Trinie Dalton is an author, artist, and professor. Her multidisciplinary approach to writing and bookmaking leads her into various fields, always with an eye towards expanded narrativity and books as objects.

               


ARTBOOKS /

Trinie’s activities in independent art & text publishing communities include making chapbooks, limited edition printed matter, and hybrid text/image projects. She often collaborates with graphic designers, typographers, musicians, and artists. Her books frequently have performative elements, culminating in art exhibitions, film events, readings, and concerts.

See selected chapbooks, poster ephemera, and trade publications here:





RIGHTEOUS SLEAZE

Short story chapbook made by Draw Down Books.

              ↳ Purchase




FLOWERS YOU MIGHT WELL SEE

Made in limited edition for Bridget Donahue Gallery’s Paramount Ranch art fair booth. Broadsheet with wildflower collage of native plants to be found in Santa Monica Mountains surrounding the fair. Designed by Chris Svensson.

              ↳ Purchase
 







THE WITCH HAS A SYSTEM

Poetry chapbook made by Draw Down Books.

              ↳ Purchase



MYTHTYM

Compendium of Trinie’s zines, published by Picturebox Inc., on abject themes, mythology, and monsters, built as collaboration between fifty artists. Designed by James Goggin of Practise UK. Tied to several events, screenings, and exhibitions, including an exhibition curated by Berin Golonu at the Yerba Buena Center: http://www.beringolonu.com/the-zine-unbound.html

              ↳ Interview Magazine
              ↳ LA Times
              ↳ Time Out New York
              ↳ Phantasmaphile

              ↳ Purchase






DEAR NEW GIRL OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS

Interpretations of Trinie’s collection of confiscated high school notes by approximately thirty artists. Co-curated and designed by Lisa Wagner and Eli Horowitz. Tied to exhibitions, slide talks, other various events: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5034576

              ↳ NPR
              ↳ Fecal Face
              ↳ A video someone made on YouTube
              ↳ Purchase






A UNICORN IS BORN

Children’s book about a unicorn who gives birth. Illustrated by Kathrin Ayer and includes a page of stickers designed by Deanne Cheuk. Excerpt here: https://realpants.com/unicorn-born-trinie-dalton/

              ↳ Vice
              ↳ Kevin Killian
              ↳ Deane Cheuk Endpapers
              ↳ Purchase





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