Tara McPherson (born April 7, 1976 in San Francisco, California) is an American artist based out of New York City. She received her BFA from Art Center inPasadena, CA in August 2001 with honors in Illustration and a minor in Fine Art. She interned at Rough Draft Studios, working on Matt Groening's Futurama during college.
Tara exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Named the crown princess of poster art by ELLE Magazine, she has created posters for rock bands such as Beck, Modest Mouse, and Melvins. Her array of art also includes creating toys with companies like Kidrobot, Dark Horse Comics, and Toy2R, painted comics and covers for DC Vertigo, advertising and editorial illustrations for companies such as Wyden+Kennedy and Spin Magazine, and currently teaching a class at Parsons in NYC.
Tara also designs Tattoo's, and is believed that she will be designing a tattoo in collaboration with artist Jon Burgerman
