Peter Zokosky was born into an artistic family where creativity and independent thinking was encouraged. He has been painting and drawing since his earliest memories. After receiving his MFA from Otis Parsons in 1981 he apprenticed under art restorer/conservator Richard Saar for six years. He has been working and exhibiting internationally for over 40 years.
An art educator for over 30 years, he taught at the following Museums: The Getty Center and the Getty Villa, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Norton Simon Museum, the Laguna Art Museum, and the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. He has taught courses at ArtCenter, Otis Art Institute, California State University at Long Beach, The Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh and Laguna College of Art+Design, where he has been the chair of the Master of Fine Arts program in Painting and Drawing since 2016.
Zokosky finds few things as gratifying as teaching and helping emerging artists to find their own creative voice.
