Chris Pugliese studied drawing at the New York Academy of Art from 1985-86. He travelled extensively in Europe and studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from 1986 through 1993. He has participated in numerous exhibitions at Arcadia Gallery and Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in New York City, John Pence Gallery in San Francisco and Albemarle Gallery in London.