Hello! I’m Holtermonster.
I'm make posters, brand events, businesses and musicians, build websites, create characters, and design lots of different things. I like hunting for old signs, going to metal shows, watching movies, and collecting vintage chairs. I love monsters!
I take on a limited number of commissions on a per project basis.
To start a conversation, please drop me a line at holtermonster@gmail.com.
EMPLOYMENT:
Senior Staff UX Designer
NetSec UX Team
Palo Alto Networks
2018—present
Senior Designer
Product Design Team
Evident.io
2014—2018 acquisition
Asst. Organizer
Creative Works Conference
2013—2015
Print and Web Designer
Memphis Flyer
2013—2014
Asst. Art Director
Bluff City Sports
2012—2013
Designer
Combustion, LLC
2011—2012
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Arts
Concentration in Illustration
Minor in Art History
Memphis College of Art, 2011
PROJECTS:
Monster Market | Creator & Proprietor, 2017-present
Seasonal pop-up retail experience I build and host in Memphis each year!— I curate the shop with exclusive work made by makers, artists and small brands, then create a limited-time pop-up to showcase it to our loyal audience of weirdos. I also create the branding and marketing (now award-winning!)
Time Warp Drive-In | Art Director & Sponsor, 2013-present
I’ve been creating original art and fun branding for this themed movie night series at the historic Summer Malco Drive-In in Memphis since it began!
Enfectious Erf Design
Poster + music-centric design collective with prolific Memphis designers/my dear friends Ronnie Lewis & Josh Breeden, 2009-2019
In-House Poster Artists for:
• Hi-Tone Cafe, 2012-2016
• Minglewood Hall, 2014-2017
• 1884 Lounge, 2014-2017
Sponsors/Designers for Rock for Love (annual fundraiser for Church Health Center) years 6-9, 2012-2014
Art of Science Exhibition | Co-Creator & Co-Organizer, 2011 / Art Director, 2011-2019
Annual art exhibition I helped conceptualize with some fellow artists + Dr. Heather Smallwood, pairing artists and scientists from St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and LeBonheur to reinterpret a scientific image from their area of research. This project spanned 8 years and 6 incredible exhibitions, all of which I crafted branding for.
Project Sketchbook | Co-Creator & Organizer, 2009-2012
An annual sketchbook exhibition where we handmade dozens of small sketchbooks for artists to fill for a month or so, collected them, and put them on display.
Rozelle Artists Guild | Co-Founder, Co-Organizer, 2006-2010
Artist collective I started with my art school cohorts, where we organized collaborative art events and exhibitions around Memphis
• Beautiful Losers at the Brooks Museum— where we painted murals live on panels outside the museum and organized a paintpen tagging art activity in the lobby during a screening of the street art documentary Beautiful Losers
SATISFIED CLIENTS:
AAF Memphis • Archer Malmo Integrated Ad Agency • Black Lodge Video • Beale Street Brewing Co. • Blue Pants Brewery • The Bikesmith Bike Shop • The Break-Up Show (variety show) • Broad Avenue Arts District (Memphis, TN) • Craig Brewer, Filmmaker • Church Health Center (wellness clinic) • Cleveland Street Flea Market • Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market • Corduroy Wednesday Film Company • Cotton Bureau T-Shirts • Crosstown Arts • Delta Sol Farm (Proctor, AR) • Falling Into Place Candles • Germantown Performing Arts Center • Hi-Tone Cafe • Hieroglyph • Latino Memphis • Levitt Shell (music venue) • Live From Memphis (film and media company) • Louise Page • Memphis Comedy Festival • Memphis Women In Film • Memphis Music Hall of Fame • Memphis Punk Fest • Minglewood Hall • Monster Market • Music Exports Memphis • Mushroom Vintage • OAM Audio (podcast company) • Opera Memphis • Overton Park Conservancy • Ray Rico Freelance • Rubberneck Zine • Seasick Records (Birmingham, AL) • Stax Museum of American Soul Music • The Electric Brain Podcast • Urban Art Commission • WEVL 89.9 FM Volunteer Radio
BANDS I’VE WORKED WITH:
Agent Cooper • Black Tusk • Crowlord • Dead Soldiers • Dirty Streets • Holy Gallows • Holy Grail • Hosoi Bros • John Paul Keith • Lord T & Eloise • Louise Page • Marcella and Her Lovers • Pezz • Pressed • Side Street Steppers • Spaceface • The Crown Vox • Vincas
AWARDS, HONORS, + PRESS:
2024
• Gold Addy + Best of Outstanding Graphic Design for Monster Market 2023 Brand Campaign | AAF Memphis Awards 2024
• Silver Addy for Time Warp Drive-In 2023 Illustration Series | AAF Memphis Awards 2024
2023
• Gold Addy + Best of Print 2023 for the Time Warp Drive-In 2022 Campaign | AAF Memphis Awards 2023
• TV Segment: Bluff City Life with Gina Neely | WMC Channel 5
• Interview: Meet Lauren Rae Holtermann | Shoutout Colorado, January 2023
2022
• Main Stage Speaker at Creative Works Conference 2022
Talk: Finding My Inner Monster, October 2022