Tanner Eddington

Tanner Eddington

tannereddington.com

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Artist Statement

Design permeates and encompasses every part of my life, the things that I see, hear, taste, touch, and smell can all be coordinated into an experience worth living. I see purpose in life as I do so. I keep my designs simple, but also allow for imperfection that humanizes my work. Through the use of symbols, icons, and limiting everything from color pallet to composition continue to develop my design method.

Life is messy, and even the most beautiful and “perfect” face is not symmetrical. I believe that those things, which are not perfect, are truly beautiful. I like to break the rules and for the past three years I have made works and undergone experiments in a fairly new movement known as glitch art. By purposefully misusing technology I show the human element in a digitally dominate age.

Simplicity, imperfection, and visual stenography are things that I try to bring to each work I create. When I design I feel the need to fully understand what I am working on and research things that I can reference as a nod to the history of the piece, and I find the process to be quasi religious in that I pay respect to the past in an effort to keep a historical context to the work.

I have no preferred method or subject, and enjoy autonomy. I embrace change. I love meeting new people and adding new experiences into my collective memory, and I think that these things often influence my creative method. Change is tool that I use to continue learning. I enjoy the challenge to try new methods, and if I find the method useful I add it to my ever-growing creative process.

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Resume

Employment:

MRM//McCann Creative contractor, August 2015–Now
I work on the Verizon Enterprise account creating salesforce enablement tools and advertisements.

MRM//McCann Creative Intern, May 2015–August 2015 
I worked on the Verizon accounts creating  salesforce enablement tools and advertisements. I worked with creative directors and other art directors on campaigns. I headed a few projects in the new brand as well.

Southern Utah University Bookstore as a Graphic Designer and Web Designer  May 01, 2014–Now
I was Resposible for Designing: Flyers, A frame Posters, Mailers, Web banners, and Pushing products on to the web. As well as Cloting Photoshoots and the Editing of those photos.

Reflections Magazine as a Junior Designer Nov 15, 2014–Now
In charge of layout creation and final edits and preporations for production. I worked Under Stephanie Hammer who was the Senior Designer on staff.

SUU art Department as a Mac lab Assistant  Sep 27, 2013–May01, 2014
In charge of helping students with software and printing problems and various other tasks that my Professor Jeff Hanson May have needed.

Education:
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Design: 
Southern Utah University Fall 2015 with a 3.8 GPA 

Software:
Mac OSX and Windows 7, 8, 10
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
Microsoft Office Suite
I pick up any software Quickly 

Organiztions:
President of the Graphic Design club:I was in charge of orginization, fundraising, and trip planning.

While I was President we wen on 

three trips to AIGA events:
Salt Lake City Design week studio tours
The Las Vegas AIGA 100 celebration
The Y Confrence in Sandiago 

Exhibitions:
Fall 2015 Senior BFA Showing

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