Starr Hardridge

Starr Hardridge was born in Dennison Texas in 1974 and was raised through out central Oklahoma. Hardridge is of Muscogee Creek and European ancestry. He is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek nation of Oklahoma and is a Tuskegee tribal town descendant. He attended Savannah College of Art and Design from 1993-1997 and earned a B.F.A in Illustration. In 1998 he Co founded Architecture Studios, a Connecticut based Decorative painting and design firm. Hardridge furthered his Studies in painting and design by attending the Nadai/Verdon Atelier of Decorative Painting in Penne de Agenais France 2005-2006. His decorative experience includes residential, commercial, institutional, government buildings and houses of worship. In 2010 he shifted away from the decorative world and leaned into his own family history. Indigenous Art and western heritage became his primary subject matter. Hardridge’s work can be found in collections such as the Oklahoma State Capitol Building, The National Museum of Wildlife Art, The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, The Eitlejorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Philbrook Museum of Art. He is currently represented by Bluerain gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico and Exhibit C Gallery in Oklahoma City.