Christopher Moon is a Yorkshire-born, London based artist, working as a photographer, printmaker and creative director in toys. His creative career has been a varied one, from working at and documenting a maggot farm, to winning the “Boys Toy of the Year” award for his highly commercially successful Robot Wars Toy range.
Moon studied Art Foundation in Wakefield and Product Design at Sheffield Hallam University. He travelled widely, scraping a living as a photographer, documenting American Summer Camps and even Elvis costumes at Graceland, Memphis Tennessee, before landing his dream role as a toy designer at Lego. Since then, Moon has won major awards in the field of global toy design while leading numerous design and IP creation teams.
His love of storytelling informs the composition and subjects of his practice. Elements of play, nostalgia, and the work ethic of his upbringing is evident in each piece. Recurring motifs such as Action Man and finger monsters interact unexpectedly. Sitting somewhere between the joy of play and the pain of everyday life, Moon’s work combines these elements to bring an undercurrent of foreboding to otherwise unassuming characters.
His latest work “Momento Mori” stages these actors starkly against a black background. Illustrating sections of his life with important objects that punctuate his memory. All the time we are reminded of our own mortality and the immovable fact that time is finite.
Moon has exhibited internationally and won several awards for his photography and printmaking. Highlights include the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, Trieste Photo Days, Italy. The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) at Bankside Gallery and the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
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