Ben Zamora is an American artist whose work is grounded in light and sculpture. He creates immersive installations and large-scale sculptural works that respond to the relationship between space, structure, and perception.
Zamora’s sculptures and installations have been presented at a wide range of creative and cultural venues, including the Park Avenue Armory in New York, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Amsterdam Light Festival, Kunsthalle Krems in Austria, the Vienna Festival, Holland Festival, the Frye Art Museum, Suyama Space, and Cannonball Arts. In addition to these projects, his work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and is held in private collections and public art programs throughout the U.S. and internationally. His projects range from temporary installations to permanent public commissions that engage with local communities and landscapes.
He has also created sculptures and light-based installations for performance works, including collaborations with Kronos Quartet, Saint Genet, the Berlin Philharmonic, Barbican Centre in London, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Over the last two decades, director Peter Sellars has been a key collaborator with Zamora.
Zamora’s work has been presented at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, the Brisbane Festival in Australia, Donau Festival in Austria, Royal Festival Hall in London, Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, Helsinki Festival, Berliner Festspiele, Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, Le Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris, and The Getty Villa in Los Angeles.