David Fertig received his BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art and his MFA from The Art Institute of Chicago. He has taught at the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), at Artists for Environment in Delaware Water Gap, NJ and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
His recent solo exhibitions include one in 2009 at James Graham & Sons in New York City and in 2007 at Paul Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco.