Luminous Waveforms

Great turnout to celebrate the placement of three @luminouswaveforms seats in Los Altos Village Park. Thank you to @artslosaltos1 for securing the funding, and bringing arts to your community. Special thanks to @nspireart and @karenzucker for making this all happen. #functionalart #ledart #parametricdesign #luminouswaveforms

On view now at Jonathan Carver Moore—Peer Pressure, a new body of work by Alvin Armstrong created during his five week residency with the gallery. Armstrong’s solo presentation approaches pressure not as a singular force, but as a layered and dynamic condition—one shaped by ambition, identity, history, and belonging. The title itself carries a duality: sharp and immediate, yet playful and buoyant. For Armstrong, “peer pressure” evokes competition and challenge, the risks inherent in growth, and the tension between failure and reward. These paintings sit in that charged space where perseverance meets possibility, where the weight of expectation is countered by the exhilaration of evolution. Throughout the exhibition, Armstrong considers the many forms pressure can take—social, familial, racial, and internal. Rather than framing these forces as solely restrictive, the work recognizes their capacity to generate momentum, clarity, and transformation. Peer Pressure, on view through March 14, 2026. #AlvinArmstrong #JonathanCarverMoore #ContemporaryArt #PeerPressure #BlackHistoryMonth

Recently interviewed by Daniel Cassady (@cassadyphotos ) for ARTNews (@artnews )—our Founding Director Jonathan Carver Moore shares, “People should be able to see themselves with the work…that changes how they engage with it.” Cassady writes—“When Jonathan Carver Moore talks about his eponymous gallery, he rarely starts with sales figures or artists’ résumés. He starts with a feeling. The feeling of walking into a space and not wondering whether you belong there.” During the gallery’s third presentation at the FOG Design + Art Fair (@fogfair ) in San Francisco, Moore is presenting a solo booth of new paintings by Cameroonian painter Sesse Elangwe (@sesseelangwe ), which were all developed during the artist’s recent residency with the gallery. “The work is lush and exacting, saturated with color and attention, but what Moore is really staging is an argument. Art should meet people where they are. A gallery should feel like a conversation rather than an exam,” Cassady writes. 🔗 Read the full @artnews feature with the link-in-bio. _____ This weekend during SF Art Week (sfartweek) and FOG Design + Art Fair, Moore is presenting through the 25th at Fort Mason Center as part of the FOG FOCUS presentation at Booth 504. He also has on view Auudi Dorsey’s (@auudidorsey ) What’s Left, Never Left at his gallery, located at 966 Market Street. This Sunday at 3pm, join our Founding Director, Jonathan Carver Moore, alongside artists Anoushka Mirchandani (@anoushka ), Lava Thomas (@lavathomas ), and Arleene Correa Valencia (@arleenecorreavalencia ), back at FOG for a conversation exploring how lived experience shapes artistic practice, what stories are shared or held close, and why these narratives matter now. #SFArtWeek #FOG #ContemporaryArt #JonathanCarverMoore #SanFrancisco

@philspitler and I installed the last of three artworks purchased by collectors for their new fabulous house in #sf. Love their seeing the joy on their faces when we turned on Natura. @teeeblair @jenchitiu @luminouswaveforms #ledart #collaboration #artcollecting #artcollectors #sfartists #sanfranciscoartists #interiordesign #videoart #blackandwhitephoto #water #nature

Join us a for a #portola #halloween! This Halloween, our beloved Portola Garden Green Between transforms into a twilight dreamscape. For one evening only, stroll through glowing sculptures, spectral illusions, and lantern-lit trails woven into the garden’s native texture. Created by Portola light artists Victoria Mara Heilweil and Phil Spitler (@luminouswaveforms ), the walkable light installations will feature light sculptures that interact and dance with music. There will be curtains of lights, a food truck, music, trick-or-treating for the kids, and more! There will be special limited edition Halloween Portola T-shirts on sale for $25 each at the Spooky Garden Reverie this Friday! Come and get them while supplies last! Make sure to check Portola @fccenters ’s family-friendly Halloween Celebration at 2565 San Bruno Avenue, where there will be a haunted house, games, and prizes! @heyneighborcafe will be having an Arcade Night, a crafting table, and a movie night on Halloween! Stop by for food, drinks, and candy! #sf #sanfrancisco #dothebay #sfhalloween #sffuncheap #portolasf #sfportola #trickortreat #sftrickortreat

A Halloween Light Walk in the Portola’s Green Between October 31. 6:00pm-9:00pm Where lights flicker and shadows whisper… This Halloween, our beloved Portola Garden Green Between transforms into a twilight dreamscape. For one evening only, stroll through glowing sculptures, spectral illusions, and lantern-lit trails woven into the garden’s native texture. Created by Portola artists, this walkable installations blends mastery, playfulness, and autumn enchantment. Not a haunted house…a haunted habitat! No tricks, just illuminations, imagination, and a whisper of mischief in the leaves. Free, All Ages Welcome! /e/halloween-spooky-garden-reverie-light-show-tickets-1740891686899?aff=oddtdtcreator

It's the Autumn Lights Festival starting tomorrow. Huge thanks to @bryanbrews and @theepatientwolf for helping us install our latest piece "Stellar Flare" We are thrilled with our placement in The Gardens at Lake Merritt.

Our Luminous Waveform benches are finally settled in their new home with updated lighting. Huge thanks to @artslosaltos1 for the amazing placement and continued support. #publicart #ledart @luminouswaveforms @victoriamaraheilweil @nspireart

Our Luminous Waveform benches are finally settled in their new home with updated lighting. Huge thanks to @artslosaltos1 for the amazing placement and continued support. @luminouswaveforms @victoriamaraheilweil @nspireart

After 9 days at Burning Man, it was time to hit the road and head home. An overnight stay at the @jresortreno to check on our illuminated art was the perfect place to stay. #ledartist @luminouswaveforms

Getting ready to head out to Burning Man... But know that I have this waiting for me to return 🤣 An 8' sculpted bench for our gallery @jonathancarvermoore CNC by @soulmindstudios of course... @victoriamaraheilweil @luminouswaveforms

Did testing with @philspitler of new lighting to be installed in our @luminouswaveforms benches in Los Altos. @artslosaltos1 recently found a fabulous new location for them in Village Park, which highlights the organic forms. We used Rainbow lighting as our test to celebrate the last bit of pride. This seating is the largest we have created so far, with a 12’ and 10’ bench. The curves can shine even more at those lengths. #ledart #functionalart #creativeseating #publicart #collaboration #parametricdesign #illuminatedart #sfartists #artslosaltos #losaltos #villageparklosaltos