Studio Hirons

Design and identity for ‘Janyak: Armenian Art of Knots and Loops’, an exhibition curated by Gassia Armenian. For centuries Armenian janyak (Ժանյակ) or needle lace has been a precious link for Armenians across the world. A portable and enduring art form passed from mother to daughter, it has connected generations both in their homeland and in the diaspora, transmitting cultural heritage and values.

Design and identity for ‘Art, Honor and Ridicule: Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana’, an exhibition co-curated by Silvia Forni and Erica P. Jones. This exhibition featured Fowler Museum’s extraordinary collection of asafo flags. Colorful and conceptually layered, the flags are insignia for the historical and still thriving military companies of Fante states in Southern Ghana.

Design and art direction for signage and wayfinding, print collateral, digital and print advertising, and apparel for the 2020 Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair, which took place at the The Hollywood Athletic Club.

Exhibition design and identity for ‘The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy’ curated by Naoko Takahatake at LACMA in Los Angeles. First introduced in Italy around 1516, the chiaroscuro woodcut, which involves printing an image from two or more woodblocks inked in different hues, was one of the most successful early forays into color printing in Europe. Taking its name from the Italian for “light” (chiaro) and “shade” (scuro), the technique creates the illusion of depth through tonal contrasts. For this first major presentation of the subject in the United States, some 100 rare chiaroscuro woodcuts were brought together alongside related drawings, engravings, and sculpture.

Identity for ‘Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts’, an exhibition curated by Carlee Forbes at Fowler Museum in Los Angeles. This exhibition traced the movement of objects through different cultural, economic and political contexts.