About Me
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UPCOMING EVENTS
SAN DIEGO COMIC CON
Booth 4922
July 24th to 27th, 2008
Panels-
Illustrators as Entertainment Entrepreneurs
Friday, JULY 25, 3:30-4:30pm, ROOM 32AB
San Diego Convention Center, CA
LONDON POSTER SHOW 2008
ULU (University of London Union)
September 19-21, 2008
London, England
FLATSTOCK 19 EUROPE
At the Reeperbahn Festival, Spielbudenplatz
September 25-27, 2008, 4-11pm each day
Hamburg, Germany
FEINKUNST KREUGER
10 Year Anniversary of Feinkunst Krüger, Group Exhibition
October 2nd, 2008
Westwerk Gallery,Admiralitätsstrasse 74
Hamburg, Germany
AMADORA INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL
I will be a special guest at this years comics and art festival just outside of Lisbon.
October 24th-25th, 2008
Amadora, Portugal
DOROTHY CIRCUS GALLERY
'Inside Nostalgia'
Tara McPherson, Esao Andrews, Travis Louie
Opening Reception October 31st, 2008
Rome, Italy
CHOQUE CULTURAL
3 person exhibition
January 2009
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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See more about Project Colorize by Rayban and Marie Claire in the video below. Ron English, myself, and Toofly.
Check out this great new interview by 50% TV.
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My first book is out now! Available at comic and book stores everywhere. Huge thanks to everyone that has supported and bought the book! The first pressing sold out to distributors 3 weeks after the September 06 release date! The second printing hit bookstores in March 07, and we are now already in the third printing. Thank you so much for your continued support!!!
Dark Horse and I are working on my second artbook now which should be out in mid 2009!
Sneaky Preview
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Tara McPherson is an artist based out of New York City that creates art about people and their odd ways. Her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. Recalling many issues from childhood and good old life experience, she creates images that are thought provoking and seductive. People and their relationships are a central theme throughout her works.
Tara exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Named the 'crown princess of poster art' by ELLE Magazine, she has created numerous gig posters for rock bands such as Beck, Modest Mouse, and Melvins. Her array of art also includes painted comics and covers for DC Vertigo, advertising and editorial illustrations for companies such as Pepsi and Spin Magazine, creating toys with KidRobot, and teaching a class at Parsons in NYC.
McPherson's art has been included in books such as Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson, Fables 1001 Nights of Snowfall, The Art of Modern Rock, Illusive 2, Illustration Now!, SWAG and SWAG 2, and more. She has lectured at the School of Visual Arts, AIGA NYC, AIGA Austin, The University of Arizona, MADE in Edmonton and Foyles London. Her art has also been featured in the Oscar Award winning film Juno, Veronica Mars, and Guitar Hero.
Tara was born in San Francisco in 1976 and raised in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from Art Center in Pasadena, CA in August 2001 with honors in Illustration and a minor in Fine Art. She interned at Rough Draft Studios, working on Matt Groening's "Futurama" during college.
She has been featured and/or interviewed by Juxtapoz, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Bust, Elle, Marie Claire, Spin, TV 3, Magnet, Current TV, CBC Radio, Super7, Inked, NY Press, Paste, HOW, Step, Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, Metal Hammer, International Tattoo Art, Seattle Times, LA Weekly, Gothamist, Punk Planet, Savage Tattoo and many more.
Some of her clients include DC Comics, Warner Brothers, Dark Horse Comics, Kidrobot, Rayban, Strangeco, Spin, Pepsi, Fanta, Goldenvoice, Harper Collins, Bloomsbury, Revolver, Knitting Factory, Playstation 2, House of Blues, Dogfish Head Brewery, Nike and Wyden+Kennedy among others.
Download my art onto your cell phone through Kidrobot here and Start Mobile here
I also want to say thank you so much for all the great comments and messages!! I'm very busy working on projects right now so please understand if I don't have time to reply to everyone. I really appreciate all the kind words!
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