Shuster + Moseley

Shuster + Moseley
EducationGoldsmiths College, University of Kent, University of Exeter, European Graduate School
Years active2014–present
Known forLight art, Suspended sculpture, Site-specific art
Websitewww.shustermoseley.com

Shuster + Moseley are a British artist duo, Claudia Moseley (born 1984) and Edward Shuster (born 1986). Based in London, they create installations and sculptural works in light and glass, which have been described as drawing on philosophical ideas about light.[1] They began collaborating in 2007 after meeting on a tree-dwelling protest site in the Brecon Beacons,[2] and formally established their practice as Shuster + Moseley in 2014.[3] Building on the traditions of Light and Space, light art, and installation art,[4] they explore phenomenological, spatial, and metaphysical dimensions of light through suspended sculpture and site-specific art.[5] Their work has been exhibited at sites including the Giza Plateau and AlUla, both UNESCO World Heritage sites.[4][6]

Artistic Practice and Career

Practice

The artists' optical glass sculptures and installations of suspended hand-blown lenses that manipulate light through refraction and reflection have been integrated into architectural and outdoor sites.[2] Critics have described their work as focusing on light as both medium and subject, examining its relationship to consciousness and technology.[7] Writers have also described their work as referencing contemplative traditions, creating meditative environments that explore the dynamics of attention within technologically mediated perception.[5]

The artists have collaborated with scientists and engineers in fields including spectroscopy,[7] cosmology[8] and neuroscience,[9] such as the Institute for Computational Cosmology.[10]

Early Influences and Education

Their early work was inspired by Shuster’s background in philosophy and Moseley’s early art practice at Goldsmiths College, which reflected on her family heritage in the British film industry.[5] Early coverage of the duo highlighted their cosmological approach to light-based installations.[11] Moseley studied Fine art and Textiles at Goldsmiths College and holds an MA in Environmental Anthropology from the University of Kent, while Shuster holds an MA in Western Esotericism from the University of Exeter and a PhD in philosophy titled The Pharmakology of Light-Time from the European Graduate School (2017).[12]

Selected Works

In 2023, the artists appeared in British Vogue Forces for Change film series, featuring a short film of their studio practice and the making of their ‘Light-Mobiles’.[13] Light-Mobiles (2015–ongoing) are a series of suspended glass sculptures exploring the interaction of light and space.[2][3]

Their large-scale site-specific works include What Matters (The Scattering) (2017), commissioned for Lumiere Durham. The work was described by the festival as mapping the cosmic microwave background radiation in St Oswald's Church, Durham.[10][14] Horizon of Day and Night (2020) comprised nine prismatic glass monoliths installed in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Mada’in Salih, AlUla, Saudi Arabia, drawing on megalithic stone circle surveying and computational modelling.[4][15]

Plan of the Path of Light (In the House of the Hidden Places) (2021) was an installation of four large geometric glass sculptures presented as part of Forever Is Now, a contemporary art exhibition on the Giza Plateau, organised under the patronage of UNESCO.[6] The work incorporated geometrical ratios derived from studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza.[16] The installation was reported in outlets including ELLE Decor Italia, The Telegraph Luxury, and Artnet News.[17][18][19] Shuster + Moseley were among the ten artists selected for the inaugural exhibition.[20]

Their early collaborations included a series of biophilic pavilions and experimental public-space installations in London parks, such as The TreeHouse Gallery in Regent’s Park (2009),[21] The Invisible City project (2012),[22] and TREExOFFICE (2015).[23]

Other works include Epiphany at a Distance (2018), a site-specific installation for the Light Art Biennale at the Palazzo Ducale in Italy,[24] Progress (2018), selected for the XX Cerveira International Art Biennial in Portugal and now part of the biennial’s collection,[25] and Gossamer (Empty Mirror of the Sky) (2024), commissioned for Noor Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[26]

The artists are members of the Royal Society of Sculptors.[27] In 2019, Moseley was featured in Bucherer’s global Blue campaign.[28][29] and the duo were profiled in Vogue Italia in 2025.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "La luce divenne tempo e il tempo divenne vetro: le profezie ottiche di Shuster + Moseley" [Light Became Time and Time Became Glass: The Optical Prophecies of Shuster Moseley]. Vogue Italia (in Italian). 2025-04-02. Retrieved 3 November 2025. Non si tratta solo di un mezzo tecnico, ma di una sostanza filosofica, un ponte tra la percezione umana e la dimensione cosmica.
  2. 1 2 3 Carey-Kent, Paul (24 August 2020). "Spotlight: Shuster + Moseley". SEISMA Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Shuster + Moseley – Riyadh Art". Riyadh Art. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. 1 2 3 Cheng, Cusson (November 2020). "SHUSTER + MOSELEY 沉浸在光學與科技的玻璃裝置藝術" [Shuster + Moseley: Immersed in Optics and Technology Glass Installation Art]. Art and Piece (in Chinese). No. 2. pp. 48–55. 我們亦受『光與空間藝術運動』（Light and Space Movement）的藝術家如 James Turrell（詹姆斯·特瑞爾）和 Larry Bell 啟蒙。László Moholy-Nagy（拉茲洛·摩荷里·納基）的拍攝試驗亦啟發我們研究以科技介面連接意識和身體。藝術家表示：「這個過程運用了傳統巨石測量和土方工程技術，並結合電腦模擬技術，從而確保太陽、月亮和星球的特定位置與地平線完美交接。」他們形容作品為「像光的支柱，引導我們於光、空間與時間中的存在定位」，並指：「《日與光的地平線》這名稱來自藏族傳統中的『光明心』和蘇菲傳統的『光明之人』的象徵。」
  5. 1 2 3 Pryor, John-Paul (15 January 2024). "Lords of Light: Artists Edward Shuster and Claudia Moseley on alchemy, optical enlightenment and creating relics from the future". The House Collective Journal. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. 1 2 "Forever Is Now". UNESCO. 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 Kirkland, Alessia H. (July–August 2022). "Optics and Art". Optics & Photonics News. Optica. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Westall, Mark (21 October 2023). "In SEISMIC: ART MEETS SCIENCE, 10 Artists present works inspired by or connected to specific scientific ideas". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brain Gazing". Artists & Engineers. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  10. 1 2 "What Matters – Shuster + Moseley". Lumière Festival. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  11. ↑ Mariani, Valentina (March 2019). "الزوج الكوني (Cosmic Couple)" [Cosmic Couple]. Hai (in Arabic). pp. 166–167.
  12. ↑ "Shuster + Moseley – CV" (PDF). Gallery Rosenfeld. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "British Vogue – Forces for Change". YouTube. Condé Nast / British Vogue. 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nearly a quarter of a million visit Lumiere festival". ITV News Tyne Tees. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  15. ↑ Denman, Selina (9 November 2021). "Shuster + Moseley sculptures featured at Dubai Design Week". The National. The National News. Retrieved 3 November 2025 – via PressReader. Existing as pillars of light, the structures point to the rising and setting of the sun during the solstices, as well as the south and north Polaris stars and the setting of Venus.
  16. ↑ "The Pyramids of Giza Host an Unprecedented Exhibition of Contemporary Art". Artsy. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  17. ↑ Donati de Conti, Elisabetta (26 October 2021). "La mostra alle piramidi di Giza Forever Is Now" [The exhibition at the Pyramids of Giza – Forever Is Now]. ELLE Decor Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  18. ↑ "Luxury". The Telegraph (Luxury Magazine). London: Telegraph Media Group. 12 November 2022. COVER and feature images: Shuster + Moseley (Plan of the Path of Light (In the House of the Hidden Places), 2021), 2021, exhibited at Forever Is Now on the Giza Plateau.
  19. ↑ "Egypt's Pyramids Become a Backdrop for Contemporary Art". Artnet News. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  20. ↑ Stevenson, Alice (2025). Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt (PDF). London: UCL Press. p. 59. doi:10.14324/111.9781800087576. ISBN 978-1-80008-757-6. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  21. ↑ "TreeHouse gallery, Regent's Park, London by the TreeHouse collective". Architects’ Journal. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  22. ↑ Vella, Matt (25 September 2012). "Creating a park like no other". Fortune. Time Inc. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  23. ↑ Evans, Joe (11 June 2015). "A green workspace in the city – but will the treehouse office catch on?". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  24. ↑ "Mantua lights up with Biennale Light Art". Finestres sull'Arte. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  25. ↑ Artes Plásticas Tradicionais e Artes Digitais: o Discurso da (Des)Ordem / Traditional Visual Arts and Digital Arts: The Speech of (Dis)Order. Cerveira, Portugal: Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira. 2018. p. 256. ISBN 978-989-98515-3-5. Catalogue entry for Shuster & Moseley, "Progress, 2018"
  26. ↑ "Gossamer – The Empty Mirror of the Sky 2024". Riyadh Art. Archived from the original on 12 September 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  27. ↑ "Shuster + Moseley". Royal Society of Sculptors. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  28. ↑ "Bucherer BLUE campaign launch". WorldTempus. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  29. ↑ "New Horizons". Bucherer Magazine. No. 02/2019. pp. 104–105.
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