Tom Adshead is a Brazilian-Canadian graphic designer and musician based in Montreal. 
He is currently the Head of Design for the Art Matters Festival, and on-contract for Concordia University's Fine Arts Student Alliance. He is also a team member and graphic designer for SUKO Magazine, which is preparing for its fourth edition. He is a graduate of Concordia University’s Intermedia program.

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(I also release music as Glyphbound.)



SUKO Magazine, Vol. 3  (2024)        Layout and print design in collaboration with Lauren Kim and Fernanda Larrain.  For the third issue of SUKO, the team hosted release parties in both Montreal and Toronto, supported by It’s OK* Studios, Sounds Good Toronto, Bar Sparrow, and Zamalek. 

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FASA Concordia           Currently designing print and web-based content for FASA, and redesigned the organization's logo and branding. FASA’s style-guide is centred around playful use of archival imagery and clean-yet-approachable typography.

Art Matters Festival 2025            Current head of design for the Art Matters Festival. Created designs for print, web, and on-site use. Built the current website in Cargo, created a printed festival publication, and created a new universal style-guide, including the current logo. Designs were coordinated with associated organizations, including FASA, Livart, Dieu du Ciel, POP Montreal, Zamalek, and others.




Art Matters’ 25th edition had a pre-determined material theme of ‘silver,’ which guided many early decisions in the creation of the visual identity.
            The logo’s layered waveform design was inspired from documentation the festival coordinators provided, which charted visual stimuli in both computer-vision and the human eye. The show’s eventual subtitle was ‘Adapted Visions,’ so the idea of creating a festival logo from these sources came together quickly.
            A program guide was made for distribution at the festival’s events. It contained information about the venues and artists, and had a page for collecting ink stamps at each of the shows.





Symbols, 2024.
        An audiovideo installation loosely adapting Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols. Archival images are paired by subject, creating a wholistic look at the varied contexts of cultural imagery. The piece attempts to highlight the ‘flattening’ effect archives have on art history, reckoning with the role of museums and archeology as institutions which rob artworks of their own context.


Archival imagery courtesy of of ARAS, Smithsonian, and MMFA.




 e-motion
        Designed promotional posters for e-motion, a recurring techno and house mix series hosted by WASIE, Patience Girl, Monsieurmadam and Glyphbound (Tom Adshead).



SUKO Magazine, Vol. 2   (2023)       Layout and print design in collaboration with Lauren Kim. This issue features an interview between myself and Min-Jia Guo, who I also designed the spread for. 


VAV Gallery
        Head of Design for 2022-2023 at the gallery. Designed print, social media, and web-based material for promoting events. Designs were coordinated with the artists of each event. Rebuilt the gallery site in Squarespace.

SUKO Magazine, Vol. 1 (2022)
       Layout and print designer for the first volume of SUKO Magazine. Developed the initial styleguide, which was adapted for use in the second and third issues.
Cover illustration by William Mora.


Concordia Film Festival 2022
       Designed graphics for web and print during the promotional run of the CFF’s 49th edition. Material was made for the festival and its associated events, such as director talks, workshops, and roundtables. 
The style-guide was focused on clear, centralised type that makes up the general shape of the composition. 
The official festival poster has an original digital illustration by myself (though I rarely illustrate in this style). 


Miscellaneous Designs
       One-off designs done for personal/pro-bono jobs.
Epilogue, a prototype that became SUKO.
ESA’s 60-Second Film Festival Poster (2020).
Custom Faceplate for ALM Busy Circuits MFX synth modules.

Covers for Glyphbound dance singles from Fall 2024 - Winter 2025.

Tom Adshead 2025© MMXXV