Ty Pownall is an artist working in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Thousand Oaks, CA in 1982 and received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2008. He is currently a Professor of Studio Art at Pepperdine University. Pownall has shown recently with HilbertRaum Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Malibu, CA, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, The Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, and Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. He is a member of the art collective, Durden and Ray, a curatorial group which operates a gallery space in downtown Los Angeles.