Alex Durlak is a Toronto based artist, musician and publisher best known for his contributions to the music community spanning over a decade. His parallel artistic practice strongly focuses on the graphic arts, including typography, print-making and book design. An interest in text based works, the history of the arts in Canada and institutional representation are prevalent in his practice. Durlak is also the proprietor of a number of small businesses including Standard Form, a print shop interested in working with and on the behalf of the vanguard in Canada’s flourishing art scene; and Perish Publishing, a new press focused on artists’ books by practicing contemporary artists whose content is original to the publication. In addition to being co-owner of Idée Fixe Records, he is also in charge of the label’s design and aesthetic initiatives.