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Todd Slater
Self-portrait photo of Todd Slater - July 2015
Born (1979-07-01) July 1, 1979 (age 44)
Peoria, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationStephen F. Austin State University
Known forgraphic design, poster art, concert posters
Websitewww.toddslater.net

Todd Slater is an American poster artist who specializes in concert posters for indie and mainstream rock musicians. The many acts for whom he has produced posters include Jack White, Widespread Panic, Ween, Avett Brothers, Pearl Jam,[1] Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Matthews,[2] Black Keys,[3] Primus,[4] Muse and Neil Young.[5] He also produces film posters for the specialist Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas, USA.[1]

A limited edition fine art print of Todd Slater’s Goldfinger Mondo film poster was sold at auction by Christie's in October 2013 for $3,294 US[6][7].

Background

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Personal life

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Slater was born in July 1979 in Peoria, Illinois, USA.[4] His father, Wayne Slater, is an author and has been a political writer for the Dallas Morning News since the mid-1980s; he has co-written three books with James Moore, including Bush's Brain.[8] Todd Slater's mother is an English teacher. The Slater family moved to Austin, Texas, when Todd was five years-old.[4] Slater is married to wife Kristie[9] with whom he has three children.[1]

Education

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Todd Slater graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA, in 2002, majoring in art with an emphasis in design and minors in film and painting.[9][2]

Slater learned about digital media and the craft of art making during an internship with Dave Turton at The Graphic Library, a producer of stock illustrations for Istockphoto.[1]

Career

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Slater realized that making concert posters was what he wanted to do after discovering gigposters.com.[4] He started producing posters professionally aged 24.[8]

Slater's first real gig poster commission was for Pretty Girls Make Graves.[8] He started sending unsolicited White Stripes posters to the band’s tour manager and this led to him working with Rob Jones, who produced The White Stripes gig posters, and later collaborations between Jones and Slater on gig posters for Jack White and Dave Matthews.[1][5]

Slater turned freelance in 2004.[8]

Influences

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Todd Slater has cited a number of artistic influences including:

Work

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Much of Slater's work is for major alternative bands although he has produced tour posters for some established and mainstream artists too.[4] Although not a core part of Slater's work he has expressed an interest in album cover art and produced six vinyl single sleeves for The Dead Weather in 2009.[5]

Slater produces film posters for the Mondo Gallery which are marketed through their mondotees.com website and other outlets.

Stylistically Slater's gig poster designs tend to major on the imagery and minimize the amount and size of text.[1] Most of his work is done on a computer with some elements done by hand. Each poster takes about 40 hours to produce.[9]

Concert poster clients

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Artists for whom Todd Slater has produced gig posters include:

Arcade Fire[4] Arctic Monkeys[2] The Avett Brothers[1] Bad Religion[4]
The Beastie Boys[5] The Black Keys[3] Bob Dylan[1] CAKE[2]
Colonel Claypool[4] The Cramps[4] Dave Matthews[2] Dead Weather[5]
Death Cab For Cutie[1] Decemberists[9] Eddie Vedder[2] Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros[10]
Eisley[9] Elvis Costello[11] Fleetwood Mac[1] Foo Fighters[2]
Franz Ferdinand[4] Green Day[4] Guided by Voices[4] Incubus[4]
Jack Johnson[8] Jack White[1] Keane[4] The Lumineers[1]
Luna[4] Madonna[4] Mars Volta[5] MGMT[5]
Misfits[4] Modest Mouse[5] Morrissey[5] Mumford & Sons[1]
Muse[5] The National[2] Neil Young[5] Pearl Jam[1]
Phish[1] Pixies[4] Pretty Girls Make Graves[4] Queens of the Stone Age[1]
Radiohead[5] Reverend Horton Heat[4] Slayer[4] The Strokes[5]
Taking Back Sunday[4] Tegan and Sara[12] They Might Be Giants[4] Velvet Revolver[4]
Ween[1] White Stripes[9] Widespread Panic[1] Wilco[4]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs[4] Yo La Tengo[4]

Artist web pages featuring Todd Slater’s work:

Film posters

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Film posters Todd Slater has produced for Mondo (mondotees.com) include:

Big Lebowski Boogie Nights Clerks Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Evil Dead 2 Goldfinger Great Warrior (Star Wars) Jurassic Park
Labyrinth Office Space Pacific Rim Plan 9 From Outer Space
Planet Of The Apes QT Fest 6 Repo Man Robocop
Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver Stargate Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)

Galleries

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The following galleries carry Todd Slater’s work:

Bibliography

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A new book "The Rock Poster Art of Todd Slater" is due to be published 12th October 2015 by Flood Gallery Publishing (TheFloodGallery.com). This will be the first book dedicated to the artist's work:

  • Slater, Todd (12 October 2015). "The Rock Poster Art of Todd Slater". Flood Gallery Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9928366-2-7.

The following books feature Todd Slater's work:

Other publications featuring Todd Slater's work:

  • "Gig Posters: 2016 Wall Calendar". Amber Lotus Publishing.

Documentaries

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The following documentaries feature Todd Slater and/or his work:

  • Died Young, Stayed Pretty / Dir: Eileen Yaghoobian / Norotomo Productions / 2008
  • Just Like Being There / Dir: Scout Shannon / Avalanche Films / 2012
  • Twenty-Four By Thirty-Six / Dir: Kevin Burke / Post No Joes Productions / (in production)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Jalufka, Chris (3 December 2014). "Gig Poster as Artifact: Interview with Illustrator Todd Slater". Evil Tender. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "A Conversation With Todd Slater". I Got Birds. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Brucini (2 February 2011). "Interview: Todd Slater – Black Keys Poster Artist". The Black Keys Fan Lounge. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Grushkin, Paul. "Concert Posters - Interview with Todd Slater" (PDF). Dharma Grooves. Michael Erlewine. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Todd Slater Interview". Winnie Cooper. WinnieCooper.net. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ^ "GOLDFINGER". Christie's. Christie's Inc. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Art auction result for Todd Slater". FindArtInfo.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Smith, John (25 August 2009). "Todd Slater Interview PART 1". John Smith. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Todd Slater (US Version)". Crewkoos Rock Poster Artists Interviews. Crew.Koos. 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  10. ^ Wexler, David (13 January 2015). "Q&A WITH TODD SLATER". Janglin Souls. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Ten Questions With Todd Slater". OMG Posters!. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  12. ^ "TODD SLATER Mixing my two passions - art and music - into a job". La Crème de la Crème. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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