Leo Villareal is a contemporary Mexican American artist. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Japan, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. He lives and works in New York.Molly Donovan is curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Annie Dell’Aria is associate professor of art history at Miami University in Oxford, OH.Sarah Sze is a contemporary American artist based in New York.

‘A celebration of an artist whose algorithmic light installations have redefined public and digital art on a global scale. Moreover, it’s a love letter to the beauty of chance, the precision of rules, and the underlying structure of complex systems – showing that there’s often more to “light art” than meets the eye.’ – Aesthetica MagazineSelected for J.P. Morgan's 2026 NextList

Leo Villareal is a contemporary Mexican American artist. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Japan, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. He lives and works in New York.Molly Donovan is curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Annie Dell’Aria is associate professor of art history at Miami University in Oxford, OH.Sarah Sze is a contemporary American artist based in New York.

‘A celebration of an artist whose algorithmic light installations have redefined public and digital art on a global scale. Moreover, it’s a love letter to the beauty of chance, the precision of rules, and the underlying structure of complex systems – showing that there’s often more to “light art” than meets the eye.’ – Aesthetica MagazineSelected for J.P. Morgan's 2026 NextList