Alex Stern (b. 1987) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BFA in Studio Art from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his MFA in Painting from Boston University. In 2020, he was awarded the Kahn Prize and the Joseph Ablow Me- morial 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 Tase Gallery in Los Angeles in 2021. Stern’s work will also be included in Thaw at The Landing Gallery in Los Angeles from February, 2022. Stern has collaborated with artists including Kanye West, Vanessa Beecroft and Pharrell Williams.