Artist Bio

Vildan Starr is a visual artist based in Westchester and practicing attorney in New York City, New York, where she balances a distinguished legal career with an evolving professional art practice. A painter since childhood, Vildan has explored diverse styles -- ranging from realistic landscapes and still life to figurative and abstract works. Since 2020, she has focused on intuitive abstraction, creating dynamic compositions with fluid organic shapes, layered textures, and vibrant color palettes that reflect her emotional and introspective approach to art.

With a process driven by intuition, Vildan allows each painting to unfold through movement, contrast, and spontaneity. Her legal background infuses her work with a subtle sense of structure, which she juxtaposes with the freedom of her creative expression. This interplay results in evocative, open-ended narratives that invite viewers to engage on a personal level. Working primarily in acrylic, she enriches her pieces with water-soluble pastels, charcoal, graphite, acrylic ink, and markers, building depth and complexity in her Westchester studio --a space she considers her creative haven.

Vildan’s artistic journey is supported by extensive training including art classes taken at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles (1991); Monique Carr’s abstract landscape course (2021); Nicholas Wilton’s Creative Visionary Program (2021–2022); Cat Tesla and Julie Schumer’s Boldly Abstract (2022); Cat Tesla’s Abstracting Nature (2022); abstract painting critiques with Anna Patalano at the Greenwich Art Society School of Visual Art (2022–2024); and art studies during a year in Perugia, Italy. As she transitions toward a part-time professional art career, Vildan continues to exhibit widely and refine her craft.

Solo and Group Exhibitions
• Juried Solo Exhibit, Harrison Library, Harrison, NY — Upcoming: October 2025
• Solo Exhibit, Serendipity Labs, Rye, NY — December 2024 – February 2025
• Small but Mighty, juried exhibit, Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY — November 2024
• 44th Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, juried exhibit, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT — October 2024
• Nostalgia, juried exhibit, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Council, Greenwich, CT — September 2024
• @Livingartists, juried exhibit, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich Art Society — July 2024 (Juror: Lauren Rosati, Curator, Department of Modern & Contemporary Art, The Met)
• Hamptons Fine Art Fair, with Art Gotham Gallery, Hamptons, NY — July 2024
• 24th Annual Vivian & Stanley Reed Marine Show, juried exhibit, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT — June 2024
• Spring Awakening, juried exhibit, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT — June 2024
• Black and White and Shades of Gray, juried exhibit, Stamford Art Association — May 2024
• Greenhaven Artists Open Studio, Rye, NY — April 2024 (24 pieces exhibited; event featured in local news and TV coverage)
• Solo Exhibit, Burton Young Health & Beauty Center, Greenwich, CT — February–March 2024
• Members Exhibit, Stamford Art Association — March 2024
• What Do You Love the Most?, juried exhibit, Stamford Art Association — January 2024
• Solo Exhibit, The Inn at Waveny Lifecare Network, New Canaan, CT — November 2023
• 43rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, juried exhibit, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT — October 2023
• Bring A Friend Art Exhibition, Loft Artist Association, Stamford, CT — October 2023
• 10th Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Loft Artist Association, Stamford, CT — September 2023
• Summer in the City, juried exhibit, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT — June 2023 (Juror: Eleanor Flatow, Associate Director, Hollis Taggart Gallery, NYC)
• 106th Annual Exhibition, juried exhibit, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society — May 2023 (Juror: David Max Horowitz, Curator, Guggenheim Museum)

Memberships
Greenwich Art Council; Greenwich Art Society; Stamford Art Association

In the Press
• Shoutout LA Interview: shoutoutla.com/meet-vildan-starr-artist-lawyer/