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Added 22nd April 2025 by Manchester School of Art alumni archives

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Alan Adler
1983

Illustrator, actor and drummer Alan Adler featured in in Look Now Magazine 1983. Adler was one of the Big Four artists/designers linked to Manchester's music scene to pass through Manchester School of Art alongside Peter Saville, Linder Sterling and Malcolm Garrett during the latter half of the 70's. Many of Adler's early work was created in our studios while still a student here including around a dosen or so record sleeves for Manchester record label TJM.
Adler was also drummer in Manchester band The Thunderboys.
Following a move to London he become one of Britain's foremost illustrators and is now represented at institutions such as the V&A.
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