Todd St. John, Artist

Mr. St. John is a designer, animator, and filmmaker living in New York City. He received his B.F.A. in graphic design from the University of Arizona in 1993. In 1994, while living in California, Mr. St. John co-founded the independent label Green Lady with Gary Benzel. Green Lady began by making small runs of shirts and prints for friends, then became a yearly series of designs selling to select stores primarily in the United States and Japan. Mr. St. John later moved to New York, where he was an art director at MTV for two years before leaving to start his own studio, HunterGatherer, in 2000. HunterGatherer focuses on conceptual work across a wide range of mediums, mainly design and video/film. Mr. St. John has exhibited internationally and was selected with Benzel for the 2003 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Triennial. He was appointed critic in graphic design in 2001.