L.A. Sugai is the credited artist behind a group of sculptural and environmental entries in Burning Man’s official archive. The 2016 cards identify the artist as L.A. Sugai, also styled gallactic butterfly, and describe #Monkey Luck as a fire-monkey sculpture and Heyoka as a sixty-foot-wide circle with four standing perimeter figures. The 2018 entries list A Rose for #Tyler, a large yellow rose under a gazebo, and Tusky the MISTIcal Elephant!, an ornamented elephant with a hand-pumped misting trunk. Matching public project contacts support the connection between these entries despite differing hometown labels. This is an archive-based profile: the artist’s full given name, current studio and completed condition of each registered work are unconfirmed. The linked reference belongs to Burning Man, not the artist.
Larry Kirkland creates site-specific public artworks and environments through community research and collaboration with specialist craftspeople and fabricators.
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Practice
public art, sculpture, suspended installation, environmental design
Materials in documented works
carved and engraved granite, water, steel, stainless-steel cables
Project references
LIFE! · Flywheel · Wonder Wander
Documented contexts
Documented VTA station work; installation year not established.; 1988 installation; MOA assistance does not imply museum ownership.
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Lee Kelly (1932–2022) was an Oregon-based sculptor whose large abstract metal works combined geometric structure with references to architecture and natural forms. Washington’s State Art Collection documents his weathering-steel Gate II (1970) at Olympic College and Gate III (1973), originally commissioned for Cheney Middle School and subsequently placed at Wenatchee Valley College. His Untitled (1976) for Pierce College uses galvanized and welded steel, while Blue Benn (1999) forms a courtyard pairing with Bennington II at Evergreen High School. These educational commissions trace a sustained practice in sculpture for shared outdoor spaces. Kelly also supported emerging artists: Willamette University records that he established a residency program at Leland Iron Works in Oregon City in 2015. This profile describes his historical practice.
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monumental sculpture, abstract sculpture, metal sculpture, public art
An artist whose studio develops functional objects, large installations and technology-driven interactive experiences. Her documented works include suspended light, inflatable environments and fire-responsive sculpture.
Villareal creates light artworks controlled by custom software. His public installations span architectural structures and cultural institutions, including the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery.
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Practice
light art, programmed sculpture, public installation
Materials in documented works
LED nodes
Project references
The Bay Lights · Programmed light practice · Buckyball
Documented contexts
Bridge-scale light art · San Francisco Bay, California; Software-controlled LED sculpture
Led by Abram Santa Cruz, Liquid PXL creates large public light installations and interactive sculptures. Its work combines fabrication, lighting design and programmed electronics.
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Practice
light art, interactive installation, public sculpture
Materials in documented works
steel, translucent polycarbonate, LEDs, acrylic
Project references
Electric Dandelions · Neptune's Luminous Dance · Kukulkan’s Portal
Documented contexts
Documented waterfront and festival installations; Version-specific planning information from the artist studio
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Liz West creates installations exploring colour, light and spatial perception. Her work uses materials including coloured mirrors, dichroic glass, LEDs and lighting gels, with configurations developed for the architecture and audiences of particular sites.
Luke Jerram creates sculptures, installations and public participation projects with specialist collaborators. Museum of the Moon and Gaia connect planetary imagery with host programming, while Play Me, I’m Yours invites people to make music in public places.
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Practice
sculpture, installation, participatory art
Project references
Museum of the Moon · Gaia · Play Me, I’m Yours
Documented contexts
Touring work and separately described museum editions; host-led programming.; 2018 premiere; indoor rotation and host event programmes.
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Luzinterruptus is an anonymous collective that illuminates everyday and discarded objects in public space. Its installations invite participation through donated materials, illuminated books and surfaces where visitors can write or draw.
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Practice
light art, participatory installation, public intervention
Project references
Literature vs Traffic · On Blank Pages
Documented contexts
University of Michigan collaboration, Ann Arbor, 2018; Brixen Water Light Festival, May 2026
Explore sculptures that physically move: visitor-activated mechanisms, changing forms and wind-driven installations. Compare documented projects, understand how motion shapes the encounter, and identify the site and maintenance questions to resolve with an artist.
Find installations that make listening, musical participation or sound-responsive light part of a place. Compare playable works and spatial compositions, then plan how the experience will share space with visitors, neighbors and everyday activity.
