Based in San Diego, CA
bellapettengill @ gmail.com
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Education
2024 BA, Studio Art and Cognitive Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
First-Generation Low-Income (FLI) Scholar, Questbridge Scholar
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Backyard Grave Paintings on a Car, Other Places Art Fair South 2, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2026 An acute feeling like the acuteness of pain, An Interval, San Diego, CA
2023 I write a message in the sky, Spit Gallery, Claremont, CA
Group Exhibitions
2026 An Interval at Other Places Art Fair South 2, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2026 Everything Must Go!, Harvest & Gather, Other Places Art Fair 8, San Pedro, CA
2026 Best in Show, Salon de Refusés, Los Angeles, CA
2026 Narrative, Kitsch, and the Avant-Garde, Material Projects DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2025 In Full Expression, Sprague Gallery, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
2024 Pearl Diver, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA
2023 Everything, including the kitchen sink!, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA
2023 Appearance of the Body, Sprague Gallery, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
2023 Sun Break, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA
2023 Captured Vision: Optics in Early Modern European Art, Student Showcase, Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Curation
2026 Josephine, San Diego Printmaking Society, San Diego, CA
Residencies and Workshops
2026 Work-Trade Residency, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
2026 Documentation for Artists; Writing for Art Applications, Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, CA
2025 Penland School of Craft, Scholarship, Intro to Bad Printmaking with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Asheville, NC
2023 La Ceiba Gráfica, Lithography and Moku Hanga, La Orduña, Veracruz, Mexico
Grants & Awards
2026 Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, California
2024 Matthew Klopfleisch Memorial Prize in Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2023-2024 Humanities Studio Undergraduate Fellowship, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2024 Flintridge Grant, Department of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2023 Perdita Sheirich Junior Art Prize Award, Rembrandt Club, Claremont, CA
2023 Flintridge Grant, Department of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2022 Library Undergraduate Research Award, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont, CA
Community Involvement
2026 Treasurer, Board Member, San Diego Printmaking Society, San Diego, CA
2026 Member, Salon de Deixis, Deixis Gallery, San Diego, CA
Bibliography
Interview by Karah Lain, The San Diego Studio Archive, August 16, 2026
Andrew Alonzo, “Rembrandt Club recognizes Pomona College student artists,” Claremont Courier, October 5, 2023
bellapettengill @ gmail.com
Download CV
Education
2024 BA, Studio Art and Cognitive Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
First-Generation Low-Income (FLI) Scholar, Questbridge Scholar
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Backyard Grave Paintings on a Car, Other Places Art Fair South 2, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2026 An acute feeling like the acuteness of pain, An Interval, San Diego, CA
2023 I write a message in the sky, Spit Gallery, Claremont, CA
Group Exhibitions
2026 An Interval at Other Places Art Fair South 2, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2026 Everything Must Go!, Harvest & Gather, Other Places Art Fair 8, San Pedro, CA
2026 Best in Show, Salon de Refusés, Los Angeles, CA
2026 Narrative, Kitsch, and the Avant-Garde, Material Projects DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2025 In Full Expression, Sprague Gallery, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
2024 Pearl Diver, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA
2023 Everything, including the kitchen sink!, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA
2023 Appearance of the Body, Sprague Gallery, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
2023 Sun Break, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA
2023 Captured Vision: Optics in Early Modern European Art, Student Showcase, Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Curation
2026 Josephine, San Diego Printmaking Society, San Diego, CA
Residencies and Workshops
2026 Work-Trade Residency, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
2026 Documentation for Artists; Writing for Art Applications, Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, CA
2025 Penland School of Craft, Scholarship, Intro to Bad Printmaking with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Asheville, NC
2023 La Ceiba Gráfica, Lithography and Moku Hanga, La Orduña, Veracruz, Mexico
Grants & Awards
2026 Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, California
2024 Matthew Klopfleisch Memorial Prize in Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2023-2024 Humanities Studio Undergraduate Fellowship, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2024 Flintridge Grant, Department of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2023 Perdita Sheirich Junior Art Prize Award, Rembrandt Club, Claremont, CA
2023 Flintridge Grant, Department of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2022 Library Undergraduate Research Award, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont, CA
Community Involvement
2026 Treasurer, Board Member, San Diego Printmaking Society, San Diego, CA
2026 Member, Salon de Deixis, Deixis Gallery, San Diego, CA
Bibliography
Interview by Karah Lain, The San Diego Studio Archive, August 16, 2026
Andrew Alonzo, “Rembrandt Club recognizes Pomona College student artists,” Claremont Courier, October 5, 2023