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Gallery scale light art installation PERFECT TIMING by Grimanesa Amorós at One Wall Street for Printemps

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Grimanesa Amorós LUMINO UNO light installation render at the Borgo Laudato Si’ in Castel Gandolfo in Vatican City for the Vatican State.

LUMINO UNO | Castel Gandolfo, Italy

PERFECT TIMING, a site-specific light installation by Grimanesa Amorós on Wall Street, New York City, featuring suspended luminous sculptures that pulse and shift through warm golds, vibrant ambers, and subtle silvers, creating a rhythmic interplay of glowing light and shadow across the architectural space, evoking the flow of time and the energy of the urban environment in an immersive, radiant experience.

PERFECT TIMING | PRINTEMPS New York, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós MARITIME — suspended LED light sculpture in the lobby of The Peninsula Hotel Istanbul, Türkiye. A 15-foot luminous globe-like form evoking the hull of a ship and the seafoam tides of the Bosphorus, referencing Istanbul's centuries of nautical history. Immersive site-specific light installation by Grimanesa Amorós, 2025.

MARITIME | The Peninsula Hotel Istanbul, Türkiye

Grimanesa Amorós CETHA, 15 x 10 x 5-foot public art LED sculpture and light sculpture installed at the entrance of Civita di Bagnoregio, Palazzo Colesanti, Viterbo, Italy, 2019. Named after the Etruscan word for "sun," red and rose LED tubing blazes at the top of the town's steep pedestrian bridge, greeting and bidding farewell to every visitor, its dawn-colored light sequence honoring the ancient Etruscans who founded this UNESCO-recognized hilltop city. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

CETHA | Civita di Bagnoregio, Viterbo, Italy

Grimanesa Amorós MARIPOSA DORADA, 55 x 35 x 10-foot public art light sculpture and outdoor LED sculpture at the 13th Havana Biennial, Cuba, 2019. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, this monumental light sculpture is inspired by Cuba's national flower, the Flor de Mariposa, whose shifting LED sequence weaves a perpetually changing dance of brilliance embodying the Cuban people's spirit and indomitable will. Outdoor light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

MARIPOSA DORADA | 13th Havana Biennial, Cuba

Grimanesa Amorós SCIENTIA — monumental LED sculpture and public art light sculpture at Azkuna Zentroa cultural center, Bilbao, Spain. Spanning 60 x 35 x 25 feet, glowing LED art fills the grand historic atrium with forms exploring knowledge, fire, water, earth, and light. Diffusive and reflective surfaces transform at dusk into mirror-like planes. Site-specific light sculpture installation by Grimanesa Amorós.

SCIENTIA | Azkuna Zentroa Culture Center, Bilbao, Spain

Grimanesa Amorós OSTIUM, a 9-foot site-specific LED sculpture and light sculpture installed within an intimate room at The Bayer Building, Tribeca, New York, 2020. By Peruvian-American artist Grimanesa Amorós.

OSTIUM | The Bayer Building, New York, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós IUGO, an 11-foot LED sculpture and light sculpture in the lobby of 176 East 82nd Street, ODA Architecture / Nexus building, Upper East Side, New York, 2021. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, the cupola forms are silkscreened with aerial views of Tel Aviv's vineyards, citrus groves, and olive fields, connecting Manhattan and Tel Aviv through shared geography and light. LED sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

IUGO | 82nd Street, New York, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós HUANCHACO, 13 x 15 x 17-foot public art LED sculpture and light sculpture installed inside La Torre de los Vientos, Ruta de la Amistad, Mexico City, 2012. LED light structures woven inside the 40-foot concrete Wind Tower cast an intense play of light and shadow on its tilted surfaces through metal domes, creating an immersive experience that inspires reflection on modern technology and architectural landmarks. Sponsored by Patronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C., Conaculta, World Monuments Fund, and Nina Menocal Gallery. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

HUANCHACO | Ruta de la Amistad, Mexico City, Mexico

Grimanesa Amorós GOLDEN UROS, 11-foot LED sculpture and light sculpture at the Chapelle de la Persévérance, A-PART Contemporary Art Festival, Tarascon, France, 2011. Golden dome forms in LEDs interpreting the floating Uros Islands of Peru fill an intimate historic stone chapel, silkscreened with Amorós's golden self-portrait as a deity, exploring the duality of ancient Incan beliefs and universal spirituality. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

GOLDEN UROS | Chapelle de la Persévérance, Tarascon, France

Grimanesa Amorós UROS HOUSE, LED sculpture and light sculpture at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard Art Museum, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 2013. Translucent dome forms in diffusion material and LEDs inspired by the floating totora reed islands of the Uros people of Lake Titicaca, Peru, glow in shifting sequences evoking sea foam and weightlessness. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

UROS HOUSE | Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise, Lafayette, LA, USA

Grimanesa Amorós TERRARIUM, permanent 6 x 19 x 7-foot public art light sculpture and LED sculpture in the lobby of The Bayer Building, Tribeca, New York, 2005. Acrylic convex-lens bubble domes mounted on the walls radiate shifting patterns of light from dusk to dawn, their spherical forms containing photographs of the building's past, reflecting Tribeca's evolution from industrial landmark to residential community. LED art by Grimanesa Amorós.

TERRARIUM | The Bayer Building, New York, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós FRENTE FEROZ, permanent 12 x 53 x 40 2/3 foot public art installation at The Lee Building, 125th Street and Park Avenue, Harlem, New York, 2005. Oversized silhouettes of wild animals are projected in a moving light sequence onto the second story windows, illuminated from dusk to dawn and inspired by Eugene Giscombe's passion for wildlife. Site-specific installation by Grimanesa Amorós.

FRENTE FEROZ | The Lee Building, Harlem, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós SUBSTANCIAL, permanent 33 x 55 x 12-foot public art light sculpture and LED art on the facade of Sun River Health, formerly HRHCare, Peekskill, New York, 2005 to 2007. Acrylic convex-lens LED glowing paper lanterns bearing bilingual words honoring the four founding women of HRHCare flow through a visual river of water-like plastic sheeting, illuminating the health center's community mission in light and color. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

SUBSTANCIAL | Sun River Health, Peekskill, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós SUBSTANCIAL phase 4, expanded permanent public art light sculpture and LED art at Sun River Health, New York, 2007. The fourth phase of this ongoing outdoor LED installation continues to honor the women who founded HRHCare through glowing lanterns, bilingual text, and color illuminating the health center's enduring community mission. Outdoor light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

SUBSTANCIAL (phase 4) | Sun River Health, Peekskill, NY, USA

Grimanesa Amorós LA RECOLECCIÓN, public art light sculpture and outdoor LED sculpture on the Claramatte Parkhaus facade, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2010. A large-scale LED art installation activating the exterior of a parking structure during Art Basel, merging contemporary light sculpture with one of the world's most important art fair landscapes. Outdoor LED sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.

LA RECOLECCIÓN | Art Basel, Switzerland

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