Shawn Starr

Sean Starr (April 28, 1968– Present), is an American artist, author and founder of the independent book publishing company Subculture Books. After more than a decade as a commercial graphic artist, Starr left the corporate world and became known for his work as a painter, an author, and book publisher.

An art industry “outsider,” Starr has built a career outside the traditional art system. After a gallery exhibition at the Agora Gallery in New York in March of 2006, Starr wrote in “You, Me and Morrissey” that “the traditional gallery system is dead,” and vowed to never do another exhibition with a mainstream gallery. His audience consists of thousands of readers of his blogs, books, and private collectors of his paintings.