M Stark Gallery features Peninsula artists whose work evokes the spirit of the West Coast and is in dialogue with contemporary fine art movements.
ABOUT MARIANNA STARK
(pronounced MARY- ÆN -NUH)
2025+ Member, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art
2023+ Member, SECA, SFMOMA
2023 Juror, 15th Annual 50|50 Show, Sanchez Art Center
2023+ Associate Member, San Francisco Art Dealers Association
2023+ Director, M Stark Gallery
2021+ Member, Coastside Chamber of Commerce
2016 Director, A Stark Project, Berkeley
2014 Co-Producer, ArtComplex, Oakland
2013-2017 President of the Board, Berkeley Art Center
2012-2016 Board of Directors, Oakland Art Murmur
2011-2012 Associate Director, ArtPad art fair, San Francisco
2009-2011 Executive Director, San Francisco Art Dealers Association
2007-2009 Critic's Picks, San Francisco Arts Monthly
2007-2008 Chair, SECA, and Ex-Oficio Trustee, SFMOMA
2007-2010 Publisher, Stark Guide to Bay Area Art
2005-2010 Member, SECA, SFMOMA
2002-2004 Board Member, ArtPoint, FAMSF
1999-2001 Member, Junior Associates, MOMA
1999-2001 Member, Apollo Circle, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1993-1999 Member, Contemporary Extension, SFMOMA
1993-1999 Member, Artpoint, FAMSF
1993 BA Art History (US/Europe concentration), UC Berkeley
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2025.2 M Stark Gallery hosts Shintani, Coastside Magazine
2024.12 Nikkei Granddaughters: Preserving History Through Creative Arts, Northern California’s Northern California Japanese American newspaper, Nikkei West (Na Omi J. Shintani)
2024.12 M Stark Gallery hosts Sandi daRoza, Coastside Magazine
2024.10.1 “Dirt, Plant, Sky” mines soil for meaning, Coastside News (Susan Carkeek)
2024.10.1 ‘First Fridays’ set to kick off downtown on Friday: Monthly event highlights art venues, Coastside News
2024.9.24 Gyöngy Laky - Sculptor, Art is Awesome podcast with Emily Wilson
2024.9 Wild and Wooly, PUNCH Magazine (Birgitta Bower)
2024.6 A fluid approach to wool, Coastside Magazine (Birgitta Bower)
2024.4 Spirit of the West Coast: How M Stark Gallery was built with design in mind, Coastside Magazine
2024.3.1 Retrospective Solo Exhibition of Kensington Artist, Kensington Outlook (Mariet Braakman)
2024.1.3 M Stark Gallery presents new art for the new year, Half Moon Bay Review (Jennifer Roberts Almodova)
2023.7.6 The Top Art Galleries in Half Moon Bay, California.com
2023.6.20 We Dive Deep Into San Mateo County’s Most Luxurious Offerings, Silicon Valley Magazine
2023.5.8 Visit This Charming Contemporary Art Gallery in Half Moon Bay, Luxe Interiors
2023.4.3 A New Exhibition Marks a Creative Couple’s Art World Convergence, Nob Hill Gazette
2023.3 Inspiring Women, Punch Magazine
2023.1.21 New art gallery is set to open in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo Daily Journal
2023.1.18 Getting on Jerry’s List, Art Matters News, Views & Reviews
2023.1.18 M Stark Gallery to open on Main Street, Half Moon Bay Review
2023.1.17 Work of Pacifica’s Barrish opens HMB Gallery, Pacifica Tribune