David Roy Pendell was born in Pasadena, California in 1944.  A ceramicist and ceramic sculptor, his work is experimental in form. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pendell studied at Pasadena City College in California (A.A., 1965) and earned a BA in 1970 and an MA in 1972 from California State University at San Diego.  He taught at the University of California at Long Beach and San Diego State before joining the University of Utah faculty in 1977.

Pendell works in ceramics, blown glass, woodworking, leatherworking, and small metal design.  He has designed both functional and nonfunctional objects.  Utah Experience (1999), a fired ceramic sculpture, is an example of his work.

Biographical information on this page was adapted from Artists of Utah.