Todd Atticus

@toddatticus.com

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Artist and book cover designer Current show: Alas Alas, July 16-25, Tasman Building, 16-22 Anzac Ave, Auckland http://www.toddatticus.com https://www.instagram.com/toddatticus

Installation shot of Alas Alas exhibition in downtown Auckland
Text: There was Thursday night's opening of a new show of artwork by Todd Atticus, best-known for his amazing range of book covers for Te Herenga Waka University Press, eg The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey. You could hear a kind of melody of that playful cover in his pictures on display at The Tasman Building, 16-22 Anzac Ave, downtown Auckland. Each image presented the word ALAS in various poses of aquamarine blue against white. God they're great, and priced between $950-$2400. The exhibition runs till July 25. Go, see, collect.
Poster image for Alas Alas
Installation shot of the current Auckland show Alas Alas.
Poster for the Alas Alas exhibition by Todd Atticus
A painting with the word Alas in blue against white
The four different coloured covers of pip Adam’s kluge
A stack of Asher Emanuel’s The Valley in Time Out Bookstore, Mt Eden, Auckland
An arrangement of artworks in the Todd Atticus exhibition Low.
A graphic from NZ Labour showing Chris Hiokins grinning in front of some microphones.
The cover of The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City by Asher Emanuel.
Copies of Asher Emanuel’s The Valley on display at Unity Books Wellington.
A microphone set up at the Cover Story stand
Poster for Cover Reveal
Another concept for And How Are Things With You
Cover designs on a column at Unity Books Wellington
The Cover Story installation with screen showing concept designs for And How Are Things With You
The poster for Cover Story.
A black book cover rests on an easel in the window of Unity Books Wellington.
The poster for Cover Story event.
A stack of Catherine Chidgey books
Installation of blue artworks in Todd Atticus’ exhibition Low in Wellington New Zealand.
The UK and NZ editions of Bill Manhire’s Lyrical Ballads
Sir Geoffrey Palmer holding his new book Parliamentary Privilege in the air at his book launch.
A white wall in Central Wellington where a David Bowie mural used to be.
Alas No. 28 on display as part of Low
Bill Manhire’s Lyrical Ballads in the NZ bush
Paintings wrapped in bubble wrap in the studio
The published poetry collection Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire.
Poster for Todd Atticus' Low exhibition. White stairs descend to a blue pool.
Poster for the closing event of Picking up the Pieces.
Inverlochy Art School in the sunshine.
A triple-panelled painting depicting fragile package icons in blue.
A stack of all the books I’ve been involved with designing that were published in 2025.
Sweeping up a broken plate
The UK edition of Lyrical Ballads
Todd Atticus leans against a wall of the gallery at the opening of Sala Alas.
Dose No. 2 painting featuring white circles and semi-circles on a blue field.
People at the opening of Sala Alas
Install shot of Sala Alas exhibition
A smashed plate painted with the word ALAS
Portrait of Todd Atticus in a blue hoodie by Russell Kleyn.
A library withdrawn sticker over the face of David Seymour MP
Jake walking on Tomahawk Beach
Aramoana beach
Pink blossom on a tree
Sala Alas
Possum the dog visits Inverlochy Art School
Sunlight in the Ngaio Gorge
A no u-turn sign
Unfurling kuru ferns in Wellington, New Zealand
Stacks of Nick Ascroft’s new poetry collection It’s What He Would’ve Wanted
Photo of copies of How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand