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A few sample materials from a recent design client meeting on top of a beautiful table by @elijahleed
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#lightartdesign #chapelhilldesign #interiordesign by @lightartdesign

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Today + Tomorrow are the last days to see 15 Years of LIGHT. We'll be open until 8pm tonight for the Art Walk, and Saturday 12 - 4pm. We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery for this special show. 💚

And now for our last (but not least)
15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Yun Dong Nam was born in Seoul, Korea, and received his M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995, he taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, California State University at Long Beach, and Bennington College in Vermont. He also completed an artist residency at the Bemis Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska.

Currently Professor of Art at UNC, Yun Dong received the University of North Carolina’s Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. In addition to his acclaimed teaching career, he is an active and widely recognized ceramic artist, with his work featured in over sixty group exhibitions and nineteen solo exhibitions.

We also have a select number of one-of-a-kind ceramic bowls by Nam at the gallery as well, but you'll have to come see them in person.

Pictured here:
1,4,5:
Not Two Series (head), 2026
Red clay pigment on panel
30” x 24”
and
Not Two Series, 2026
Ceramic with chrome oxide pigment
15” x 14”

2: The artist Yun Dong Nam

3,6,7:
Not Two Series (Diptych), 2026
Chrome oxide pigment and red clay pigment on panel
30” x 24” (each)

@nam_art_lab

#lightartdesign #yundongnam #15YearsOfLIGHT #monochrome taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1946, Tom Spleth attended the Kansas City Art Institute and then the State University of New York, College of Ceramics at Alfred University for his master’s degree. Upon graduation in 1971, he set up a studio practice which he continues to this day. He returned to teach at Alfred in 1978, left the academic life in 1984, and continued working with students through workshops at such places as Penland School, Haystack, Anderson Ranch, Arrowmont, and various universities. Tom has used residencies throughout his career to advance his work—most notably the Arts/Industry Program at the JM Kohler Arts Center in Kohler, WI, and the Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY.

Important exhibitions include a one-person show of paintings at LIGHT Art + Design Gallery in Chapel Hill in 2016 and a retrospective exhibition at the Gregg Museum in 2007. A collaboration in ceramics with Israeli painter Moshe Gershuni resulted in a 2018 traveling exhibition in the Southeast. In 2022 Tom had a one person exhibition at the Cary Arts Center in Cary, NC and in 2023 a two-person exhibition at the USC Sea Island Center Gallery in Beaufort, SC. Tom lives and works in Little Switzerland, NC.

There are just a few days left to come see Tom's intricate watercolors in our anniversary show.

Stop by the gallery this week:
Thursday 12 - 4pm
Friday 12 - 8pm
Saturday 12 - 4pm

@tomspleth

#lightartdesign #TomSpleth #15YearsOfLIGHT #watercolors taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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This is the last week to see 15 Years of LIGHT. The gallery will be open Thursday - Saturday from 12 - 4pm.

We'll also be open a bit later for the 2nd Friday Art Walk this week. Swing by sometime before 8pm and be sure to visit all the great shows up in town at our neighboring galleries
@peel_gallery
@artscenterlive
@frankgallery

Starting the week off with a very special artist feature:

Neil Patterson (1933-2023) was born in Toronto on October 15, 1933, the youngest of four boys, to English parents who had emigrated in the 1920’s. His father was a banker; his mother had been a hat designer in London who sold her hats to the Queen.

At 25, Neil took a job in the Canadian office of McGraw Hill selling textbooks across Canada. He took a keen interest in the scientific subject matter and his early mastery led to extraordinary sales and rapid promotion to editor, and, soon after, editor-in-chief. From Toronto he made his way to New York City where he began a notable and long career developing leading science textbooks for college students, including collaborations with 19 Nobel Laureates.

At 82, Neil traded publishing for art. Two chance encounters drawing with children in a single week led to a surprisingly rigorous and intense personal drawing practice — sometimes 5 to 6 hours a day. His constantly evolving exploration of color and form has produced a mature body of work that has been exhibited regionally and nationally.

Many thanks to Ippy Patterson for allowing us to exhibit Neil's drawing.
@ippypatterson

For more information, visit our website:
oneoneone.gallery or email us at info@lightartdesign.com

#lightartdesign #neilpatterson #15YearsOfLIGHT taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Matthew Shlian works in the realm between art and science, guided by wonder and rooted in craft. His sculptural forms are inspired by organic material and iterative patterns, each piece mapped out digitally, and then folded and assembled by hand. Matt received his BFA from Alfred University and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has lectured and taught workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Penland School of Craft, and at universities across the U. S.

Matt has held numerous artist residencies at Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque NM) and given lectures at the Museum of Mathematics (NYC) and the National Academy of Science (Washington DC). His clients include Ghostly International, Apple, P&G, Facebook, Levi's, Herman Miller, Sesame Street and the Queen of Jordan. In 2020, Matt's monograph was published through Thames & Hudson. Matt's studio is currently located in Ann Arbor, MI.

The gallery will be open this week on Thursday and Friday from 12 - 4pm. We will be closed on Saturday in observance of Independence Day.

July 11 is the last day to view our current exhibition, 15 Years of LIGHT.

For more information about available works, contact us at info@lightartdesign.com

#lightartdesign #matthewshlian #15YearsOfLight #paperart taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Lynda Stuart Curry is a visual artist creating paintings, wall sculptures and mixed media including wood, papier-mâché, collage and photography. She explores psychology, memory, healing and nature by combining intuitive and meditative elements in her art process. Experience teaching at-risk youth, working as a downsizing specialist, travel to Japan and learning a Qi-gong practice adds to these themes in her art.

Lynda attended Chautauqua School of Art (Chautauqua, NY), earned a BFA in Painting at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), participated in residencies at Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), joined an artist retreat on Monhegan Island in Maine, co-founded Arthouse, a local artist pop-up gallery (2010 Beacon, NY) and assisted Mike and Doug Starn in their studio (Beacon, NY). Lynda currently lives and works in Carrboro, NC. Her artwork is collected nationally in private and corporate collections.

Pictured here:
1+3:
Grid Meditation (Green + Blue),
2022 - 2026
Acrylic and flashe on canvas
72” x 60”

2: Portrait of the artist

4:
Sprout, 2026
Acrylic and flashe on paper
17.25” x 13.25”

5 - 7:
New Year, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
10” x 8”

MLK Jr. Park, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
10” x 8”

The last day to see 15 Years of LIGHT is July 11, and we will be closed on July 4th in observance of Independence Day.

For inquires about available works, connect with us at
info@lightartdesign.com

@lyndacurrystudio

#lightartdesign #lyndastuartcurry #grids #15YearsofLIGHT #artinnc taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Leigh Suggs (b. 1981, Boone, NC) is a Richmond-based artist whose practice exists at the intersection of craft, painting, and sculpture, engaging with the themes of perception, ambiguity, and transformation. Her intricate works, created through a process of drawing, painting, and hand-cutting, transform the modernist grid into a site of tension and exploration, oscillating between positive and negative space, structure and fragility.

Suggs’ work is held in prominent public and corporate collections, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and Deutsche Bank. She has exhibited widely across the United States, with solo and group exhibitions at venues such as the Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC), Massey Klein (New York, NY), Abigail Ogilvy (Los Angeles, CA), and Main Projects (Richmond, VA).

Pictured here:
1+3:
Things are Different Now, 2021
Handcut, acrylic on Yupo
45” x 45” x 1.5”

2: Portrait of the artist

4 + 5:
Totem Series (Shape 8), 2023
Handcut, acrylic on Yupo
31” x 31”

6:
On Our Way - small light pink, 2021
Handcut, acrylic on Yupo
15” x 15”

7:
On Our Way - small orange, 2021
Handcut, acrylic on Yupo
15” x 15”

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On Our Way - small red, 2021
Handcut, acrylic on Yupo
15” x 15”

@leighsuggs

There are just a few more weeks to see 15 Years of LIGHT. Stop by the gallery this weekend, or contact us at info@lightartdesign.com to make an appointment.

#lightartdesign #leighsuggs #15yearsoflight taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Katherine Armacost is an abstract painter who uses oil, acrylic, gouache, raw pigment, and metal on canvas, wood, and paper. These materials give her work a textured and layered quality. While her paintings are informed by nature and art, it is her interaction with these materials that interests her most. She admires the artists Velasquez, Goya, de Kooning, and Antoni Tapies.

She has been showing her work since 1987 in solo and group shows in North Carolina, New York, and California. Armacost has received an emerging artist grant from the Durham Arts Council, first place awards from jurors Joan Snyder and Willie Cole, and merit awards from Dore Ashton, Sarah Faunce, Charles Hinman and Josh Wu. Her works are in public and private collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Pictured here:

1: Installation view of
Morning Symphony II, no date
Oil on canvas
24” x 23”

*also making an appearance one-of-a-kind cermaic bowls by gallery artist Yun Dong Nam @nam_art_lab

2: The artist in her studio

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Mostly Blues, no date
Oil on canvas
44” x 38”

4: Installation view of
Sticky Web of the Personal, no date
Oil on canvas
40” x 40”

LIGHT will be open this week
Thursday - Saturday
12 - 4pm

@katherinearmacost

#lightartdesign #katherinearmacost #15yearsoflight #abstractpainting #artinnc #chapelhillart taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Jon Rollins (b. 1991) received his BFA at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2013. His work has been exhibited in New York, Madrid, Basel, Miami Beach, and throughout North Carolina. His first solo show opened in New York City in 2019. Since 2020, ten solo exhibitions of his work have been presented in North Carolina. His work was featured in New American Paintings 154 in 2021. Jon’s work is represented by Blue Spiral 1 (Asheville, NC), COHAB (High Point, NC), and Oneoneone (Chapel Hill, NC).

Jon’s work is constructed from materials preserved from his studio practice and daily life. Melding identifiable objects of personal memory and cryptic scraps from old sketchbooks and abandoned paintings, his layered surfaces are built up and torn down through cycles of painting, drawing, collage, cutting, sanding, and scraping.

Jon lives and works in High Point, NC.

Pictured here:
1 + 3 + 4:
Tearjerker, no date
Acrylic, silkscreen ink, spray paint, sketch paper, newsprint, permanent marker, graphite, masking tape, and adhesive on canvas
64” x 48”

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The artist in his studio in High Point, NC.

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Sound of a Train, no date
Mixed media on canvas
10” x 8”

6:
Framer, no date
Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, pastel, graphite, newsprint, drop cloth,
canvas, paint stir stick, wood glue, screws, nails, and wood
21” x 17.1875”

For information about available works, visit our website or connect at
info@lightartdesign.com

@jon_rollins

#lightartdesign #jonrollins #abstractpainting taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Ippy Patterson is a visual artist who was born in New England and grew up in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile where her father was a metallurgist for the Andes Copper Mining Company. She attended Rhode Island School of Design as an illustration major before transferring to Brown University to major in creative writing. She had her first short story published by New Directions at 21 and went on to receive several awards for book illustration and to illustrate the New York Times garden column.

More recently she illustrated the garden column for Walter Magazine. Her line work ranges from the smallest pen nib to wide sticks of charcoal, from figurative to imaginary to abstract and is included in the permanent collections of The NCMA and the Gregg Museum. At present she is working on portraits of South American writers.

Stop by the gallery today from 12 - 4pm to see Ippy's incredible drawings. Be sure to ask us to see a few extra works we have available from her Escape from Eden drawing series, which is part of the NCMA's collection.

@ippypatterson

#lightartdesign #ippypatterson #drawingfromnature #escapefromeden taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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15 Years of LIGHT | Artist Feature

Harriet Hoover is a visual artist and educator whose work explores abstract, process-driven approaches to drawing and textiles. A recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award, she has exhibited nationally and participated in artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Château du Pin in Champtocé-sur-Loire, France.

She holds a B.A. in Textile Technology and Art + Design from North Carolina State University and an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition to her studio practice, Hoover has worked as an arts educator and administrator in community, academic, and museum settings. Her work often engages themes of play and the artistic process through social and participatory projects.

As a side note, we love Harriet's titles!

Pictured here:
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Installation view of Harriet's works in
15 Years of LIGHT

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The artist in her studio

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Splash and Open Hatch, 2026
Paper collage, unframed
7.75” x 8.25”

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Two Lines from Casablanca, 2026
Paper collage, unframed
6.5” x 6.5”

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Tia on the Line, 2026
Paper collage, unframed
7” x 6.5”

6:
The River Talks Back, 2026
Paper collage, unframed
10” x 8.75”

www.oneoneone.gallery
Thursday - Saturday
12 - 4pm
*and by appointment

info@lightartdesign

@harrietlhoover

#lightartdesign #harriethoover #collage #artinnorthcarolina taken in LIGHT: Art + Design by @lightartdesign

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