Photograph by Thomas Wolfe Northcut

At the age of 17, David Foote left his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela to pursue a career that would realize his lifelong passion of fine art. He attended Parsons School of Design, where he received BFAs in both Animation and Illustration. Since  then Foote's professional portfolio spans a wide range of titles, including Fine Artist, Filmmaker, Creative Director, Children's Book Illustrator, Motion Graphic Designer, Animator, and Fashion Illustrator as well as retailer for his luxury markets The Marianella Market in Brooklyn.

As a fine artist, his previous shows include "New Girls," his solo exhibit at Tribecas L Gallery, which led to a second solo presentation,  "(in) Res-i-dence," hosted by Whitewall magazine and Kwiat diamonds.  Shortly thereafter, during Art Basel  he had a showing with Gana Art Gallery at Scope art fair, followed by the release of his "David Foote Limited Edition No.10" exhibit a collaboration with Bo Concept. He unveiled another one-man show, "Madonna and Child," comprising of 12 new paintings and over 50 works on paper. He then teamed up with artist Anne Koch for "The Nest,"  exhibition wi n the Chelsea gallery district. The following year he displayed ”A Series Alarming Women," at SUMO Gallery in Tribeca. Hanro of Switzerland also commissioned him to create a 65 ft Mural at their flagship store in the meatpacking district, NYC in order to celebrate the opening of the Downtown Whitney Museum.

Foote has released two books with Knopf: His debut title, Modern Fairies, Dwarves, Goblins and Other Nasties and The Wondrous Journals of Dr. Wendell Wellington Wiggins and a third book with Atria written by Poppy King published by Simon and Schuster called “The A to Z of Lipstick”.

He is also the creative director and co-founder of Jaboneria Marianella, a line of luxury bath and body products sold worldwide. He has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Observer, The New York Post, New York Magazine, BlackBook, and Women's Wear Daily, amongst others.