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Glenn Shrum

Associate Professor of Lighting Design and Interdisciplinary Practice

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shrumg@newschool.edu

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Glenn Shrum

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Spanning the fields of design and art practice, Glenn Shrum’s work with light places him at the center of converging professional disciplines.  Originally trained as an architect, Shrum received a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis on light-space installations and light art history from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008.  In addition to his professional activity as principal/founder at Flux Studio Ltd, Glenn Shrum is Associate Professor of Lighting Design and Interdisciplinary Practice and former director in the Master of Fine Arts Lighting Design program at Parsons School of Design.   His activity in the international lighting design community includes a position at the US coordinator of the Professional Lighting Designers' Association from 2009 to 2011 invited lectures in Turkey, Spain, France, Colombia, Mexico, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, and throughout the USA.  Current Flux Studio projects include National Museum of Woment in the Arts (USA), National Aquarium in Baltimore (USA), National Gallery of Art (USA), National Cryptological Museum (USA), and numerous light art commissions.

 

Degrees Held

2008 - Master of Fine Arts: Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art 1993 - Bachelor of Arts: Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Recent Publications

2017 - Shrum, G., Natural Light Issue, 2017, Guest Editor of topical issue of Lighting: Illumination in Architecture (UK) publication 2017 - Shrum, G. (co author Laura Dillon), Earth and Sun, 2017, Essay introducing Natural Light issue of Lighting: Illumination in Architecture publication for which author was also guest editor. 2017 - Shrum, G., Incidents of Lightness. 6th Global Professional Lighting Design Convention Proceedings, p.26-28. 2016 - Shrum, G., Light, Poetry and Society: Light Art in the City, Introduction to Light & Art in Public Spaces, 2016, a publication that demonstrates how light and art can help municipalities stimulate citizen participation and add social and economic value to urban spaces, has been published by Lighting Urban Community International (Lyon, France) 2016 - Shrum, G., AL 30th Anniversary Issue: 30 Moments in Lighting,  #7 The Influence of James Turrell, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2016 Jan / Feb

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