Heroes, History, Pins & Guns
Alison Wright
September 28, 2012 - November 1, 2012
I chose to become an architect because I like to work large; even as a child, I drew huge, colorful, larger than life portraits. I have always approached architecture from an artistic background. While designing studio space for graphic designers and ad agencies in the Helms Building, I manipulated scale and light. Now, as an artist, I have inverted this process and am approaching art from my architecture background—sometimes using building materials in ways for which they were not intended.
Art is nothing if not a dialog and so engaging with other people has enriched my life. As an architect I collaborated with structural engineers, traffic engineers, civil engineers, electrical and mechanical engineers. As an artist my consultants are a seamstress, an upholsterer, embroiderers from Mexico, an app designer, a computer consultant, a graphic designer, a surfboard shaper and an advertising print shop. I have always been interested in understanding the details of what others do. Even if nothing comes of what we discuss, we end up having amazing conversations. These conversations can happen anywhere--on the street, on the beach, wherever the dialog begins.
—Alison Wright
Architect and artist Alison Wright has lived in Manhattan Beach since the 1980’s. During that time she has participated in numerous Manhattan Beach art and architecture advisory panels including the Cultural Arts Commission, the Steering Committee for the Manhattan Beach Facility Strategic Plan and the Arts Advisory Board for Strand improvements. She is a graduate of USC and SciARC and has taught at Otis Art Institute. The Manhattan Beach home she designed for her family has been on an AIA tour and has been featured in national and international publications as well as on the Discovery Channel. She commenced her architectural career working primarily on commercial projects in downtown Los Angeles including The Fine Arts Building, The Oviatt Building, Chapman Market and several restaurants within these buildings. After founding her own practice, Wright designed sound studios, advertising studios, art studios, the LA Produce Market and several single-family residences.Alison Wright
September 28, 2012 - November 1, 2012
Heroes, History, Pins & Guns
Alison Wright
September 28, 2012 - November 1, 2012
I chose to become an architect because I like to work large; even as a child, I drew huge, colorful, larger than life portraits. I have always approached architecture from an artistic background. While designing studio space for graphic designers and ad agencies in the Helms Building, I manipulated scale and light. Now, as an artist, I have inverted this process and am approaching art from my architecture background—sometimes using building materials in ways for which they were not intended.
Art is nothing if not a dialog and so engaging with other people has enriched my life. As an architect I collaborated with structural engineers, traffic engineers, civil engineers, electrical and mechanical engineers. As an artist my consultants are a seamstress, an upholsterer, embroiderers from Mexico, an app designer, a computer consultant, a graphic designer, a surfboard shaper and an advertising print shop. I have always been interested in understanding the details of what others do. Even if nothing comes of what we discuss, we end up having amazing conversations. These conversations can happen anywhere--on the street, on the beach, wherever the dialog begins.
—Alison Wright
Architect and artist Alison Wright has lived in Manhattan Beach since the 1980’s. During that time she has participated in numerous Manhattan Beach art and architecture advisory panels including the Cultural Arts Commission, the Steering Committee for the Manhattan Beach Facility Strategic Plan and the Arts Advisory Board for Strand improvements. She is a graduate of USC and SciARC and has taught at Otis Art Institute. The Manhattan Beach home she designed for her family has been on an AIA tour and has been featured in national and international publications as well as on the Discovery Channel. She commenced her architectural career working primarily on commercial projects in downtown Los Angeles including The Fine Arts Building, The Oviatt Building, Chapman Market and several restaurants within these buildings. After founding her own practice, Wright designed sound studios, advertising studios, art studios, the LA Produce Market and several single-family residences.Alison Wright
September 28, 2012 - November 1, 2012