Brady Starr, Visionary Artist and Film Director (Download Resume)
Brady Starr has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of socially engaged interdisciplinary projects for over a decade. He has exhibited at The Metro Gallery, Syn Gallery, City Arts Gallery, Load of Fun, 2d Gallery, Gallery 788, Gallery 21g, Joe Squared, Page 5 Gallery, Echo Gallery, The Low-Fi Social Club and Blue Door Gallery in New York. Starr’s “The Lift” is a full-length feature film which sold out it’s grand opening at The Charles Theater. A directors cut of the film was also premiered at the Senator Theater and has currently released to DVD. Starr currently works as a full time visual artist, and is collaborating on multiple projects with non profit organizations. He was named “Best Visual Artist” in 2007 by Baltimore City Paper readers and runner up for Best Visual Artist in 2011. In 2012, Starr has plans for some large projects such as a haunted house for Halloween and an online web series.
“Starr presents a masterful color use and amazing technical skill…”
“…an incredibly talented artist…”
Rachel Greenburg of The Johns Hopkins Newsletter
“Brady Starr is a paradox…his art is a separate entity that he channels, curates, and then spends months, even years trying to decipher.”
Brooke Hall and Justin Allen of What Weekly Magazine
“Starr has invested considerable effort into blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction…”
-Martin L. Johnson of City Paper
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Below is an article about Starr’s work recently featured on What Weekly Magazine:
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Brady Starr is a paradox in that the more you get to know him the more mysterious he becomes. As an artist, his process is more about discovery than it is about personal expression. When he speaks of his work he’s often as unsure of its content as anyone. It’s as if his art is a separate entity that he channels, curates, and then spends months, even years trying to decipher. He speaks of it as if it had a mind of its own and he is as much a spectator as anyone. To say that he was possessed may inadvertently conjure images of cult horror movies but those close to him have used this very descriptor to describe his process. His relationship with his work could be construed as unsettling due to the abstract and dark nature of it but truly the man and the art are both enigmatic. There is a humanity behind the darkness that is unexpected and immediately connects the viewer to it. I’ve yet to personally witness any apparent darkness while in his presence but surely it must be there waiting patiently for Brady to apply paint to canvas and give it shape.
( Read full article at What Weekly Magazine )
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