Alex Stark

This episode covers growing up in Boulder; the scene in Chicago; landscapes, ambiguity, and emotive figures in painting and ceramics; working with artists as a curator; advocacy work; and Stark’s upcoming shows at Rare Visions in Boulder August 2025 and for the Voices Embodied series in Chicago.Alex Stark is an artist and curator working between Boulder, CO and Chicago, IL. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. Stark founded Rare Visions Gallery Project LLC in Boulder where there have been 5 shows. In 2023 he guest curated the show, Unfettered Recognition, at East Window Gallery in Boulder. In Chicago, Stark began the Voices Embodied series which primarily focuses on a relationship between disability, the body, and identity. Stark's paintings and ceramic sculptures focus on figures that relate to the idea of self, in spaces that combine observed and dream-like imagery. Recent exhibitions include The Green Gallery in Milwaukee, WI; Patient info, Circle Contemporary at the Arts of Life, and LVL 3 Gallery in Chicago; and the Curtis Center for the Arts in Greenwood Village, CO; His work appears in the 2024 New American Paintings: West Issue #168, 2019 School of the Art Institute Biannual Magazine, and the 24th issue of Posit, a journal of art and literature. Stark has spoken at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, NIAD Art Center, Arts of Life, and Artist Communities Alliance. If you’ve enjoyed the show, please leave us a rating, consider ⁠making a donation towards our podcast fund, or become a sponsor to receive an on-air business feature. To stay up-to-date, ⁠⁠follow us on Instagram⁠⁠ and⁠ ⁠sign up for our e-zine⁠⁠.This project is funded in part by a grant from the Boulder Arts Commission, an agency of the Boulder City Council.