Welcome to Our Public Art Project
At Light Up Global, we believe in the transformative power of art to inspire, connect, and enrich communities. Our Public Art Project is dedicated to creating vibrant and meaningful public spaces where creativity and culture come to life. Through collaborations with talented artists from around the globe, we bring art beyond traditional settings, making it accessible to everyone.
Each installation and mural is thoughtfully designed to reflect the unique character of its surroundings, spark meaningful dialogue, and foster a sense of pride and connection within the community. Public art has the power to do more than beautify—it creates opportunities for cultural exchange, education, and collective growth.
By integrating art into everyday spaces, we aim to make creativity an essential and inspiring part of life. Explore our vision, join our journey, and experience the impact of art in action. Together, let’s turn shared spaces into powerful expressions of imagination, innovation, and unity.
Contact Us
LIGHT UP GLOBAL
gia@lightupglobal.org
www.lightupglobal.org
845-608-2607
© 2024 by Light Up Global. All rights reserved.
Artist: Gia Zhang + Li Xiaofei
Proposals for the Stamford Transportation Center Mural
The mural transforms the Stamford Transportation Center parking garage into a dynamic visual narrative celebrating the city's rail heritage, vibrant community, and visionary future. the design merges abstract artistry with meaningful symbolism to create an iconic landmark.
The mural’s deep blue gradient background symbolizes the boundless connection between sky and rail, transitioning from light to dark to evoke depth and movement. At its heart, abstract swirling shapes in silver and gray mimic the flow of train tracks, representing the city’s role as a hub of transit and connection. Complementing this central theme are vibrant accents of warm orange and green, evoking energy, growth, and innovation.
FLOW WITH THE SPIRIT OF WATER: Iutian Tsai's Mirror Sculptures
Flow With The Spirit Of Water
Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2020
Crystal Park New York USA
SUS 316 W 5m × D 3m × H 3.75m
2024
Stainless Steel
The Port Chester waterfront cultural landmark sculpture
The Port Chester waterfront cultural landmark sculpture, Hope and Miracles , reflects on history while looking toward the future. The sculpture combines elements of sailing ships, gates, wings, and water droplets, paying tribute to a great history and symbolizing a thriving future. The water droplets represent resilience and inclusivity. When the sun rises and shines on the droplets, miracles happen.
Gia Zhang is the President and Founder of Light Up Global, LUG mainly curates and organizes various international experimental contemporary art events, providing a platform for discussion and development of various forms of contemporary art. Through exchanges and cooperation with artists and art institutions at home and abroad, we propose exploratory, creative, and voluntary contemporary art activities. These gatherings are social interactions, creations, promotions, curations, and exchanges to showcase contemporary art. LUG focuses on discussion and research on issues in communities around the world through art.
Li Xiaofei is a Chinese visual artist who lives and works in New Jersey. He graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. and is the founder and director of the Creek Art Center (2004-2007) and Fei Contemporary Art Center (FCAC) Shanghai (2007-2015).
Li has been the recipient of multiple grants and awards, including Grant of the Asian Cultural Council (New York, 2011), the IASPIS (Stockholm, 2013), and the Asia New Zealand Foundation (Wellington, 2013). the FIPRESCI Award and an honorable mention by the International Jury at the 66th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Germany, 2020). the VIDEOFORMES Award of the Conseil Départemental du Puy de Dôme (France, 2021).
Li Xiaofei works have been featured nationally and internationally in the 4th ,6th and 7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, (2013, 2017 and 2019), the 10th Shanghai Biennale (2014), the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2014), Barents Spektakel (2015), and the 3rd Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition (2012), the Kunstraum München, the Guangdong Times Museum, OCAT Xi’an (solo exhibition), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Seoul Museum of Art, FSRR (Turin), Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), and KW Berlin in group exhibitions. His works have been collected both by institutions and private collectors, including the Kadist Art Foundation (USA), FCAF (UK), and the White Rabbit Gallery (Australia).