COMBINED EXPERIENCE
COMBINED EXPERIENCE
Jewelry collection for the company "Sea of Jewelry".
"I am satisfied with everything, thanks for all the help"
Ronen approached me when he opened his jewelry company that offers jewelry for Christian American customers. He wanted to design a unisex collection with distinct Christian symbols in an unusual design. The collection is currently sold on Amazon.
Selected Projects
Luxury Residence
A light sculpture for a TLV luxury apartment
Architect Leah Gott
We are very satisfied and love the result, and we’ve also received a lot of compliments! Thank you! –Valerie Geron.
Architect Leah Goth has spent a long time looking for an impressive and unique lighting fixture for her clients. The Big Sister’s Jewel creates an elegant and warm atmosphere in the luxury apartment, as a piece of art that illuminates the central and primary space in the project.
A standing light sculpture for a luxury villa
OMI - Luxury Interior Design
Hen Shai, a designer and the CEO of luxury interior design company OMI, asked for light sculptures that would suit the high-level spaces designed in a Hod Hasharon villa. In the living room shown in the photo, the 1.80-meter-tall Amaterasu light sculpture creates a singular atmosphere with its glossy finish. The sculpture is named after the Japanese sun goddess, and depicts her journey through the sky and the light she spreads, which is reflected in how the appearance of the statue changes throughout the day/night cycle and the influence of natural light combined with LED lighting. The sculptures were adapted to spaces in the villa designed with high-end furniture from all over the world.
Lighting sculptures for a villa in Mevaseret
Interior designer Yifat Sasson
You are very talented, the results are far beyond what I imagined! –interior designer Yifat Sasson
This house was designed with a mid-century style using bright colors and light sculptures per the Big Sister concept, a humorous response to Big Brother by Chen Taoz which was then adapted through contrasting colors and a diversity of metals and hand-blown colored glass materials. The sculptures designed for the entire space of the first floor are used for practical everyday lighting, introducing the spirit of Wonderland that the designer wanted to create within the spaces of the house.
Amaterasu's Shiny Light for a luxury condo
Architect Shani Zadoki
Thank you, thank you, thank you! It looks… wow! I have no words to thank you for the joy the lighting sculptures bring me. –Jenny Golz
For this art-loving client’s living room space, Chen supplemented her light sculptures with a piece designed especially for the client: a wall-mounted light sculpture of Amaterasu inspired by the Japanese sun goddess, chosen for warm LED lighting that emanates between the slots of the handmade bent brass. The sculptures are lit by a separate switch, so the client can turn off the central lighting to create a completely different atmosphere in the space.
A hanging light sculpture for a luxury condo
Architect Shani Zadoki
You’re a Godsend creator. - Jenny Golz
In accordance with the client’s bold and creative nature, Chen designed illuminating sculptures for all the spaces of the apartment, in a variety of finishes and a combination of flexible and dynamic asymmetrical structures. The Big Sister light sculpture was chosen for the kitchen space as a contrasting and cheerful color combination, which illuminates the island with warm lighting and provides a sense of movement that comes from the combination of shapes and colors, inspiring the mind to reach to the stars.
Big Sister lighting in a modern apartment
Interior designer Dana Fingerer
"The lighting fixtures are amazing, designed and manufactured at the highest level. The service you provide - your attention, patience, deep understanding and precision - is rare!", interior designer Dana Fingerer.
"Chen is very professional and fun to work with. She gave us what we wished for, both in terms of aesthetic design and professionally with the light for our needs. Really recommend. We like the result and enjoy it every day," Rivka Yanko from Kiryat Bialik, north Israel.
Every single detail in this project was carefully chosen and so were the lighting fixtures, which was very important to Rebecca that they match the colors and finishes to the look of the space. The lighting fixtures with glossy black and white finishes were created especially for the project.
Public Spaces
Light sculptures for boutique residences lobby in Jaffa | Project in progress
Boulevard, high standard real estate
During a private visit to Chen Taoz’s solo exhibition, the Boulevard Company’s management team was excited by the Amaterasu installation, and decided to introduce special lighting to the lobby of the boutique building at 131 Jerusalem Boulevard, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, which is soon to be occupied. The light sculptures currently in production at the studio combine advanced technologies with traditional handwork. The ancient gold finish and the artistic touch is evident in every light sculpture, and is combined with high-quality LED lighting, to continue the local story of a vibrant modern atmosphere alongside the historical splendor of Jaffa.
The studio booth during Milan Design Week
Salone Satellite, Salone del Mobile Milano
After attending Milan Design Week, Taoz submitted materials to a committee that included 13 international curators from the fields of Architecture and Design. The studio was chosen sooner than expected, and on the strength of her first submission the committee invited her to set up a booth as part of a satellite exhibition for young outstanding designers. The event was supposed to take place in 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID pandemic and finally took place in 2022, where Taoz presented selected light works from the studio at the largest design event in the world. As a result of her participation, Taoz won the Cultural Export of Plastic Art Prize awarded to her by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Foundation for Independent Artists.
Amaterasu in Man & the Living Museum
Curated by Rotem Kaplan and Niv Nodelman
An extraordinary meeting of humans, animals and art in a new exhibition for the whole family: Land & Sea.
Chen Taoz’s light sculptures were chosen by the curators for the exhibition’s inaugural space, currently on display at the Man and the Living Museum until July 2024. Like shells in nature, these sculptures are also created through repetitive movement that seems accurate at first glance, but upon closer observation you can notice the differences that indicate natural formations in the case of shells, or or artist-made configurations in the creation of the luminous sculptures.
Light Texture, Chen Taoz's solo exhibition
Curated by Dr. Dalia Manor, Vitrina Gallery IL
The lighting fixtures attached to the wall of this series look like tubes, or like small animals that shine from within. These works expand the role of lighting from a functional need to decorative objects that create a mysterious atmosphere, in which the light plays a role of ‘material’ emanating from the solid materials, illuminating them from within and affecting their surroundings. –from the text of the exhibition at the Vitrina Gallery in 2022-2023, written by curator Dr. Dalia Manor.
Light Texture, Chen Taoz's solo exhibition
Curated by Dr. Dalia Manor, Vitrina Gallery IL
The lighting sculptures at different heights were originally intended to be displayed also in daylight when the sunlight returns from the shiny metal strips that are bent by hand. At night, the lighting emerges from within and affects the entire environment with lights and shadows. - from the text of the exhibition at Vitrina Gallery in 2022-2023, which was written by the curator Dr. Dalia Manor.
Chen Taoz's booth at the Fresh Paint Fair,
The largest art and design fair in Israel
Tal Golani, curator of the Fresh Paint Fair design complex, approached Chen Taoz with an offer to participate in the exhibition and set up her own booth. Taoz decided to use this stage for the new collection she was about to launch in collaboration with the Nulah Studio for Hand Weaving, and thus designed a booth dedicated mainly to “Origa” (light and weaving in Hebrew), which captivated designers, architects and design enthusiasts who came to visit the fair. The collection is currently on display at the Rezort Design Gallery at Migdal 2, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv.
Squares & Parks
Big Sister, a sculptural lighting fixture
Covered garden, Design Terminal Bat Yam
In 2020, the studio was chosen to participate in the "incubator" project for independent artists and designers at Design Terminal in Bat Yam. During her stay at the complex Taoz designed "Big Sister", a playful design that opposes the concept of Big Brother, based on the ideas in George Orwell's book 1984. Big Sister presents an alternative option to the Big Brother with a gentler and more intimate approach, embodying the role of a companion and supporter rather than an all-seeing overseer. The project was published on Xnet Magazine.
Ambient light sculpture in Herzliya Pituach
Project in progress | Private client
A light sculpture for the garden that dances the natural lighting from the sun and illuminates in the dark with hidden LED lighting that turns on automatically. Endless games of light and shadow are embodied in a piece that is currently in the planning and development process in the studio for a private client in Herzliya Pituach. Expected placement: 12.2024
A light sculpture for a square in Zikhron Ya'akov local council | Project in progress
A light sculpture for a square in a new neighborhood in Zikhron Ya’akov.
The sculpture will be made of Corten steel with a dynamic concept of light and shadow, and with references to natural sunlight and LED strings which are an essential part of the work and its metaphorical meanings. The sculpture is currently in planning and development for the local council at the studio. Expected placement: July 2024.
Special Productions
Amaterasu in artistic photography set
Photographer Yaniv Gabay, model ShaharHD
In this art photography project, the model is wrapped in a suit of light and shadow created by the sculptures. The model instantly becomes a self-illuminated work of art.
Light sculptures can be borrowed from the studio for exhibitions, photographs and special productions by prior arrangement.