Ian McCausland

Ian McCausland (31 March 1944 – 9 August 2022) was an Australian artist best known for his music posters.

Career Ian McCausland began his visual arts career in 1968 after winning a competition in Go-Set, an Australian music magazine. After Go-Set closed in 1974, Philip Frazer took several of their creative team to a new political publication called The Digger, including McCausland as Art Director. but its founders formed Mushroom Records and McCausland joined them as the label's Art Director and designed their logo. A commission for their next album was rejected, with the band instead going with Andy Warhol.

McCausland died in August 2022. His work was previously featured in Ed Nimmervoll’s book Under the Covers, and has been featured in exhibitions of music posters.