Alan Strack

Alan Strack is an abstract multimedia artist investigating the cultural significance and universal nostalgia of cinema. Exploring the application of light and color on unique lightbox installations, Strack curates and arranges strips of 35mm film and illuminates them to capture scenes of the human experience.

Paying homage to his family’s roots in the movie industry, Strack sources the film he uses in his work from a 3000-reel archive of movie trailers and features, rescued when his grandparents’ movie theater in Oneonta, New York closed in the late 1990s. Initially destined to obscurity in the trash, Strack salvaged and stored the reels – now ancient artifacts in a digital landscape – for over 20 years before giving them new life as art installations.

The visual psychology of cinema as experienced in their theater and aroundthe world through travel is deeply woven throughout Strack’s journey as a designer and artist. Strack’s family moved frequently during his early life – including to Tokyo, Japan – but his grandparents’ theater was always a space of comfort and homecoming. Influenced by the movie posters outside the theater and their ability to capture the entire essence of the film in one still image, Strack would go on...

northeastern university _ 2001
Boston MA
BS graphic design

Art Market + Design
Bridgehampton NY
Contempop Gallery
July 5 - 7th 2019


Provincetown International Film Festival
Schoolhouse Gallery
June 12th, 2019
https://galleryschoolhouse.com

ICFF _
Javits Convention Center, NYC
May 20, 2019

Kips Bay Decorator House
NYC, Jim Dove Design
“champagne Bar”
May 2-Jun 2 2019
https://www.galeriemagazine.com/kips-bay-show-house-2019/


Art Market _ San Francisco
Contempop Gallery
Fort Mason, San Francisco
April 25th 2019
https://artmarketsf.com

Architectural Digest Design Show
NY, NY
Mar 21-24th 2019
Pier 92 & 94
http://addesignshow.com


“Coming Attractions” - IDL GALLERY
Portland OR
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - June 2018

”16MM Classics” - Atlantic Gallery
Brooklyn NY
Mar 7th 2019


”Nitehawk” - Nitehawk Cinema
Brooklyn NY
Jan 2019 - Present
nitehawkcinema.com


2018


Clio ArtFair
Oct 10, 2019
550 W. 29th ST

https://www.clioartfair.com