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

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, in 1978. He moved to New York City at 20 years of age and attended the

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, 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

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to produce "Kid Robot." In 2006, Eaton collaborated with

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to create a vinyl designer toy, “ Subservient Chicken” Eaton created posters for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign. In 2009, Eaton was the designer of

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for

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, a subsidiary of

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. In 2020 he designed the tickets and game program for the Superbowl.

Public murals

In 2013, Eaton created the mural ''Audrey of Mulberry'' in

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. 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

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, Los Angeles.

Collections

Eaton’s work is included in the permanent collection of the

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in New York City.

References

External Links

* PBS News Hour Weekend
Street artist and designer Tristan Eaton’s global canvas
reported: Jun 12, 2021 {{DEFAULTSORT:Eaton, Tristan 1978 births Living people American graffiti artists People from Hollywood, Los Angeles Street artists Toy designers