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Shirley Stark (born 1927) was an African American sculpture artist who worked predominantly in stone, art professor, and poet.

Early life and education
Shirley Stark was born on May 27, 1927 in New York, NY to parents Arthur Charles Stark, a brickmason and Irene Franklin Stark, a tailor and dressmaker. Upon moving to Detroit with her second husband, she discovered a love and passion for sculpture where she studied the craft at Wayne State University. Stark moved to Italy to study art, and upon her return to the United States saw momentum in recieving grants and work study's with various foundations and programs. She would, inevitably, become the first female Mellon Chair in Sculpture at Carneigie-Mellon University in 1975.

Career
She was a sculptor and continuding education programmer at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.

Awards and Honors
Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1978.

World's Who's Who of Women, 4th ed. 1977, 5th.ed, 1978.

Who's Who in American Art, 1976.

Selma Burke Sculpture Award, Pittsburgh, PA., 1976.

Jerome Scholarship, Printmaking Workshop, New York City, 1976.

Sculpture Fellowsip, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH., 1976.

Visiting Andrew Mellon Professor in Sculpture, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA., 1975.

Selected for a One-woman Show, Instituto Mexicano Nore-americano de Relaciones Culturales, Mexico City, 1974.

Nomination Award, Draco Foundation, Independence, CA., 1974.

Taos Art Association Award, First Prize, sculpture, Taos, New Mexico, 1970.

Traveling Fellowship (for study in Mexico), Taos-Foundation, Taos, NM., 1970.