The Peninsula Hotel September – November 2025
Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa, Kemankeş Cd. No:34, 34425 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye
“My connection to water has always been intuitive. I am drawn to its rhythm, its depth, and its ability to hold memory. In Istanbul, the Bosphorus became both inspiration and context. Its maritime history and role as a connector between continents guided my approach.
PASSAGE and MARITIME are two site-specific light sculptures that reflect on movement, migration, and the unseen currents that shape cities and lives. One engages with the exterior, in dialogue with the Bosphorus. The other lives within the building, evoking a quieter and more internal journey.
Both works explore the idea of passage. Across water, through architecture, and within ourselves. With light, I seek to make that experience visible.”
About The Peninsula Istanbul
Located on the Bosphorus waterfront in Karaköy with views of the Historic Peninsula, The Peninsula Istanbul consists of four buildings, three of which are historic. Part of the new Galataport seafront revitalization project, the hotel is situated near Istanbul’s iconic landmarks such as Galata Tower, Hagia Sophia, and the Blue Mosque.
About Contemporary Istanbul
Contemporary Istanbul is an esteemed international art fair, positioning the city as a pivotal hub for contemporary art on the global stage. Now in its 20th edition, the fair convenes a diverse array of galleries, artists, collectors, curators, and academics from across the world.
Tuesday, October 1st, 7 – 8 PM
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
Join the National Arts Club in welcoming renowned light artist Grimanesa Amoros. Known for her large-scale public works worldwide, Grimanesa’s lighting sculptures challenge the concept of time and interact with viewers‘ perceptions of space. Originating from Lima, Peru, Grimanesa draws inspiration from her cultural background, particularly the ancient civilization motifs and its nature, with a modern perspective. Amoros has worked globally on monumental sculptures as well as works for private collections; her artistic versatility makes her practice unique and provides her with a fresh perspective on lighting and the power of light.
Drawing upon critical cultural legacies and landscapes, Amorós is inspired by the communities she creates within. Installing and programming each piece on-site, direct interaction with the surrounding architecture is key to creating her work. „Ultimately, the piece connects the viewers, space, and light sculpture, merging them into one.“ Grimanesa Amorós‘ artwork ties the past, present, and future — pushing viewers to think beyond and challenging their initial perceptions.
Hosted by Parsons Elab in collaboration with Arts Media and Technology (AMT) and Integrated Design Program (IDP) Departments
Wednesday, September 18
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, 66 5th Ave
Join us for an open discussion and presentation by the world-renowned artist Grimanesa Amoros!Known for her large-scale public works worldwide, Grimanesa’s lighting sculptures challenge the concept of time and interact with viewers‘ perceptions of space. But how did she become who she is today? How did she build her practice and studio? Let’s peek behind the scenes to see what it takes to bring her large-scale projects to life.Originating from Lima, Peru, Grimanesa draws inspiration from her cultural background, particularly the ancient civilization motifs, and its nature, with a modern perspective. Amoros has worked globally on monumental sculptures and works for private collections; her artistic versatility makes her practice unique and gives her a fresh perspective on lighting and the power of light.Her multimedia creative work explores community connections intersecting history, technology, and architecture. Her keen understanding of structure enables her to create monumental sculptures incorporating various elements such as video, lighting, and electronic components to create immersive environments and connect viewers to their surroundings. Technology compliments the concepts of her work without defining it—a medium of expression.
A shared passion for light and fragrance sparked the collaboration between Veronique, a renowned perfumer, and Grimanesa. Upon their introduction, Grimanesa discussed with Veronique her challenge in identifying a specific, captivating scent she had encountered during her travels to desert lands. Unable to replicate the blend she had experienced mixing desert oils, Grimanesa described the fragrance to Veronique, whose extensive experience allowed her to skillfully identify the components within Grimanesa’s unique collection. This partnership resulted in the creation of L’OASIS-DESERT ROSE, a collaboration inspired by Veronique’s profound connection to the Mediterranean Sea and Grimanesa’s admiration for deserts. The alluring scent’s composition captures the essence of Huacachina’s golden dunes and the freshness of Mediterranean waves, taking you on an aromatic sensory journey that transcends geographical borders. Imagine the elegant coast of the French Riviera meeting the enchanting landscapes of Peru – that is the essence of L’OASIS-DESERT ROSE
FLEXUS, by Grimanesa Amoros, was designed for the Harper’s Street Asphalt plant to illuminate the area and its surrounding community, embracing its light on all New Yorkers and its welcomed visitors. Soon, the captivating lighting sculpture will glow brightly upon Harper’s Street.
Public Design Commission President Deborah Marton said, “Today’s projects demonstrate commitment to ensuring public buildings and civic spaces welcome and serve every New Yorker!”
Harper Street Yard, 30-01 Harper Street, Queens, New York
A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program, the Department of Design and Construction, and the Department of Transportation.The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City’s vibrant cultural life. DCLA works to promote and advocate for quality arts programming and to articulate the contribution made by the cultural community to the City’s vitality. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/culture.
UZOMAH: How does the choice of voltage you use impact your material choices and color selection?
GRIMANESA: My projects are created from concept to realization. That is to say, the concept and visualization are completed first. The LEDs for the projects I make are entirely custom-made for the installation. Once the visuals are finalized, the LEDs and electrical hardware are ordered to match the voltage requirements of the space. This has no influence on color selection.
GOLDEN ARRAY: Grimanesa Amorós Creates New Monumental Light Sculpture
Commissioned by The Reliance Group and Maker Maxity.
Mumbai – GOLDEN ARRAY, a large-scale, site-specific light sculpture by artist Grimanesa Amorós has opened to the public in India at JioWorld Drive, Mumbai’s premium retail district in Bandra Kurla Complex.
Amorós‘ masterpiece, GOLDEN ARRAY, was inspired by her journey through India. India’s bustling streets are synonymous with its zigzagging cable lines- a complex collection of wires powering entire cities and towns with electricity and telecommunication. Tangled, yet functional. Beyond utility, they form an integral part of the urban blueprint. This powerful imagery fascinated Amorós.
GOLDEN ARRAY adds to these many communication layers by inviting the viewer to imagine and reflect on the elaborate array that interconnects us. The piece will activate the skyline of Jio World Drive at Bandra Kurla Complex as a tribute to the buzzing city Mumbai.
Featuring the World Premiere of METHLUM,
a short film by GRIMANESA AMORÓS Thursday, May 20, 2021, 6:00–7:00 pm PT
The Civita Institute invites you to Save the Date for our 40th Anniversary Online Membership Events!
Don’t miss the World Premiere of METHLUM, a short film by acclaimed interdisciplinary Peruvian-American artist and Civita Institute Northeast Chapter Fellow Grimanesa Amorós. With music by the renowned Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing. Along with the presentation, „Exploring the History and Mysteries of The Etruscan Landscape and ‚Rock-Cut‘ Environment“ by Civita Institute University of Washington Rome Center Fellow Kit Coty, a cultural historian and doctoral candidate whose research has focused on the “rock cut” culture of Italian hilltop towns.
Based in New York City and known for her large-scale light sculpture installations and videos, Grimanesa’s art conveys a sense of ephemeral wonder, entrancing viewers from different backgrounds and communities. METHLUM—an Etruscan word for geographic “district“—was inspired and created during her stay in Civita di Bagnoregio.
Civita di Bagnoregio Palazzo Colesanti, Viterbo, Italy
The sun is an important star and has been for centuries. During my stay in Civita di Bagnoregio, I woke up early one morning and decided to explore my new surroundings. During my stroll, I was dazzled at the strength of the sun beaming on the square. It got me thinking about the town of Civita, it’s history, and it’s relation to the sun. I began researching about The Etruscan’s, who were an ancient people that founded the city, and the remnants of their civilization still linger. The name of this piece is CETHA, which was inspired by the town and its past, translating to sun in Etruscan. CETHA has red lighting with pink hues in its sequence, which represents the sunrise that burns red in the morning and streams its light throughout the town.
Grimanesa Amorós is a New York-based American interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory. Through her art she conveys an ephemeral wonder, entrancing viewers from all different backgrounds and communities to become agents of empowerment. She makes use of sculpture, video and lighting to create works that illuminate our notions of personal identity and community. She was a guest speaker at TEDGlobal 2014, earned an NEA Visual Artist Fellowship and an NEA Artist Travel Grant, and participated in the Art In Embassies Program. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Grimanesa Amorós is presented in Germany by epodium Gallery.
XIII BIENAL DE LA HABANA / DETRÁS DEL MURO
The Construction of the impossible / Escenario Liquido
The 13th Havana Biennial, the largest visual arts event in Cuba, will be held from April 12 to May 12, 2019, with the commitment that the capital city of the island become a “cultural corridor” in which the creators and the public interact, announced their organizers today. Under the general theme “Construction of the Possible” the next edition of the Havana Biennial was presented as a space for those types of contemporary art that understand creation as “living event or experience in progress”.
“Detrás del Muro” is a socio-cultural project that emerged in 2012 as a special project. It is recognized for the high socio-cultural impact that its artistic intervention on the Havana Malecon has had during the 11th (2012) and 12th (2015) editions of the Biennial of Havana.
„We defend art as an opportunity to transform the way in which human beings interact in public space. That is why we have been invited by the Office of the Historian to join the celebrations for the 500th Anniversary of our beautiful capital.“
-Juan Degado Calzadilla
About the magazine
Arte Al Límite (AAL) started in 2001 with the mission of spreading Latin American art and being a window for art and a bridge between different artists and the global public.
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Grimanesa Amorós is a TEDGlobal guest speaker, a recipient of The NEA Visual Artist Fellowship, Art In Embassies Program, X Tumi USA Award, and Visionary Art Exhibition Lifetime Achievement Award.
A Women’s Thing Magazine is a print and digital publication dedicated to reshaping society’s ideas of what “women’s things” are. They find and highlight the women who are making history today.
Exhibition Opening: Thrusday, Feburary 15th, 2018 at 7:30 PM at Estudios, Tabacalera
Lecture / Artist Talk: Monday, Feburary 19th, 2018 6:00 PM at la Sala Ideas, Tabacalera
VISITING ARTIST | GRIMANESA AMORÓS Reception: Tuesday November 14, 6 pm at Chace Center Lobby. Artist Talk: November 14, 7-9 pmMetcalf Auditorium, Chace Center/RISD Museum, 20 North Main St. Providence, RI
Grimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory. Through her art she conveys an ephemeral wonder, entrancing viewers from all different backgrounds and communities to become agents of empowerment. She makes use of sculpture, video and lighting to create works that illuminate our notions of personal identity and community. She was a guest speaker at TEDGlobal 2014, earned an NEA Visual Artist Fellowship and an NEA Artist Travel Grant, and participated in the Art In Embassies Program. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America. For more info, please visit the link below: https://events.risd.edu/event/grimanesa_amoros_talk_reception
Timeless Motion (in Life and Light) 2016, 3D Rendering
GRIMANESA AMORÓS
TIMELESS MOTION (in Life and Light) #timelessmotion #grimanesaamoros #cindychao #BiennaledesAntiquaires @cindy_chao @grimanesaamoros
September 9th – 18th, 2016 at Grand Palais, 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower Paris, France
“Timeless Motion (in Life and Light),” a site-specific installation by artist Grimanesa Amorós in collaboration with CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel, will be on view at Grand Palais in Paris, during the Biennale des Antiquaires . The piece will serve as a striking setting to Chao’s 12 new masterful art jewels.The atmospheric, ephemeral quality of the setting is further reinforced with a slow movement of lights, which reflect on Chao’s art jewels making each piece come alive. Viewing jewels in this environment thus aims to transcend a purely aesthetic experience and become a meditation on the theme of nature and life.After Biennale des Antiquaires, “Timeless Motion (in Life and Light)” will travel internationally with the first stop at the LONG MUSEUM, Shanghai China. Other destinations will include Taipei, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Dubai.
Lives of the Most Excellent Artists, Curators, Architects, Critics and more, like Vasari’s book updated. The Art World Demystified, Hosted by Brainard Carey
Grimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory, Through her art she conveys an ephemeral wonder, entrancing the viewers from all different backgrounds and communities to become agents of empowerment. She makes use of sculpture, video, and lighting to create works that illuminate our notions of personal identity and community. She is the guest speaker of TEDGlobal 2014, a recipient of NEA Visual Artist Fellowship, NEA Artist Travel Grant, Art In Embassies Program of the U.S.
Organische Formen und eine instinktive Herangehensweise kennzeichnen das Werk der vielfach ausgezeichneten peruanisch-amerikanischen Lichtkünstlerin Grimanesa Amorós. Die Grundlage ihrer faszinierenden Skulpturen stellen jedoch Naturwissenschaften, Sozialgeschichte und kritische Theorie dar. So treten in ihren Werken Forschung und Gefühl in Kommunikation.
BESCHREIBUNG
Die raumgreifenden Skulpturen und Videoinstallationen von Amorós wurden bereits über den Globus verteilt gezeigt: von Mexiko über Tel Aviv und Peking bis hin zum Times Square in New York. Ihre neuesten Arbeiten OCUPANTE und GOLDEN SECRET ROOM präsentiert sie nun im Ludwig Museum Koblenz. Die Künstlerin erschafft spielerische Licht-Installationen, die in ihrer Rätselhaftigkeit vielschichtige Deutungen zulassen. Gemeinsam mit einer Werkübersicht gibt der Band diese Arbeiten in großformatigen Abbildungen wieder und bringt deren Fluidität und Leuchtkraft zum Ausdruck.
epodium gallery founder Andreas Backoefer and New York artist and friend Grimanesa Amorós in between her light installation OCUPANTE at Ludwig Museum Koblenz
German Museum Director Professor Dr. Beate Reifenscheid of the Ludwig Museum (Koblenz, Germany) interviews New York artist Grimanesa Amorós on the occasion of the exhibition „Grimanesa Amorós: OCUPANTE“ featuring her latest light sculpture and video installations „OCUPANTE“ in the Ludwig Museum in Coblence (2016).
Das Ludwig Museum in Koblenz zeigt bis Mitte April großformatige Lichtinstallationen der peruanischen Künstlerin Grimanesa Amoros. Die Licht- und Videokünstlerin holt mit ihrer Arbeit die Besonderheit des Standortes am Deutschen Eck ins Museum.
Landesschau aktuell Rheinland-Pfalz Imposante Lichtkunst am Deutschen Eck 14.2.2016 | 19.45 Uhr | 1:30 min
Quelle: SWR Mediathek
PINK LOTUS, a light sculpture installation by epodium artist Grimanesa Amorós installed on the The Peninsula New York landmark facade and as a part of “The Art of Pink” campaign, curated by Circa 1881 and sponsored by The Peninsula Hotels in honor of breast cancer awareness month. The work is on view from Oct. 1 to Nov. 15.
Limited edition PINK LOTUS tote bags can be purchased at The Peninsula New York. All proceeds will benefit SHARE, a nationwide community offering support, information and the benefit of experience to women diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancers.
