. 1974, San Jose, CA)

EDUCATION
BA, Fine Art (Painting) — Bucks New University, United Kingdom, 2006
BA, Art History — University of California, Los Angeles, 1998

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Mardi Gras Series, Gallery 600 Julia, New Orleans, LA (Upcoming)
2024 Throw Me Something, Kiki, Lafayette, LA
2024 Figurative Series, Provence Antiques, Round Top, TX (Solo)
2023 Malia Pettit, Frameworks Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (Solo)
2023 White Light Night, Frameworks Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2020 Powerful Women, UGallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Never Think Small – Redux, Climate Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The Great Art Fair, Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom
2005 My Place, My Street, Agnès B., Oxford, United Kingdom
2004 Selected Works, Sunflower Gallery, Beaconsfield, United Kingdom (Solo)

GALLERY REPRESENTATION & AFFILIATIONS
Studio Fourteen, Lafayette, LA (2024–2025)
UGallery, San Francisco, CA (2010–2024)
NewBlood Art Ltd., London, United Kingdom (2006–2010)

SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2025 Krewe of Xanadu, Lafayette, LA — Created Together in Color, twelve limited-edition prints
c. 2014 Commercial dental practice, Germany — Site-specific commissioned artwork (via UGallery)
2011 Galerie Wines (Jackson Family Wines), Napa, CA — Original paintings for a four-label collection
2011 The Spies (band) — Album cover for Good Evening, Morning Songbird

COLLECTIONS
Public & Corporate Collections
Office of State Senator Brach Myers, District 23, Louisiana — Triptych: Tradition, Connection, and Celebration
Galerie Wines / Jackson Family Wines, Napa, CA

Private Collections
Internationally, including France, Germany, Panama, The Bahamas, Canada, and the United Kingdom; Throughout the United States, including California, New York, Nevada, Texas, and Louisiana.

PHILANTHROPY & BENEFIT AUCTIONS
2026 Heart for the Arts, Ascension Episcopal School, Lafayette, LA
2025–2026 Power of Love Gala, Las Vegas, NV — Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
2025 The Painted Nutcracker Auction, Lafayette Ballet Theatre, Lafayette, LA
2025 Sky High for Kids, Houston, TX
2024–2025 Mad Hatters Luncheon, Lafayette, LA — Acadiana Symphony Orchestra
2024 Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Little Black Dress & Besties’ Brunch — The Confidence Campaign of Acadiana

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2025 Altadena Wildfires: Visual Documentary Project — Collaboration with photographer, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Altadena, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY & AWARDS
2023 “A Palette of Emotions: The World of Malia Pettit’s Portraiture,” Stroll Magazine
2009 “‘Emerging’ Art Can Produce Dividends,” The Independent, London, United Kingdom
2005 Age Care Painting Award & High Broom Residency Award, West Sussex, United Kingdom