Loni Stark

Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.
AI lab hardware parts laid out on table including RTX 5090 GPU, ASUS TRX50 motherboard, and Threadripper box.

From the IT Dungeon to AI Lab: Building Stark Insider’s Research Infrastructure

Everything we broke, bought twice, and banned, before finally taming the IT Dungeon with AI.
A drawing of a man in motion in multiple stages, jumping over a pool of spilled milk.

Drawing Dialogues: Jony Ive, Charlie Mackesy and Tim Marlow on the Art of Seeing

Royal Drawing School marks 25 years with a conversation on why drawing remains a vital act of seeing and being.
Porcelain sculpture titled To Train a Minotaur by Loni Stark. Abstract, mythological figure with intertwined limbs and contorted forms, rendered in raw, textured porcelain against a dark background.

When Minds Meet: An Unexpected Journey into AI and Human Authenticity

Consciousness, authenticity, and what it means to exist
Bronze sculpture featuring a large pair of scissors embedded in abstract loops and curves, displayed in a minimalist gallery with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Louvre Symposium Art, Identity, and Meaning at the Edge of AI

The Louvre Symposium: Imagining the Artist’s Identity in the Age of AI

Picture a midnight symposium in the Louvre—an imagined gathering I staged with generative AI.
The Symbiotic Studio is not a metaphor. It is a practice.

The Symbiotic Studio: Art, Identity, and Meaning at the Edge of AI

From Renaissance workshops to AI; how reinvention shapes artists, and why creativity must evolve without losing its soul.
What AI Taught Me About Being an Artist

What AI Taught Me About Being an Artist

A reflection from someone who builds technology... and still needs time with paint, clay, and personal instinct.
Head of Kronos - Copyright Stark

Atelier Stark: Secondary colors, hardly second fiddle

“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” – Claude Monet The power of color continues to fascinate me. A love hate relationship really. Everytime I get frustrated with it, I pull out my tin of charcoal sticks and let a black and white world comfort me...only to pine for...
Ami 1 - Copyright Stark 2020

Atelier Stark: Pinning down the moment, ever fleeting

One of my favorite Olympic sports to watch in childhood was figure skating. The catchy music, whirling dancers in glistening costumes... gliding gracefully across the icy glass. It was not until I was older that I more deeply appreciated the art of figure skating. The repetitive practice to get...
Mademoiselle Pauli - Copyright 2020 Loni Stark

Atelier Stark: Finding One’s Style

“Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, ...” Henri Matisse. This week, I thought more about being a chameleon of style. To look at what is in front of me, in my mind and decide on how I...