Lucy Stark

Instagram: lucystark

Website: http://lucystark.com

Bio: Lucy Stark is a painter and printmaker living in Oakland, CA. In her art practice, she documents food and dishes with personal significance as a way to capture and celebrate the fleeting moment right before a meal commences. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Art Practice, her work has been shown throughout the Bay Area including recent exhibitions at Chandran Gallery, Palo Alto Art Center and Blunk Space among others.

Statement: Lucy Stark is a painter and printmaker based in Oakland, CA. In her art practice, she documents food as the center point of family, home and community. In her paintings she often uses exaggerated color palettes and patterns while at the same time utilizing simple lines and fields of color that flatten the objects, people, and places she illustrates. Most recently, her work has included functional objects such as screen printed tablecloths, ceramic sconces and beeswax candles. She is interested in the intersection of decorative, functional and fine arts, often illustrating personal items and fabricating imagined ones.