Solo Exhibitions
2008
Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY. Lost Constellations. Feb
23-March 22.
2006 Feinkunst-Krueger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany.
November 4- 25. KidRobot NYC, New York, NY. July 6- 30. BLK/MRKT
Gallery, Culvar City, CA. Tara McPherson Rocks- A Poster
Retrospective. May 6- June 1.
2005 Live Girls! Theatre,
Seattle, WA. September 10. 540 Club, San Francisco, CA. April 30- May
30.
2004 Mono, Glasgow, Scotland. December 1- 14. The Green
Bean Gallery, Greensboro, NC. September 5- October 17. Slabtown,
Portland, OR. July 2- 31. Sabala's at the Mt. Tabor Theatre,
Portland, OR. May 18- June 15.
2003 Zone 9 Flatfile Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA. Lonely Hearts Gang. June 3- 30.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Robert Berman
Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Harley Davidson Presents: The Art of
Rebellion. February 7. Choque Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
January 17- February 27. (with Jim Houser, Doze Green)
2008
Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy. Inside Nostalgia. October
31- December 31. (with Esao Andrews, Travis Louis) Amadora
International Comics Festival, Amadora, Portugal. October 24 - 25.
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA. Beyond Baby Tattooville.
September 4 - October 24. Feinkunst-Krueger Gallery, Hamburg,
Germany. 10 Year Anniversary of Feinkunst-Krueger. October 4.
Galerie Slowboy, Dusseldorf, Germany. Das Leben Ist Kein Ponyhof (Life
Ain't No Ponyfarm). September 23.
2007 Jonathan Levine
Gallery, New York, NY. March 31- April 28. Audio Cinema, Portland,
OR. Children of the Revolution. January 6.
2006 Fuse
Gallery NYC, New York, NY. Curated by Eric Foss and Curse Mackey.
October 28- December 5. Front Room Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by
Jordan Isip and Roger Stevens . April 14. MF Gallery, New York, NY.
Girls! Girls! Girls! April 1- May 14. OX-OP Gallery,
Minneapolis, MN. Juxtapoz Show 2006. March 24- 25. CBGB
Gallery, New York, NY. Swear Bear Show. February 14.
2005
DVA Gallery, Chicago, IL. The Fine Print. December 3- January 3.
Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY. Fall/ Winter Group Show.
November 19- December 24. Super 7 Store, San Francisco, CA. Super
7 Poster Show. November 19- January. Kidrobot/Drive in Studios,
New York, NY. The Munny Show. Benefit to Support Children
Affected by Hurricane Katrina held in New York, San Francisco, and Los
Angeles. November 3. Future Prospects Gallery, Araneta Center Cubao
Quezon, Phillipines. Mystery Meat, works on paper curated by
Jordin Isip. October 1- 29. Toy Tokyo, New York, NY. 100 (Circus)
Punks Rule NYC. September 30- october 20. 13 Wheeler, Los
Angeles, CA. Group Show by 10-4 Good Buddy Collective. August 13-
September 13. Museum of Design, Atlanta, GA. Graphic Noise.
July 28- August 20. Women's Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT. Paper
Dolls. June 17- July 10. Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA. I AM
8-BIT. April 19- May 20. La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA. Everything But the Kitchen Sync Show. March 4- 27.
2004 Compound Gallery, Portland, OR. HIgh Octane. December 2-
31. Tin Man Alley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Ghost Town.
October 2- November 14. Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Graphic
Content- The Art of the New Music Poster. July 31- September 8.
Goodfoot Gallery, Portland, OR. The Art of Musical Maintenance.
July 29- August 4. Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Inbred
Silkscreen Show. July 16. Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Girly Show. July 15- 17. M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, CA. 999.
July 3. Froden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. A Day On the Lawn.
June 25. St. Bridges Design Gallery, London, UK. Fused Magazine POP,
Touring Rock and Roll poster art exhibition. June 29- July 31.
Medicine Bar, Birmingham, UK. June 16- 27. Halfway House,
Wolverhampton, UK. May 10- June 13. Chindogu Gallery, Oklahoma City,
OK. Sugar Pants. May 22- June 19. (with Frank Kozik) Bulls
Head, Mosley, UK. April 12- May 2. OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
XX Rated: The Double X Chromosome Group Show, Hosted by Christina
Martinez. April 3- 30. La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Everything But the Kitchen Sink Show. March 1. M Modern Gallery,
Palm Springs, CA. Modern Love. February 14. Blah Blah Gallery,
online gallery. Wonder Years Lost: Featured Artist. February
2004. Tin Man Alley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Big Men In Little
Cars. January 10- February 15.
2003 10-4 Good Buddy
Collective, San Diego, CA. What's Your 20?. December 20- January
25. Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA. December 17- January 17. Culture
Cache, San Francisco, CA. After School Special. November 8-
December 7. Gods and Monsters, Columbus, OH. Little Nightmares.
October 31. The Muse Gallery, San Diego, CA. June 14- July 7. Art
Coalition, North Hollywood, CA. Fame/ Infamy. May 1. Culture
Cache, San Francisco, CA. Robots Have Feelings Too, Curated by
Jeff Soto. April 5. Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA. August 29. La
Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Uncommercial Art By Commercial
Artists. March 4. Art Coalition, Los Angeles, CA. March 1. 111
Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Sci- Fi Western Exhibit,
Curated by Sunny Buick. January 23.
2002 Cannibal Flower, Los
Angeles, CA. November 23. Ladyfest Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
November 8. Vice, Los Angeles, CA. Release exhibit for Gristle #4 Art
Magazine. November 8. Zone 9 Flatfile Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
November 1. La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. For Your
Eyes Only. August 2- September 1. Burning Brush Art Auction,
Beverly Garland Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. Playing With Fire- Memories
of Childhood. May 26. La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists. March 2.
2001
The Lab, Los Angeles, CA. Cannibal Flower. November 1. La Luz
De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Uncommercial Art by Commercial
Artists. October 1. Blood Moon, Los Angeles, CA. October 1.
Burning Brush Art Auction, Bigfoot Lodge, Los Angeles, CA. August 1.
The Lab, Los Angeles, CA. Cannibal Flower. June 1. Blessing of
the Cars, Los Angeles, CA. June 1. The Lab, Los Angeles, CA.
Cannibal Flower. May 1. Spiral Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Cannibal Flower. April 1. Seeing Red Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Cannibal Flower. March 1.
2000 Burning Brush Art Auction,
Bigfoot Lodge, Los Angeles, CA. October 1. Wake Me When Im Famous,
Los Angeles, CA. Halloween. October 31 (with Mark Heggie).
Wake Me When Im Famous, Los Angeles, CA. Honest Weight. August 1.
Blessing of the Cars, Los Angeles, CA. July 1. Burning Brush Art
Auction, Bigfoot Lodge, Los Angeles. June 1. La Luz De Jesus Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA. Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists. March 1.
1997 Purple, Vista, CA. Corpus Spiriti: Spirit of the Body.
May 2- 18.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Museum of
Design, Atlanta, GA. Knitting Factory Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA.
LECTURES:
2009 Columbus College of Art and
Design, Columbus, OH. Tara McPherson Guest Lecture. February 23.
2008 ICON, New York, NY. Gallery 101. July 5.
Stumptown Comic Festival, Portland, OR. Tara McPherson Panel.
April 26.
2007 Parsons the New School for Design, New York,
NY. Illustration in the Age of Anxiety mini symposium. November
10. MADE in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Women in Design Lecture
Series. January 25.
2006 University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ. University Illustration Department Lecture. April 10.
2005 AIGA, New York, NY. Pretty Ugly presented by the American
Institute of Graphic Arts. November 16.
2004 AIGA, Austin,
TX. SXSW . March 19.
PUBLIC APPEARANCES:
2009 La Cucaracha, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. In-Store Signing. January 30.
2008
Amadora International Comics Festival, Amadora, Portugal. October 24 -
25. Flatstock 19 Europe, Hamburg, Germany. Reeperbahn Festival
poster convention. September 25 - 27. ZXZW, Tilburg,
Netherlands. Z-Stock Poster Art Expo. September 19 - 21.
Forbidden Planet, London, England. In-Store Signing. September
17. San Diego Comic Con, San Diego, CA. Booth and signing.
July 24- 27. MoCCA Art Festival, New York, NY. June 7 - 8.
Stumptown Comic Festival, Portland, OR. April 26 - 27. New York
Comic Con, New York, NY. Signing with Dark Horse Comics. April
18. Kidrobot Pirate Store, New York, NY. Tara McPherson Live
Painting. March 27. Flatstock 16, Austin, TX. SXSW poster art
expo. March 13 - 15.
2007 Kidrobot NYC, New York, NY.
Bubble Yucky Dunny signing. November 15. Baby Tatooville,
Riverside, CA. October 5-7. San Diego Comic Con, San Diego, CA.
Booth and signing. July 26- 29. Mocca Art Festival, New York, NY.
June 23- 24. Atlanta Comics Expo, Atlanta, GA. April 21. Kidrobot
LA, Los Angeles, CA. Adventures of Ace and Ion toy release and
signing. March 29. Kidrobot SF, San Francisco, CA. Adventures
of Ace and Ion toy release and signing. March 28. Kidrobot, NYC,
New York, NY. Adventures of Ace and Ion toy release and signing.
March 27. Flatstock 12, Austin, TX. SXSW poster art expo and panel.
March 15 - 17.
2006 Lonely Heart European Book Tour:
Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. November 18 Arkham Comics,
Paris, France. November 15 Buro Discount, Zurich, Switzerland.
November 11 Videodrom, Berlin, Germany. November 8
Fienkunst-Krueger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany. November 4 Foyles,
London, England. October 31 Richard Goodall Gallery,
Manchester, England. October 28 Kidrobot NYC, New York, NY.
October 12 Flatstock 11, Hamburg, Germany. Reeperbahn Festival
poster convention. September 21- 23. Diesel Fuel Prints Gallery,
Portland, OR. Book release event with Dark Horse Comics. August
3. San Diego Comic Con, San Diego Convention Center, CA. Booth and
signing with Frank Kozik. July 19- 23. Flatstock 8, Austin, TX.
SXSW Poster Art Expo. March 16- 18.
2005 Flatstock 7,
Seattle, WA. Rock Poster Art Expo. September 3- 5. San Diego Comic
Con, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. July 14- 17. Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH. Panel and radio interview. June
10- 11. Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada. May 28- 29.
Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco, CA. April 9- 10. Flatstock 6,
Austin, TX. Rock Poster Art Convention. March 18- 19. Portland Comic
Con, Portland, OR. March 6. Emerald City Comic Con, Seattle, WA.
February 5- 6.
2004 Flatstock 5, Seattle, WA. Rock Poster Art
Expo. September 4- 6. San Diego Comic Con, San Diego Convention
Center, San Diego, CA. July 22- 25. Flatstock 4, Austin, TX. SXSW
poster art expo and panel. March 19. Portland Comic Con, Portland,
OR. March 7.
2003 Flatstock 3, Seattle, WA. Rock Poster Art
Expo. August 30- September 1. San Diego Comic Con, San Diego
Convention Center, San Diego, CA. July 19.
2002 Flatstock 1,
Cellspace, San Francisco, CA. Rock Poster Art Expo. September 28- 29.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Hayes,
Clay. Gig Posters: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century. Quirk Books.
Philadelphia, PA 2009. Lost Constellations: The Art of Tara McPherson
Volume II. Dark Horse Press. Milwaukie, OR 2009. Klanten, Robert and
Hendrik Hellige, eds. Illusive 2: Contemporary Illustration and its
Context. Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Berlin, Germany 2007. KIng, Dennis.
Art of Modern Rock, Mini #1: A-Z. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
2007. Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson. Dark Horse Press.
Milwaukie, OR 2006. Drate, Spencer and Judith Salavetz. Swag 2. Harry
N. Abrams Inc., New York, NY 2005. Wiedemann, Julius, ed.
Illustration Now! Taschen, Cologne, Germany 2005. Panda Meat: Source
Book 1. Last Gasp, San Francisco, CA 2005. Grushkin, Paul and Dennis
King. The Art of Modern Rock. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 2004.
Drate, Spencer and Judith Salavetz. Swag . Harry N. Abrams Inc., New
York, NY 2004.
Publications/ Reviews
2009
WeAr Global Magazine, Featured artist and cover, no. 1. Martin,
Megan, "Tara McPherson", Working Class Magazine, issue VII, April.
Hatch, Jordan, "Tara McPherson Re-Inventing the Heart", Streetwear
Today, issue 27.
2008 Masini, Fernanda, "Tara McPherson e as
Constelacoes Perdidas", SOMA Magazine, #008, pp. 40 - 47 (with
Illustration). Martin, Brad, "Tara McPherson", High Fructose, vol 9,
pp. 34 - 38 (with Illustration). Whitehouse, Geoff, "Art of
Darkness", Clutter Magazine, issue 12 (with Illustration). Marie
Claire, "Project Colorize", July, p. 51. Vanity Fair Germany,
"Sterne, Herzen, Tierkostüme", June. Deem, Megan,"Rock, Paper,
Scissor Sisters", Elle Magazine, April, p. 222 (with Illustration).
Martin, Megan, "Tara McPherson", Venus Zine, 19 March (with
Illustration). Reagan, Gillian, "That Painter from Juno", NY
Observer, 19 February. Koroneos, George, "Photos: Lori Earley & Tara
McPherson", Juxtapoz Online, 15 February. Aydt, Rachel, "Tattooed
People | Tara McPherson", Inked Magazine, volume 2, issue 3, pp. 34 -
35.
2007 Teasdale, Collette, "Comic Book Heroines", Cut Out
and Keep online magazine, Issue 2 (with Illustration). Bren B., "Tara
McPherson v. BrenB.", Candy online magazine ( with Illustration).
Stirato Poster Magazine, no. 5 (with Illustration). Bernstein, Josh,
"Tara McPherson: She's the Owner of a Lonely Heart", Royal Flush, Book
4, pp. 124- 125 (with Illustration). Fischer, Colleen, "A Natural
Evolution", Luminous, #01, pp. 68- 77 (with Illustration). Box
Magazine, "Art Box",Autumn, pp. 56- 62 (with Illustration). Watts,
Callie, "Fab Finds", August/ September, p. 47. Nylon, "Tara McPherson
for KidRobot", August, p. 61. Metal Hammer, "Art of Darkness"
Feature,August (with Illustration). Box, cover and feature, Volume
14, Autumn. Loop, "La Reina Oscura", May/ June, p. 7 (with
Illustration). Esquire, "Esky Music Awards: Best Concert Poster",
April, p. 116 (with Illustration). Daurer, Gregory, "The Label GAme:
Throw Them To The Dogfish", Draft, July/ August, p. 15 (with
Illustration). DPI, March, pp. 72- 77 (with Illustration).
Carchidi, Jim, Fields Edge, March. Simms, Molly, "Owner of a Lonely
Heart", Bust, February/ March, p.9 (with Photograph). Paine, Jane,
"Tara McPherson: (Un)Lonely Girl", Juxtapoz, January, pp. 72- 79 (with
Illustration). Zio, "Contemporary Show Poster Artists", Swindle, #09,
p. 107 (with Illustration).
2006 Plato, Catherine, Curve,
December, p. 16 (with Illustration). Lombardi, JD, "The Conversation:
Tara McPherson", Silver Bullet Comics online magazine, 19 October (with
Illustration). Hamburg: Pur, "Music is the Message", September, p.5
(with Illustration). Stiekele, Annette, " Waschbar und Pudelmutze",
LIVE Extra, 22 September, p. 4. Pease, Carmen, How, August, p. 60
(with Illustration). Criminal, Danny F., "Inside the Universe of Tara
McPherson", Low Art Magazine, August, pp. 30- 39 (with Illustration).
Bungalow, Georgie, "An Interview with Tara McPherson" LIfe in a Bungalow
online magazine, 17 August (with Illustration). Tucker, Annie,
"Showstoppers: Tara McPherson Rocks", Juxtapoz, July, pp. 71- 71 (with
Photograph). Bilder, Mehr, "Tara McPherson" Kunststoff online
magazine, July (with Illustration). Feratu, Ross, OX Fanzine, May, p.
17 (with Illlustration). Zappaterra, Yolanda, "Totally Weird", Design
Week, 18 May, p. 15 (with Illustration). Crabapple, Molly, "Illlustrator's
Vindication?", Coagula Art Journal, April #79, pp. 26, 27 (with
Illustration). Haupy, Melanie, "Girls Can Tell", The Austin
Chronicle, 18 March, p. 31. Telford, Anne, "Drawn Talent", Step,
February, p.58 (with Illustration).
2005 Mesh Count, "Tara
McPherson", Issue #2, pp. 27- 28 (with Illustration). Spin Magazine,
October, Illustration p. 131. Riggio, Jay, "Seriously Driven", Empty,
#05, pp. 36- 45 (with Illustration). Low Magazine, cover and feature,
November (with illustration). Super 7 Magazine, "The Art of Tara
McPherson", volume 3, issue 3 November, p. 53, (with Illustration),
Additional article "One Lonely Punk", p.11 (with Illustration) & "To a
Tee" p. 55 (with Image). Bussel, Rachel Kramer, "Tara McPherson,
Illustrator and Painter", Gothamist online magazine, 29 September.
Dame, Long Gone Loser, issue 11, September, pp. 18-19 (with
Illustration). Paste, "Paste Persuasion: The Thriving World of
Contemporary Concert- Poster Art", August/ September p.59 (with
Illustration). Davis, Boo, "Posters are the Rock Stars at Bumbershoot
Exhibit", The Seattle Times, 28 August. Nalen, Dan, "Paper Dolls",
The Salt Lake City Tribune, 17 June. Soeder, John, "Poster Power",
The Plain Dealer, 3 June, p. 34 (with Illustration). Sinker, Daniel,
Punk Planet, #67 May/ June, pp. 38- 43 (with Illustration, including
cover). Cozytone online magazine, #11, February. The News Tribune,
1 February, (with Illustration). Makino, Kazu, "Sound Design",
Magnet, January, p. 51 (with Illustration). Loew, Kristina, "Top
Billing", Spin, January, p. 38 (with Illustration).
2004
Gasoline, #8, Images on p.27 & 44. Sky Ways News, "Rated XX (No Y
Chromosomes)", p.23. Adam, "Tara McPherson- Fine Art and Poster
Prints", Crown Dozen online magazine, 28 December (with Illustration).
Fused, Issue 20, Cover & Feature, December. Nicolson, Peter, "Tara
McPherson", Lemonade Magazine, December, pp. 70- 73 (with Illustration).
Gaiman, Neil, "one of those rare posts thats only about one thing",
online journal (neilgaiman.com), 13 September (with Illustration).
Seijas, Casey, DC Vertigo Comics, June. O' Shea, Tim, "Tara
McPherson: Q&A", Silver Bullets online magazine
(silverbulletinscomicbooks.com), 9 March. Peirce, Daryll, "What's
Your 20?", Happy Magazine, February. Downs, Gordon, "Tara McPherson",
Modern FIx, Issue 38, February, p. 34 (with Illustration).
2003
Atomica 1.1, Illustration pp. 52- 53. Tattoo Savage, Artist Feature,
pp. 3 & centerfold. Baiocco, Rich, "10-4 Good Buddy Collective's
What's Your 20? Art Show", San Diego Fahrenheit Weekly, December, p.24.
Skratch Magazine, cover illustration, November. San Diego Fahrenheit
Weekly, Cover painting and calendar cover art, September. Burnout,
review, September. LA Weekly, featured painting, July. Cullison,
Sherri, "Blurring the Lines, Tara McPherson", International Tattoo, May,
pp. 8- 11 (with Illustration). Gonzales, Rosetta, "Toys in the
Attic", Atomica, January/ February, pp.23- 29 (with Illustration).
2002 Tattoo Savage magazine supplement,"Fiercely Savage Art", pp.
20- 23 (with Illustration). Burnout Magazine, "Tara McPherson", #13
September, p.25 (with Illustration). Hernandez, Calixto, "An Artist
Interview with Tara McPherson", Destroy All Monthly, August, p. 94 (with
Illustration). Stacey, Charlotte, "Naughty But Nice", Zest, April,
p.57.
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