Nevada Museum of Art Presents Internationally-Renowned Artist Leo Villareal ‘Animating Light’

RENO, NV.- Nevada Museum of Art presents internationally-renowned artist Leo Villareal, who will lead participants through the nature of light and the unique experience of his dynamic, immersive light sculptures and installations. On view from March 5, 2011 through May 22, 2011. Leo Villareal, Flag, 2008. LEDs, custom software, and electrical hardware, 75 x 144 x 4 inches. Courtesy Gering & López Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of the artist and the San Jose Museum of Art. Leo Villareal is [...]

A New, Vetted Art Fair Focused on Emerging Artists and Galleries to Be Held in Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C.- (e)merge, a new, vetted art fair focused on emerging artists and galleries with emerging art, will launch September 22 – 25, 2011, at the Rubell Family’s modernist, Morris Lapidus-designed Capitol Skyline hotel in Washington, DC, adjacent to the site of the their future museum. (e)merge will feature multiple platforms: dozens of international galleries; artist, curator and collector panel discussions and tours; performances; and, exhibition opportunities for artists, currently without gallery representation, to present, free of charge, performances, installations, [...]

San Jose Museum Opens First Museum Survey Devoted to Work of Leo Villareal

SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Museum of Art presents the first-ever museum survey of the work of the prominent sculptor Leo Villareal, a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery. Leo Villareal, on view at SJMA from August 21, 2010, through January 9, 2011, features approximately 20 sculptures and expansive installations by Villareal on loan from public and private collections, as well as video documentation of his architectural, site-specific works. The exhibition traces the artist’s work over [...]

Leo Villareal Public Art Installation Illuminates Downtown with Sky

TAMPA, FL.- New York-based digital light artist Leo Villareal’s recent completion of Sky (Tampa) on the south façade of the new Tampa Museum of Art features a dramatic 12,000-square-foot public art commission that illuminates the downtown core. The exterior of the new museum features programmable LED lights, 45 feet high and 300 feet long, embedded within two-layers of perforated aluminum panels. In daylight, the museum’s façade creates a moiré-like pattern, and in darkness the LED light installation glows with Villarreal’s [...]