Troy Slater

Troy Slater is an award winning multidisciplinary artist based in the city of Carlisle, located at the edge of the stunning English Lake District. Troy was born in 1976 in Istanbul and raised in Carlisle, but a huge amount of his early life was spent travelling due to his parents’ work. This connection to the city that spans two cultures and continents has been a huge influence on his vision of creativity and his passion for diversity. His love of travel and experiencing new cultures is enduring, the versatility embedding itself into his artistic psyche.
Troy uses painting, drawing, digital art, tattoo art and music in order to express creative visions across a myriad of projects. Over 25 years of exhibiting and working to commission, Troy’s work has reached the USA, Canada, Australia and Turkey. His portfolio includes portraiture, landscape and abstract painting, murals, brand design, album covers, book illustration and audio and video production.
Troys earliest influences in the visual arts began at a young age with comic books and science fiction and fantasy films. He learned to draw by copying the black and white line drawings by legendary illustrators such as Brian Bolland, Glenn Fabry and Simon Bisley. Simon Bisley created ...

University of Cumbria

Gateshead College

2021. Manchester Art Fair.
2019. NOW. Carlisle.
2018. Earth-Wind-Fire. Carlisle.
2017. A New Conversation. Carlisle.
2016. Carlisle Arts Fair. Carlisle.
2011-2013. Mushroom Works. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2010. Livespace II Penthouse Exhibition. Carlisle
2010. Foxes. Carlisle.
2010. Livespace Penthouse Exhibition. Carlisle.
2009. No. 15. Penrith.
2008. Transition. Carlisle.
2003. Affordable Art Fair. Battersea, London.
2000. Eschatologica. Carlisle.
1999. Chromatica. Carlisle.