Meeli Kõiva

Meeli Kõiva (known professionally as Mery Crystal Ra;[1] born 14 January 1960, Tartu) is a cosmopolitan artist. She has pioneered light and glass as visual art forms. She is primarily concerned with glass and light, active in Finland, Belgium and the USA, where she has produced a range of paintings, architectural lighting sculptures, multimedia installations, videos and architectural stained glass pieces.[2]

She has been an innovator, a pioneer and a visionary in the field of light/glass art for 30 years. Her first light and glass exhibition was held in 1991. This was an innovative presentation of new work and a breakthrough in light art history. For the past two decades, she has been working at her studios in Helsinki, New York, Paris and San Francisco. Her best known works include the main building of the European Parliament; “Reactive River” light glass sculpture and video.[3] She's one of the winners of the 2013 and 2014 Light In the City, Northern Light European light artists competition.[4][5]

Selected Architectural Glass Installations

References

  1. ↑ Profile, merycrystalra.com; accessed 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Profile, artandarchitecture.co.uk; accessed 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "From nothing to something via light and glass", chattininmanhattan.com; accessed 15 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Light in the City in Eskilstuna - Speakers". City of Jyväskylä. City of Jyväskylä. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.valonkaupunki.jyvaskyla.fi/english/projects/lic/activities/eskilstuna/speakers

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