Tristan Eaton (1978) is an American artist. Primarily known for his toy designs and street art murals, Eaton is also a graphic designer and illustrator.
Early life
Eaton was born in
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a metonymy, shorthand reference for the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with i ...
, in 1978. He moved to New York City at 20 years of age and attended the
New York School of Visual Arts, He returned to live in Los Angeles 15 years later.
Career
Graphic and toy design
Eaton co-designed the Dunny Toy in 2004 when he was 26. Shortly after Eaton collaborated with the toy designer
Paul Budnitz to produce "Kid Robot."
In 2006, Eaton collaborated with
Burger King
Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant c ...
to create a vinyl designer toy, “
Subservient Chicken
The Subservient Chicken is an advertising program created to promote international fast food restaurant chain Burger King's TenderCrisp chicken sandwich and their "Have it Your Way" campaign. Created for the Miami-based advertising firm Crispin ...
”
Eaton created posters for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign.
In 2009, Eaton was the designer of
Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show which previously aired in national broadcast syndication, and honors the best in African-American culture, music and entertainment. It is produced by the makers of ''Soul Train'', the pr ...
for
BET, a subsidiary of
Viacom.
In 2020 he designed the tickets and game program for the
Superbowl
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.
Public murals
In 2013, Eaton created the mural ''Audrey of Mulberry'' in
Little Italy, Manhattan
Little Italy (also it, Piccola Italia) is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, known for its large Italian population. It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Low ...
.
Eaton's 2014 public mural ''I was a Botox Junkie'' is located at the corner of Traction and East Third streets in Los Angeles.
In 2014 Eaton painted a six-story public mural of Alexander Graham Bell, titles ''the Spirit of Communiction'', in West Palm Beach, Florida.
On March 3, 2016, part of the wall that the mural was painted on collapsed.
The entire wall and mural was demolished the same year.
In 2015 Eaton executed a commissioned mural for the
Long Beach Art Museum as part of the exhibition ''Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape''.
In 2019 he sued an Ottawa, Canada real estate developer for using his work in the promotional material for a student residence. The same year, he executed a large-scale commissioned public mural large scale mural on the 236 Fifth Avenue building in Manhattan, New York City.
Eaton's 2019 mural of a monster was commissioned by and installed at
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...
, Los Angeles.
Collections
Eaton’s work is included in the permanent collection of the
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, ...
in New York City.
References
External Links
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PBS News Hour Weekend Street artist and designer Tristan Eaton’s global canvasreported: Jun 12, 2021
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1978 births
Living people
American graffiti artists
People from Hollywood, Los Angeles
Street artists
Toy designers