Light Art Collection

What Light Art Collection does

Light Art Collection is a Netherlands-based company founded in 2017 that curates, produces, and supplies light art installations and exhibitions for public spaces, festivals, real estate developments, and events worldwide. The company operates what it describes as the world's largest collection of light art, continuously expanded through annual selections from its parent organization, Amsterdam Light Festival, supplemented by commissioned and curated works from international artists. Its core offerings include artwork licensing and exhibition packages, end-to-end curation and curatorial advisory services, and full technical production and installation support for venue operators, city marketers, real estate developers, and government tourism bodies. The business model is B2B and project-based, generating revenue through licensing artworks from its collection for specific events and periods, combined with professional services fees for curation, artist management, and production logistics. Distribution is entirely indirect-to-enterprise: there is no direct-to-consumer sales channel, and the company reaches customers through direct enterprise sales to festivals, venues, and cultural institutions, as well as via channel partners such as Culture Creative (illuminated trails at Kew Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Sydney, and others).

The company's operating footprint spans more than 20 countries across Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and North America, with marquee recurring partnerships including Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (since 2019), Battersea Power Station in London (since 2020), Culture Creative illuminated trails (since 2020), Illuminate Adelaide (since 2021), Alluminous in Almere (since 2022), Mori Building's Toranomon Hills in Tokyo (since 2023), and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam (since 2024). Notable 2025 expansions include Vivid Sydney and i Light Singapore, plus the launch of a productized touring exhibition, 'Art in the Night Garden', targeting castle gardens, city parks, and botanic gardens. Documented outcomes include 500,000+ visitors at the Toranomon Light Art festival in Tokyo, 30,000 visitors at Alluminous 2022, and 1.6 billion media reach with 2.44M social media views for the Battersea Power Station Light Festival 2024. The team is described as 1-10 employees specializing in curation, technical production, logistics, content marketing, and account management, and the company received a [d]arc Award nomination for Best Creative Lighting Event in 2024 for the SNFCC Light Installations Festival in Athens.

Name

Light Art Collection

Legal name

Light Art Collection

Website

https://lightart-collection.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Light Art Collection, founded in 2017 and based in Amsterdam, curates, produces, and licenses light art installations from what it claims is the world's largest collection, supplying B2B curation, artwork licensing, and turn-key production services to festivals, real estate developers, city marketers, and tourism bodies worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Art Curation & Light Art Production Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Centers & Multidisciplinary Arts Institutions (THAJADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Light art curation
• Public art installations
• Festival production services
• Artwork licensing
• Placemaking experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Artwork Exhibition and Licensing: Provides artworks from collection for exhibitions at festivals, venues, and events worldwide. Revenue generated through licensing artworks for specific events and time periods, with full production and technical support included.
2. Curation and Production Services: Offers end-to-end services including artistic curation, artist management, and technical production for light art events. Advisory services for organizing exhibitions and developing programs for various audiences.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Light Art Collection curates, produces, and supplies light art installations and exhibitions for public spaces, festivals, venues, and events worldwide. It licenses artworks from what it describes as the world's largest collection of light art, and provides turn-key curation, artist management, and technical production services for partners including city marketers, real estate developers, governments, tourism ministries, and event agencies.

Product overview

Light Art Collection operates the world's largest collection of light art installations, offering a comprehensive portfolio of curated exhibitions, touring shows, and production services. The core offering includes their permanent collection of light artworks available for exhibition worldwide, supplemented by strategic partnerships with major festivals (Amsterdam Light Festival, SNFCC Athens, Battersea Power Station London, Toranomon Light Art Tokyo, Alluminous Almere) and touring exhibitions like 'Art in the Night Garden'. Services include expert curation and turn-key production for venues, events, and public spaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Light Art Collection The core asset of the business: a curated library of light art installations described as the world's largest of its kind, made available for exhibition at festivals, venues, and public spaces worldwide.
• Curation Services Expert curatorial service for light art festivals, events, and public spaces, including thematic development, artwork selection, and artist management.
• Production Services Turn-key technical production, installation, logistics, and on-site guidance to ensure light artworks are displayed at optimal quality for partner venues and events.
• Art in the Night Garden A touring light art exhibition available for hire, designed for castle gardens, city parks, and botanic gardens, featuring curated illuminated artworks from the Light Art Collection.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000+ visitors in two months at Tokyo Toranomon Light Art
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vivid SydneycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Two artworks (Error by Vendel & De Wolf and Drawn in Light by Ralf Westerhof) featured at Vivid Sydney 2025, celebrating its 15th year. Australia's largest festival of light, music, ideas and food transforms Sydney's Harbour City with creative, innovation and technology experiences.
• Schiphol Real Estate / SpotminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership to display three light art installations (Absorbed by Light, Talking Heads, Two Lamps) in Schiphol Central Business District. Part of Schiphol's Spot initiative to create welcoming environments through art and surprises.
• Mori BuildingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership to organize large-scale light art festival in Toranomon Hills, Tokyo. First international light art festival project, attracting 500,000+ visitors. Collaboration with Amsterdam mayor and Dutch embassy to spark Tokyo's post-COVID public nightlife.
• Alluminous (Almere City Government)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership to bring first-ever light art festival to Almere, Netherlands. Curatorial collaboration between Light Art Collection's Pam Toonen and Alluminous' Ward Janssen. First edition (2022) attracted 30,000 visitors; festival expanded in subsequent years with more artworks and theatrical installations.
• Illuminate AdelaidecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership for City Lights event featuring Light Art Collection artworks as eyecatchers. Illuminate Adelaide is Australia's first citywide winter celebration of innovation, music, technology, and art. Light Art Collection showcased popular works from their collection in thoughtfully curated free public programs.
• Battersea Power StationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Annual light festival partnership transforming London's Battersea Power Station development. Started with five artworks at raw construction site (2020) and expanded to include indoor installations in main halls and ongoing artistic vision curation as the area developed into a thriving community.
• Culture CreativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Fifth consecutive year of partnership (2020-2024) providing artworks for illuminated trails worldwide. Light Art Collection artworks serve as highlight centerpieces for Culture Creative's routes at prestigious locations including Kew Gardens, Paris, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brooklyn.
• Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Long-term partnership since 2019 for light installations festival at Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens. Light Art Collection provides artworks from their collection, curatorial expertise, and production support. Partnership expanded from a single artwork to full festival curation over six years of collaboration.
• Amsterdam Light FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Founding partnership - Light Art Collection was established in 2017 by Amsterdam Light Festival. Selects the most beautiful light artworks from the annual Amsterdam festival to add to the collection, supplementing with other impressive installations for year-round international programming.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sila Sveta: Moscow-based new media and light art studio producing large-scale immersive installations, projection mappings, and festival content for cities, brands, and event organizers — overlapping service offering in light art curation and production for public spaces.
• Moment Factory: Montreal-based multimedia entertainment studio creating immersive, light-driven installations and night-time experiences for public spaces, brands, and cultural venues globally — directly comparable B2B model curating and producing light-based experiences for enterprise clients.
• Culturespaces (Atelier des Lumières): French operator of immersive digital art centers (Atelier des Lumières, Bassins de Lumières) that curates and licenses immersive art exhibitions to venues — directly comparable as a curator-producer monetizing art IP through venue partnerships and touring shows.
• teamLab: International interdisciplinary art collective producing immersive, technology-driven light and digital art exhibitions for museums, festivals, and public venues — competing for the same enterprise customers (cities, developers, cultural institutions) seeking turnkey immersive art experiences.
• ARTECHOUSE: US-based operator of immersive art and technology exhibitions in dedicated gallery spaces, collaborating with artists to produce touring light/digital art experiences for cultural and commercial venues.

Emerging players

• Meow Wolf: US-based immersive art experience company building permanent and temporary large-scale art exhibitions for entertainment and cultural venues — competing for similar enterprise demand from developers and cultural institutions for destination experiences.
• Culture Creative: UK producer of illuminated trails and light festivals at botanic gardens and cultural venues; a current distribution partner of Light Art Collection but also a partial competitor for similar illuminated-trail contracts at parks and gardens.

Regional players

• ProjeKt Pro (by AGB Events): UK-based event production company behind large-scale light festivals and illuminated trails (e.g., Christmas at Kew collaborations) — comparable as a producer and operator of light-art-led festivals and trail experiences for cultural venues and parks.
• Electric Canvas: Australian specialist in projection mapping, light installations, and large-format visual experiences for events, festivals, and public spaces — comparable production services and target customers, primarily in the Oceania region.

Broad incumbents

• Dragone Entertainment: Belgian-based global leader in live entertainment production, including large-scale immersive and multimedia shows for venues and events — broader incumbent offering overlapping with Light Art Collection's production services for large public-space experiences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/lightartcollection
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lightartcollection

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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