Booth F2
Alex Stern and Stewart Francis Easton
Presented by Trotter&Sholer and Melhop Gallery
Alex Stern (b. 1987) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BFA in Studio Art from theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder and his MFA in Painting from Boston University. In 2020, he wasawarded the Kahn Prize and the Joseph Ablow Memorial Painting Prize from Boston University. The same year he was featured in New American Painting as one of the nation’s most promising emerging painters. In 2021, Stern was awarded residencies at MASS MoCA and CalArts in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth. Stern has recently participated in group exhibitions in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. Stern presented a solo exhibition with Trotter&Sholer Gallery in 2022 and Tase Gallery in Los Angeles in 2021. Stern’s work will also be included in Thawat The Landing Gallery in Los Angeles from February, 2022. Stern’s upcoming exhibitions included a solo show with Trotter&Sholer in late 2023. Stern has collaborated with artists including Kanye West, Vanessa Beecroft and Pharrell Williams.
Stewart Francis Easton (b. 1976 ) Breaking the traditional boundaries of craft, Stewart Francis Easton’s work fuses together hand embroidery, sonic art and music. Drawing upon and using folk song, story and social history as a starting point Easton works with the space and weight of story to create large scale wall-based pieces which record and commemorate the passage of time within a single panel. Easton emphasizes the need to create using the hand, as it is in this process that a connection is made with the story - allowing a slowing down and immersion in the moment. Most recently Easton has been exploring the connection between the process of hand embroidery /expansion of awareness / and abstract forms into a body of hand stitched works documenting a dailypractice of stitching meditation. Easton has exhibited his work in solo and group shows both in the UK and USA, including the Tate Modern in London. His work is in private collections both nationally and Internationally. Stewart Francis Easton lives and works in London, UK
