David Maes Gallegos was born September 23, 1954, in Denver, Colorado. After winning scholarships in Painting and Drawing, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with high distinction from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1974. In 1977 Gallegos received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from the University of California San Francisco. From 1978 to 1990, Mr. Gallegos had numerous one person and group museum exhibitions in San Francisco. During this time he worked with Tamarind lithographer, Ernest DeSoto, and in 1985-86 produced five limited edition lithographs, including the famous “Art for Peace Project."

From 1986 to 1990 the Artist traveled and worked throughout the United States and Europe. From 1990 to present he has worked in Japan with numerous museum and gallery exhibitions meeting with sold out exhibitions and editions.

Among other awards, he is the winner of the Interfaith Forum on Art, Religion and Architecture International Arts Award Program. The Art of David Gallegos has been featured in Architectural Digest, Art in America, Artweek, and the Encyclopedia of Living Artists.

David Gallegos has displayed in a number of prominent museums and galleries including The Richmond and Redding Art museums, Harcourt’s Contemporary and the Mexican Museum California; The Northern IIllinois University Art Gallery in Chicago; the Hobart Gallery in Santa Barbara; The Gallery Ravel in Austin, Texas, the Stanford University Art Museum at Stanford; Arizona University of Art Museum in Tucson, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the East Hawaii Cultural Center, and the Volcano Art Center in Hawaii.

David Gallegos artwork is collected internationally in a great number of private and corporate collections, and his Art is in constant demand for commissions worldwide.