What Dominic Harris Studio does

Dominic Harris Studio Ltd. is a privately-held British artist studio founded in 2007 and headquartered in London, operating with a team of 24 across creative, technical, and engineering functions. The studio produces interactive digital artworks that combine custom code, electronics, multi-sensor input (3D sensors, laser rangefinders), and high-resolution 4K displays into 'living' digital ecosystems — typically themed around nature (butterflies, flowers, birds, polar environments, aquariums) — that respond in real time to viewer presence and movement.

The studio's commercial model is dual-track. Edition artworks (e.g., Bloomed, Flutter, Metamorphosis sub-series, World Stage) are produced in limited runs — typically an edition of 8 plus 2 Artist Proofs and 2 Museum Proofs — and sold through exclusive gallery representation by Halcyon Gallery across the UK and New York. Parallel to this, the studio accepts bespoke commissions for large-scale public and corporate installations, evidenced by the 16-meter installation aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Viva, the 8 x 2.5 meter permanent artwork at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands, dual-location commissions for Ouronyx in London and Dubai, and an 8 x 7 meter public art commission unveiled in Markham, Canada in 2025.

The studio's customer base spans museums and cultural institutions, high-net-worth collectors, cruise and hospitality operators, corporate lobbies, and municipal governments. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is provided on inquiry. Recent product development has expanded into AI-generated imagery series and live-data-driven installations, alongside the studio's signature hand-painted digital craft. No external funding, parent company, or venture ownership is indicated; the company is entirely founder-led by Dominic Harris.

Name

Dominic Harris Studio

Legal name

Dominic Harris Studio Ltd.

Website

https://dominicharris.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dominic Harris Studio is a London-based, privately-held British artist studio of 24 that designs and produces interactive digital artworks — combining custom code, sensors, and high-resolution displays — for museums, high-net-worth collectors, corporations, cruise operators, and municipal public art commissions, sold via Halcyon Gallery and direct commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interactive Digital Art

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Art Department (VAD) & Environment/Digital Matte Painting (MPADAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event Signage, Props & Custom Installations (HSACAOAG)

Keywords

• Interactive digital art
• Art commissions
• Public installations
• Generative artwork
• Digital fine art

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Artwork Sales: Sale of original and edition interactive digital artworks through gallery representation and direct commissions. Works range from museum-quality framed pieces to large-scale immersive installations.
2. Public Art Commissions: Large-scale public installations commissioned by municipalities, corporations, and institutions. Examples include Markham World Stage in Canada and Origins of Imagination at Naturalis.
3. Corporate Commissions: Custom interactive artworks commissioned by corporations for their spaces, such as the Ouronyx commission in London and Dubai.
4. Cruise Ship Installations: Installation of permanent interactive artworks on cruise ships, such as 'Every Wing Has A Silver Lining' on Norwegian Cruise Line's Viva.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Dominic Harris Studio designs and creates interactive digital artworks that fuse code, electronics, sensors, and high-resolution displays with hand-painted and AI-generated imagery to produce living digital ecosystems responding to viewer presence. The studio sells limited-edition works through Halcyon Gallery and accepts bespoke commissions from museums, corporations, cruise lines, and municipal clients.

Product overview

Dominic Harris Studio is a British artist's studio creating interactive digital artworks that explore the connection between nature and technology. The portfolio comprises multiple distinct artwork series and individual pieces rather than a unified software platform. Key product lines include: Metamorphosis series (digital hand-painted butterflies exploring colour, iridescence, and AI-generated species), World Stage (butterfly-animated national flags), Endurance series (interactive Polar environment studies), Bloomed/Bloomed Wall (interactive flower arrangements), Ruffled (living bird portraits), Flutter/Hologram works (butterfly installations), Deep Blue (interactive aquarium), Limitless (financial data visualization), and commission-based public art installations. Artworks are built with code, electronics, sensors, and displays, and are sold through Halcyon Gallery with editions and custom commissions available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Markham World Stage An 8 x 7 meter public art commission installed in a Canadian town square; an interactive flag installation whose butterfly imagery animates in response to viewers stepping into the space.
• The Promise Of Babylon A suspended digital globe of endlessly blooming flowers that transform through the seasons, on show at Halcyon New York gallery. Dimensions 126 x 126 x 15 cm.
• Sounds Of Liberty An interactive large-format artwork (85 inch, 213 x 130 x 21 cm with frame) examining how viewers engage with information, where live headlines contrast with hidden long-form journalism and the United States flag subtly shifts through viewer touch. Exhibited at Halcyon New York gallery.
• Origins of Imagination A permanent interactive artwork (8 x 2.5 meters) installed at Naturalis Biodiversity Center that grows over time with each visitor interaction and contribution. Open daily to the public.
• Vanity Mirror 2026 A mirror of identity in the age of the algorithm exhibited at Halcyon New York gallery. Dimensions 1250 x 1143 x 95 mm.
• Blue Visions of an Iridescent Soul An immersive interactive artwork exploring the microscopic intricacies and shifting colours of Morpho Helena butterfly wings reimagined as a landscape. Uses multiple 4K video projectors, 3D sensors, and laser rangefinders with variable dimensions.
• Dioramas of the Divine A series of abstracted, interactive landscapes inspired by Greek mythology. Available in Medium Format (65 inch) and Large Format (86 inch) with aluminium frame.
• Endurance: The Polar Studies An interactive digital artwork series exploring the beauty within fragile Polar environments, comprising four scenes (Polar Bears, Colony, Mount Hope, and Under) with interactive elements responding to viewer touch. Available in Medium Format (65 inch) and Large Format (86 inch).
• Feeding Consciousness A contemporary adaptation of the Tower of Babel examining the fickle nature of social media and humanity's fleeting attention span. On show at Halcyon New York gallery. Dimensions 180 x 320 x 180 cm.
• Limitless An interactive real-time artwork commenting on stock market volatility using live market data. Company logos are organized in the form of a Tower of Babel constructed of reflective gold; touch transforms company symbols into CEO portraits. Uses 5K touch display. Dimensions 127 x 268 x 22 cm.
• Every Wing Has A Silver Lining An interactive shimmering tapestry using 2,128 digital silver butterflies to mirror the ocean's rhythmic movement. Commissioned by Norwegian Cruise Line for the Viva ship's Metropolitan Bar. 16 meters in length.
• Metamorphosis: Full Collection Studies of butterfly movement, colour, and iridescence. Each butterfly is painstakingly created with layers of digital paint hand-painted on a tablet with manual brushstrokes, building up colour and texture to achieve iridescence and transparency. Includes sub-series Primary, Secondary, Four Seasons, Elements, Unseen, Precious Metals, Swallowtails, and Solo (Museum).
• World Stage: Full Collection Digital representations of global species of butterflies that animate the powerful iconography of worldwide flags. Includes United Kingdom, United States, and China versions. Features 247 hand-painted butterflies with interactive responses to viewer presence.
• Bloomed Wall Interactive still-life artworks inspired by Dutch Golden Age painting. Four scenes progress from classical interpretations through to abstract designs where flowers are stripped to core elements, with movements driven by viewer gestures.
• All That Flutters Turns to Gold Interactive artwork commissioned by Ouronyx featuring parametric design of gilded butterflies with reflective gold surfaces that mirror the viewer's space and movement. Installed at locations in London (Twenty St James's Street) and Dubai.
• Ruffled: Full Series Living portrait studies of 20 selected birds created using code displayed behind high-resolution screens. Birds exhibit behavioral characteristics and reactivate with each viewing.
• Bloomed: Full Series A study of 20 plants where small movements enliven the flowers, causing them to flourish as observers pass by. Meticulously recreated through computer animations. Available in Small, Medium, and Large formats.
• Deep Blue Interactive Aquarium (4K) An interactive video canvas with advanced interactive graphics creating a highly engaging visual artwork. Ultra 4K resolution with life-size screen showing a virtual aquarium where marine life responds playfully to viewers.
• Deserted An interactive homage to American landscapes featuring four scenes portraying White Sands New Mexico, Joshua Tree National Park, Monument Valley, and a lunar landscape referencing Apollo moon landing conspiracy theories.
• Flutter Wall An interactive butterfly installation where viewer touch brings colourful butterfly specimens back to life, transforming into a swarming kaleidoscope of butterflies. 50 butterflies for the 65 inch version and 91 butterflies for the 86 inch version.
• Baby Flutter: Full Series A study of 10 precious butterfly species reinterpreted as living portraits on LCD screens. Butterflies change from resting pose to flight mode, tracking viewer movements to display their beautiful wings in slow-motion flight.
• Flutter Hologram: Morpho Helena A holographic set of Morpho helena butterflies brought to life within a Victorian bell jar. Three butterflies flutter around their environment, drawn to a germinating branch, with viewer interaction causing them to dance.
• Flight is a Waltz: Puppet Flutter A collaboration between Oliver Smart (Cinimod Studio) and Dominic Harris bringing a mechanical butterfly to autonomous performance. Features brass, blown glass, and electromechanical drivers with programmed movement defined as a waltz: up, down, pause.
• Unseen An interactive portrait of 13,500 AI-generated butterfly species that have never been witnessed or documented by humans. Uses cutting-edge AI-generation techniques and machine learning to create infinitely unique, impossibly beautiful yet plausible butterfly specimens.

Quantifiable outcome

• Interactive artworks respond to individual viewer presence, creating unique experiences for each visitor

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major, notable and core.

• Norwegian Cruise LinemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Commissioned 'Every Wing Has A Silver Lining', a 16-meter interactive digital installation featuring 2,128 silver butterflies for the Viva cruise ship. The work intertwines visual art with maritime elements.
• OuronyxmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Commissioned 'All That Flutters Turns To Gold', an interactive artwork for Ouronyx's locations at Twenty St James's Street in London and Dubai, themed 'Beauty is Power'.
• Oliver Smart (Cinimod Studio)notableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Collaborative partnership to create 'Flight is a Waltz: Puppet Flutter', combining mechanical puppetry with digital animation. The collaboration brought a mechanical butterfly to autonomous performance.
• Halcyon GallerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive gallery representation for Dominic Harris's artworks. Halcyon Gallery serves as the primary channel for selling and exhibiting Harris's works, including at exhibitions and events.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Quayola: London-based digital artist using algorithms and code to reinterpret nature and art history into generative works shown in museums and galleries. Comparable in artist-led, technology-meets-nature positioning and museum exhibition channel.

Direct peers

• Studio DRIFT: Dutch art studio creating large-scale kinetic and light-based installations exhibited globally in museums and biennales. Comparable in craft-plus-technology positioning and museum/public-art commissioning model.
• teamLab: Japanese interdisciplinary art collective producing large-scale, interactive, technology-driven immersive installations sold to museums, brands and public venues. Closest comparable by business model, technology stack (projection, sensors, code) and customer set.
• Refik Anadol Studio: LA-based media artist studio creating AI- and data-driven, large-format immersive installations for museums, luxury brands and public spaces. Comparable by interactive tech, edition/commission model and HNW/institutional buyer overlap.
• Random International: London-based studio known for sensor-driven, responsive installations (e.g., Rain Room). Direct peer in interactive art installations using code, sensors and bespoke engineering for museums and brands.
• Moment Factory: Montreal-based multimedia studio producing immersive, interactive installations for public spaces, museums and brands. Comparable in project scale, technology mix and institutional/corporate client base.
• Cinimod Studio (Oliver Smart): London-based design/art studio led by Oliver Smart, who is already a documented collaborator with Harris on 'Flight is a Waltz'. Direct peer in fusing mechanical engineering, sensors and digital aesthetics for bespoke installations.
• United Visual Artists (UVA): London-based practice creating large-scale light, sound and projection installations for museums, concerts and public commissions. Geographic and stylistic peer, also serving the same UK museum and brand buyer set.
• Jason Bruges Studio: London design studio producing permanent, interactive architectural installations for museums, retail and public realms. Comparable in UK base, multi-disciplinary team of similar size, and museum/corporate commission mix.

Broad incumbents

• Beeple (Mike Winkelmann / WENEW Studios): Pioneer digital artist turned studio operation with NFT and physical edition works, museum exhibitions and brand collaborations. Comparable in digital-art-first positioning, edition sales and museum-channel access, though more media-driven than sensor-based.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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