Tristan Eaton

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Biography

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Born in Los Angeles in 1978, Tristan Eaton began pursuing street art as a teenager, painting everything from billboards to dumpsters in the urban landscape of wherever he lived, including London, England and Detroit, Michigan. Eaton then moved to New York City to study at the School of Visual Arts, but conveniently dropped out to pursue commercial projects. Since then, Eaton has been the Director of Toy Design for the infamous Kidrobot, held a teaching position at The Parsons School of Art and Design and recently formed THUNDERDOG, his very own toy brand & Creative Agency, based in D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn.

Eaton is currently represented by the prestigious Central Illustration Agency in Europe, and Bernstein & Andriulli in the USA, where he is regularly commissioned by NIKE, Def Jam Records, Chevy Impala and Rolling Stone Magazine. Eaton keeps his more personal Fine Art on a different radar, exhibiting in galleries such as the New York's FUSE Gallery, Detroit's C-POP Gallery and Tokyo's Gallery LELE.

Designed Toy Releases

These are toys both designed by Tristan.

Toy Series Participation

These are toys Tristan has lent his design skills to.

  • Dunny - 5" "New Money Metal - Rose Gold", 2020
  • Bearbrick - 100% Artist Pack, for DesignerCon, 2019
  • Dunny - 5" "New Money Metal", 2019
  • Dunny - 8" "Gold King", Kidrobot 10 Year Anniversary Edition, 2012
  • Madl - Lift Gallery Detroit Exclusive, 500 pieces, 2008
  • Dunny - 8" Tag Team Black, with 3" Fatcap, 2008
  • Dunny - 8" Tag Team Pink, with 3" Fatcap, 2008
  • Canti - 12" Artist Series 2, Rainmaker, 2007
  • Canti - 12" Artist Series 2, Thundermaker, 2007
  • Qee - 8" Blue Zulu Cat, 2006
  • Dunny - 3" Series 3 Crash Test Dunny, 2006
  • Dunny - 3" Series 2, Brown Bear, 2005
  • Dunny - 3" Series 2, Muscle, 2005
  • Dunny - 20" El Dunny Loco, 2005
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 07 El Robo Loco, Orange, 333 pieces, 2005
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 07 El Robo Loco, Blue, 333 pieces, 2005
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 07 El Robo Loco, SDCC '05 Purple, 333 pieces, 2005
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 05 Kidbomber Broadway, 999 pieces, 2005
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 05 Kidbomber Shinjuku, 100 pieces, 2005
  • Dunny - 3" Series 1, Red Skull, 2004
  • Dunny - 3" Series 1, Black Ice Cream, 2004
  • Dunny - 3" Series 1, Chase Silver King, 2004
  • Dunny - 3" Series 1, Chase Gold King, 2004
  • Dunny - 8" El Robo Loco Blue, 2004
  • Dunny - 8" El Robo Loco Orange, 2004
  • Dunny - 8" Voodoo Swamp Brown, 2004
  • Dunny - 8" Voodoo Swamp Black, 2004
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 01 Brooklyn, 333 pieces, 2004
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 02 San Francisco, 333 pieces, 2004
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 03 Robo Diablo, 333 pieces, 2004
  • Kidrobot Figure - 7" 04 GID Halloween, 111 pieces, 2004
  • Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 2, Mexik Dog Qee, 2004
  • Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 2, Zulu Cat, Blue, 2003
  • Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 1, Zulu Cat, Brown, 2003
  • Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 1, Race 23, 2003
  • Qee - 2.5" Brooklyn Series 1, Bomb Bear, 2003

Customs

These are one-off toys by Tristan.

Images

Production Pieces

Customs