Peter Clothier is a long time observer of the contemporary art world and a widely published writer.  His publications include fiction, poetry, and a memoir, as well as David Hockney (a monograph), and a collection of political essays, The Bush Diaries.  His newest publication, PERSIST: IN PRAISE OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT IN A WORLD GONE MAD WITH COMMERCE, addresses the predicament of the creative individual in a culture in which celebrity and money trump talent and quality of work.  

A graduate of Cambridge University, Clothier came to the U.S. in 1964 for the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa.  Graduating with a PH.D. in Comparative Literature, he came to L.A. in 1968 to teach at USC.  He became Dean and Director of Otis Art Institute, and was Dean of Fine and Communication Arts at Loyola-Marymount University before leaving academia in 1986 to devote full time to writing.  He has been happily unemployed since then and describes himself as a recovering academic.  

He received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities and was honored for his contribution to the arts at the L.A. Artcore 17th Annual Awards.   He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, and has served in a leadership capacity in The ManKind Project.