Explore Light-Based Artists

Joana Escoval is a Portuguese artist known for her poetic sculptures and installations that explore the relationship between objects, energy, and the spiritual. Her minimalist works often incorporate natural materials like copper, stones, and light, creating delicate, site-responsive pieces that evoke cosmic connections and transient moments.

Charbel-joseph H. Boutros is a Lebanese artist known for his conceptual art that often uses absence, light, and ephemeral materials to explore themes of memory, conflict, and invisibility. His work engages with sensory deprivation and poetic interventions, inviting deep introspection into political and personal histories.

Angela and Rafael Detanico and Lain, as a collaborative duo (Detanico Lain), are Brazilian artists renowned for their conceptual work exploring time, language, and perception through technology. Their installations often use light, kinetics, and coded systems to transform data into poetic visual and sensory experiences.

Carl Andre is an American minimalist artist, a pivotal figure known for his modular sculptures arranged directly on the floor. His work emphasizes elemental materials like wood, metal, and stone, engaging with space, mass, and gravity, thereby redefining sculpture as an environmental experience rather than a singular object.

Ugo Rondinone is a Swiss-born, New York-based artist known for his diverse oeuvre spanning sculpture, painting, video, and installation. His work often incorporates everyday motifs like rainbows, clowns, and ancient stones, imbued with a contemplative, meditative quality that explores themes of time, nature, and human experience.

Katie Paterson (b. 1981) is a Scottish conceptual artist whose practice delves into the vastness of cosmic and geological time. Her work, spanning diverse mediums, translates complex scientific phenomena—from moonlight to stardust—into poetic and accessible experiences, pushing the boundaries of art, science, and human perception.

Spencer Finch is an American artist acclaimed for his conceptually driven works that explore perception, light, and ephemeral phenomena. His diverse practice often involves scientific rigor to translate intangible sensory experiences, like the precise color of sunset or the specific light in a room, into tangible art forms across various mediums.

Marie Matusz's artistic practice navigates the realms of sculpture and installation, focusing on the interplay between natural forms and fabricated structures. Her work often incorporates organic materials with minimalist aesthetics, evoking a sense of quiet contemplation and material dialogue.

Rosemary Mayer (1943-2014) was an American artist vital to the conceptual and feminist art movements. Renowned for her textile sculptures and ephemeral installations, she explored themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time. Mayer's work often incorporated natural materials and personal narratives, challenging conventional artistic boundaries with grace and intellectual depth.

German artist merging photography, video, and installation to confront memory, archives, and social history through evocative minimal gesture.