Dominique Pelletey was born in France, and completed his studies cum laude in Holland. On graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, Mr. Pelletey embarked on a career that included international exhibitions, a nomination to the Dutch Prix de Rome and many publications. Parallel to his own artistic work, he pursued work as an curator/director. After 2 years as independent curator with one of Holland’s leading artist-run spaces W139, he was named both executive and artistic director of the organization.
In 1992 Mr. Pelletey co-founded and directed an arts’ space protonICA Amsterdam, specializing in producing multi-media works and collaborative projects. This unique organization achieved international acclaim within its first year of operation. Concurrently, Mr. Pelletey was a founding member and chairman of the Association of Dutch Art Centers, publishing a successful arts newspaper, HTV de Ijsberg (Apex of the Iceberg) which was distributed nationally, bringing a partnership amongst art spaces and the arts community.
Mr. Pelletey was a respected authority on the arts in Holland, his knowledge recognized with his appointment by the Queen of the Netherlands to the Raad voor de Kunst (Dutch national arts foundation), serving a three-year term as one of four national advisors on art policy, and major intuitions and granting organizations four-years-grants applications. For three years, he also was a member of the photography and audio/video commissions, reviewing over 400 applications a year for the Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, Design en Architectuur (Foundation for Art, Design and Architecture), one of Holland’s major granting organizations.
On relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999, Mr. Pelletey became PR and Marketing Director at the San Francisco Community Music Center, where he remained until 2004. For the next two years, he worked with the Del Sol String Quartet, as Managing Director, until taking up his post as Executive Director of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music in July 2005.
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