Jen Stark

LivingProof Magazine

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:50:24 +0000

Dan Christiansen wrote a really nice interview on me and my work in LivingProof Magazine issue #5. Miami friend and artist Jim Drain is in the issue as well. Take a look! (click to enlarge and read)

PERFORMANCE: Ohwowies, The Magical Goat and Triplet

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:57:38 +0000

During the DADARHEA Show at O.H.W.O.W. on Friday August 13th, Alvaro Ilizarbe (AKA Freegums), Sam Borkson (FriendsWithYou) and I created 3 magical creatures and did a live performance during the opening. We blew poppers, feathers, and glitter out of our costumes and pranced around ringing bells. Here are a few photos.

Alvaro Ilizarbe (left), Jen Stark (center) and Sam Borkson (right)

(bottom 2 photos by Justin Namon/WorldRedEye.com)

New American Paintings #88

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:43:17 +0000

Check out my work in New American Paintings #88. Evan J. Garcia did a nice writeup in the “Spotlight” section of it.

“DADARHEA” at O.H.W.O.W in Miami

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:30:26 +0000

If you’re in Miami on Friday, August 13 come check out a wild opening of a group show I’m in at O.H.W.O.W.

Opening reception Friday, August 13, 2010 8pm.

DADARHEA
August 13 – August 31, 2010
3100 NW 7 Avenue / Miami / Florida / 33127

Welcome to DADARHEA. An idea born from an absurd dream involving pee filled supersoakers and deep fried laptops. It’s a dadaist pizzeria. It’s idea-rhea. It’s the video art equivalent to fantasy island – where Devin Flynn is the Mr. Roarke to Jim Drain’s tattoo. Dadarhea is freeform video workshop with a group of guest artists who pride themselves on confounding their audiences, allowing them to employ animation, live action video (on location and greenscreen), musical performance, or any and all improvised & questionable behavior. Through the month of July, a residency at OHWOW (MIAMI) and at Bec Stupak’s Honeygun Labs (NYC) will take place in order to experiment with the possiblity of total video saturation. The finished video will premiere on August 13th with an accompanying installation comprised of any and all emphemera related to the project. Dadarhea-ists include: Devin Flynn, Jim Drain, Naomi Fisher, Ara Peterson, Joe Grillo, Takeshi Murata, Francine Speigel, Melissa Brown, Marie Lorenz, Todd James, Brian Belott, Jessie Gold, Michael Williams, Erin Krause, Alvaro Ilizarbe, Jen Stark, Friends With You, Billy Grant, Laura Grant, Alison Kuo, Eric Fensler…and more!

Basel, Switzerland

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:05:05 +0000

My newest sculpture “The Highest Point” is going to be in the Art Basel fair in Switzerland from June 16-20th in Ping-Pong Gallery’s booth. Check it out if you’re in town.

“The Highest Point” / 36″ x 27″ x 2.5″ / acid-free colored and metallic paper on wood / 2010

MIAMI TIME Pirate Radio Show

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:09:26 +0000

This past Monday night from 7-9pm, our friend Gio asked us to host our own call in pirate-style radio session for her show “Miami Time” on WVUM (the local UM station). Alvaro Ilizarbe (FREEGUMS) and I invited callers to call in live as they told us about their dogs, girl problems, how to squeeze owls, and read bible scriptures. All while we played songs from Ethiopia, to Miami Bass, to outer space! It was a wild and crazy time! Listen to the whole show here:
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DOWNLOAD MP3 HERE

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Check out Gio’s website Miami Time & the WVUM website.

MAG (Miami Art Guide)

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:36:27 +0000

Nice interview in MAG (Miami Art Guide), that came out this month. Written by Cara Despain. Click to read:

Computer Arts Thailand

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:14:25 +0000

Here is an article about our “FREESIZE” show in Computer Arts (Thailand). I can’t read it because it’s in Thai! Hah nice!

Jen Stark & Rory Macarthur: Opening May 14

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:44:25 +0000

My work will be in a 2-person show on May 14, 2010 in Miami at Carol Jazzar’s. It should be an amazing show, so if you’re in Miami, come out! Jen Stark & Rory Macarthur: Opening Friday, May 14 from 7-11 pm at Carol Jazzar’s.

Carol Jazzar is pleased to present JEN STARK / RORY MACARTHUR, a two person exhibition of new three-dimensional work.

Miami based Jen Stark’s vibrant oeuvre of the last few years comes full circle here with works that pay homage to her own prolific trajectory. A recessed paper hole in the wall reminiscent of a seminal early work sets the tone for a reflective collection of characteristically mystifying sculptures. Complex gradients and intricate, mingling lattices of color and geometry push the envelope of the artist’s own expectations and explode the ocular sense. A freestanding zig-zag form that invites viewers to encompass it, beguiled by its illusionistic surface further enforces the 360 degree quality to this offering.

Rory MacArthur’s series is an ambitious investigation into what the artist perceives as the limitless possibilities of non-representational painting. Borne of voluminous, fastidious preparatory drawings, many of which are realized as final works, these candied beauties, all pink, green and melted, exemplify a thoroughness of approach that is important to emphasize in light of their effortless appearances. From an elaborate but direct process involving the repeated carving, sanding and sealing of multiple layers of Styrofoam, the painting, applied to its labor intensive substrata with both roller and air, enamels its topographic playground like a seductive skin, undermining and underlining the inherent physicality.

With shared concerns, exhaustive methodologies and a penchant to produce catalysts for a kind of spiritual reverie through meditation and psychedelic awe, these artists and their occasionally overwhelming creations seem to tease magic from thin air, making work that floats and pulsates as if supplied by an unseen force. Each piece exacting a kind of visual dance with illusionistic qualities of surface and paint, our privilege is not so much to witness, as it is to participate.

158 NW 91st Street • Miami, Florida 33150 • P 305 490 6906

Tote Bag

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:11:07 +0000

I designed these tote bags especially for an art show in Bangkok, Thailand called “FREESIZE”. Made from durable white Thai canvas, each bag is screen-printed and sewn by hand. Created with 7 screens, and printed on both sides of bag.

Now available in the SHOP section: