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# Damien Gilley Mural Design and Interior Visual Experience

Visual artist and designer specializing in site-responsive painting and mural designVisual Art and Design

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- [Visual Art + Mural Design](https://damiengilley.com/) - visual art - environmental design - murals - brand activations - installations - retail - interior design - exhibition - immersive art - conceptual design - wall painting
- [About](https://damiengilley.com/about/) - i Visual art as spatial experience. Damien has exhibited work internationally at Sharjah Art Museum (Dubai, UAE), Tetem Kunstruimte (Enschede, Netherlands), Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, FR), Dam Stuhltrager (Berlin, DE), Suyama Space (Seattle, WA) Whatcom Museum (Bellingham, WA), Maryhill Museum of Art (Maryhill, WA), Artspace (San Antonio, TX), Las Vegas Museum, among others. His personal
- [Portfolio](https://damiengilley.com/all-projects/) - Art Direction + Visual Design damien Damien Gilley

## Portfolio

- [Paintings](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/paintings/) - A selection of 2D works in a variety of mediums.
- [Sharjah Art Museum, Dubai](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/perpetual-dawn/) - Solo exhibition invitational in Dubai to create a three wall installation drawing using metallic vinyl and acrylic airbrush to interpret historic and current local islamic architecture, the desert landscape, and economics.
- [Crowd Compass](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/crowd-compass/) - This complex hyper map drawing portrays the bustling downtown area near the offices with references to landmarks of architecture and daily human activity.
- [Maryhill Museum](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/maryhill-museum-mural-painting/) - 10 x 48 feet
- [La Moule Restaurant](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/la-moule-restaurant/) - Lead designer to develop brand identity and environment for an upscale french restaurant. Deliverables included a logo, menu system with visual assets, wallpaper, signage and interior direction to guide atmosphere and visual design.
- [Satellites](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/satellites/) - Mural for an urban residential development on a raw 13 x 120 foot wall. The image is an abstracted landscape that references the 5 surrounding neighborhoods, depicting signage, retail façades, craftsman homes, park architecture, and sculptures of a little girl and a dog in the park.
- [Restaurant Interiors](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/little-big-burger/) - Large scale environmental graphics were implemented for a chain of Portland burger concept restaurants. We went for high energy geometric abstract landscapes that turned into a range of applications. 13 locations throughout the US.
- [UX Case Study](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/ux-case-study/) - Product design developed to provide financial transparency for users seeking urgent health care nearby.
- [Vision Studios](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/1816/) - Mural for 360° walled room entrance to a TV and Film studio campus. The work was designed to hide the entrance as a separation from this lobby are to the vast open warehouse studio that lay behind the doors.
- [FIRST MODE, Seattle WA](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/first-mode/) - Seattle WA
- [Foothills Art Center](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/foothills-art-center/) - An immersive light exhibition at Foothills Art Center in Denver, CO. This work is primarily about projected light as a material, recreating the effect of stained glass windows in a former church turned arts institution.
- [Pabst Blue Ribbon](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/pabst-sound-society/) - Art Director for the Pabst Blue Ribbon live concert event in Portland, OR. The experience incorporates Portland landmarks within a retro-futuristic urban landscape aesthetic, while integrating a focus on music into the architecture. The stage backdrop was a printed vector design which was framed on both sides by 4x8' physical laser-cut foam core elements. An LED dj booth continues the image to visually immerse the dj into the backdrop landscape. Music performers: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Madame Ghandi, and local support Maarqui
- [Adidas Neo](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/1396/) - Lead Artist to create floor designs for simple 4-6 frame gif animations for social ads. Adidas Neo has a teen target demographic with playful, light and approachable content.
- [Facebook](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/61/) - Multi-wall 60 foot mural with acrylic paint and prismatic/metallic vinyl. The image interprets information architecture as a digital structure of screens and interfaces that navigate a non-linear landscape.
- [Vibrations Book](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/vibrations/) - This project is about the studio visit, an intimate moment in an artist's studio. I wanted to give just an imprint of the space, a unique cryptographic image of each of these often invisible spaces. Support by the Ford Family Foundation, OAC, and RACC. Purchase available at Shop link below.
- [VR Residency](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/vr-exhibition/) - A collaboration with dotdotdash who builds cutting-edge multimedia entertainment experiences. The agency developed a VR application applying my UX needs to allow the artist to build by hand a full scale immersive exhibition.
- [AC HOTEL | Marriott](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/ac-hotel-marriott/) - For the Marriott AC Hotel the experience is focused on custom artwork, high design elements and an elegant contemporary look. Two sites were designed to deliver a 50ft wide wall work and multiple 12 foot tall vertical glass etched designs.
- [7K Studio](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/7k-studio-2/) - Gold foil adhesive on wall has a high reflectivity and reacts to changing light sources and intensities throughout the day.
- [eROI](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/digital-northwest/) - Main office wall artwork depicting an abstracted narrative of Portland and the NW environment through the lens of infographics and digital visualization.
- [Cannes Film Festival](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/cannes-film-festival/) - A multi-site creative experience for Shutterstock at the Cannes Film Fest including a pavilion, a 3 level staircase, large scale billboards, and various environmental design applications.
- [Portland Trail Blazers](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/portland-trailblazers-2/) - An activation in the Portland Trail Blazers NBA stadium to celebrate season ticket holders with an immersive photo opportunity.
- [Portland International Airport](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/portland-international-airport/) - This commission interpreted the ubiquitous jet bridge as a fantastic embarkation to a temporary nowhere. The tunnels playfully populate the concourse with a loss of gravity and sci-fi sensibility. Made with color tape.
- [Field Office | Project PDX Architecture](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/daymaker/) - Parking entrance artwork for forward-thinking commercial building by architecture firm project^. The work takes the building shape and abstracts it to create kinetic alignments when entering.
- [ComplexCon](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/complexcon/)
- [ZAIN Telecom](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/zain-telecom-middle-east-2/) - Art Director for set design for a regional Middle East Telecom TVC including 3 site moments for an energetic TV commercial featuring Iraqi rappers and bands.
- [Oregon Institute of Technology](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/oregon-institute-of-technology-2/) - Commissioned for the creation of an artwork to transform the entrance tunnel to the University Recreation Center, housing the basketball home court arena.
- [Vermont Studio Center](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/sharpie-on-panel/) - Installation using painting structures and supplies, with black ink painted on objects in perspective view.
- [Decoy](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/decoy/) - Solo exhibition exploring minimalism of 2D and 3D spatial dialogue. 8 x 36 feet, vinyl, hemlock, latex
- [Elemental](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/elemental/) - Solo installation in a converted church in upstate New York. The work references Euclid's seminal math treatise "The Elements" by creating a church of geometry. Architectures reference present day home building and classical Greek columns and stairways. Blue glasses provided to visitors are shown in blue images here.
- [Frame Problem](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/frame-problem/) - Collaboration with Aili Schmeltz. 36 wooden frames with white and gold tacked together with minimal hardware.
- [Bemis Center for Contemporary Art](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/external-storage-device/) - Architectural intervention suggesting a container in place of stairwell walls. The work is anamorphic so that from the main diagonal viewpoint the drawing has illusionistic depth and texture. Materials include acrylic, charcoal, graphite, and modified drywall.
- [Dreamsaver](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/dreamsaver/) - Group Show "The Lathe of Heaven" curated by Josephine Zarkovich. Three works in a 4-person show exploring the late Ursula Le Guin novel. CNC dibond and aluminum, projection, styrene, vinyl, latex, airbrush
- [Windows 2.2](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/windows-2-2/) - Animated projection on paint and vinyl surface
- [Facebook](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/facebook/) - 10x40 feet, hand-cut vinyl on wall
- [Zero-Sum](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/530/) - Installation referencing the economic collapse of 2008+ through a dystopian, sci-fi lens of illusion and manufactured landscape.
- [Saxton Apartments](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/saxton-apartments/) - Two murals in the parking structure greet arriving guests. The works reflect a portrait of Mt Rainier and another minimalist line drawing of the Cascade mountain range.
- [Portland State University](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/field-guide/) - This commission permanently installs a 3 panel work that depicts the urban surroundings of the site in sequentially static, dynamic, and fantastic arrangements. 14 x 30 feet, aluminum, urethane, mdf
- [120 Clay Mural](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/120-clay-mural/) - High traffic stairwell needed a perceptual upgrade. Acrylic on floor and existing walls.
- [Absorption Field](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/absorption-field/) - Two person exhibition with 12 channel sound installation by Ethan Rose. The work has 5 large wall works in illusionistic anamorphic perspectives, activated by viewer movement.
- [1+1=1](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/111/) - Hand cut faux wood contact paper on wall, combining two locations of the current Art center with views of the streetscapes and added elements of potential development.
- [Axis Index](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/axis-index/) - Solo exhibition encompassing the entire space in a forced perspective tape drawing viewable from a center point. Offset planar forms made with archival foam core serve as deconstructing elements when viewed from all other angles in the room.
- [Oculus](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/oculus/) - Commission by Oculus/Facebook to create an abstract narrative drawing in the Office entrance hall. The image rearranges and fractures local sites and structures to give a sense of familiarity and discovery.
- [Tetem Kunstruimte](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/detourism/) - "Detourism" - Solo exhibition of a tape and airbrush mural that interprets the historical radial old town center of Enschede. References are the curving streets, bike lane poles, and a variety of signs of various coffee shops (marijuana cafes) that may hinder your navigation skills. 10 x 36 feet on modular walls.
- [Muse Apartments, Portland OR](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/windows/) - 5 site specific wall paintings using geometry and spatial play to suggest surreal window views out of the building. Curated by Ann Hudner.
- [dotdotdash](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/ddd-mural/) - Plafull wall treatment for digital experience wizards dotdotdash. Hand applied vinyl on wall, with a DDD reference from the entrance point of view only.
- [Fortress](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/fortress/) - Installation in group show curated by Jeff Jahn. The work is a forced perspective work with a precise viewing point for optimal alignment on an irregular planar structure. Foam core, fluorescent tape, and blacklights. 8 x 16 feet.
- [Masterplexed](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/masterplexed/) - Solo installation at Linfield college with an immersive structure emulating a labyrinthe. Drywall, latex paint, and tape
- [Travel Portland Magazine](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/travel-portland-magazine/) - Created a backdrop for guest speakers for the Portland based magazine, referencing our city skyline on a sculptural architectural form.
- [Breakthrough Moment](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/breakthrough-moment/) - Mixed media installation for group show "Lossy" curated by Stephanie Syjuco. The work is a mapped projection with subtle animation on a painted wall design, creating an uncanny digital/physical look. Made for viewing at this angle.
- [Seattle Dept. of Transportation](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/acid-clouds/) - This giant wall work of 16 x 120 feet was a 4 year artwork to beautify the view of new construction of a light rail station. The forms are deconstructed architectural forms breaking apart as you speed by on the train.
- [Ex-Image](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/ex-image/) - This work is simply hanging nylon string with white acrylic paint on it, creating a forced persective "X" appear at the right sight line. 12 x 10 x 3 feet
- [Wieden+ Kennedy](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/re-activate/)
- [Infradraft](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/infradraft/) - Solo exhibition interpreting architectural drawing as an abstract medium of duplicitous space. Also exhibited were three paintings of isometric and dynamic perspective fantasy landscapes. 8 x 38 feet, vinyl on steel
- [Dam Stuhltrager, Berlin](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/cashmere-fatigue/) - Vinyl and airbrush installation using unique architectural space to create a dystopic portrayal of Sack's Fifth Avenue during the economic downturn in 2010.
- [7K Studio](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/7k-studio/) - Metallic vinyl on wall, using the 7K form as impetus to draw a spatial geometric design, housing four "7K" hidden moments.
- [Clinton Condominiums](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/accidental-architecture/) - Commission by developer of the property to create a contemporary gesture with a minimal, calm presence.
- ["X" at Alexander Hotel](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/x-at-alexander-hotel/) - "X" marks the center of the city in this hyper map of downtown Indy. Familiar architectures populate the scene including monuments, signs, columns, the state capitol building, and an Islamic temple minaret.
- [Boxcar Planter](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/boxcar-planter/) - Working with Revolution Design House in Portland, OR, I created 3 custom laser-etched designs that wrap all sides of this popular modern mini-planter design. Working with production we made this careful alignment match up for a seamless connection. 3 hand-painted colorways, and a wood burn only look completed the 4 unit variations for sale through the company.
- [Private Collection](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/private-collection/)
- [2 Billboards, Czech Republic](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/2-billboards/) - Two unique prints using simplistic graphic digital tool references and geometry to make fantastic landscapes on the University grounds.
- [SODO LIGHTRAIL](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/nanotrip/)
- [Space Gallery, Portland, Maine](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/invisible-city/) - Two large walls are painted in a representation of original sketches that were made at 3 x 11 inches in scale. The space is a performance and music venue so the work echoes the form of sound with rhythmic, vibrating repetition of line.
- [Salem Public Art](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/mirror-maze/) - Abstract approach to place-making, a design that interprets doors and windows of retail façades in the downtown shopping district.
- [Whatcom Museum](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/colorfast/) - Large scale string sculpture with perspective painting viewable from one location. Acrylic and nylon string 10 x 45 x 3 feet
- [Portland State University](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio/terminal-sunset/) - Terminal Sunset is a collaboration with Robert Minervini. We combined our approaches to create a flattened, yet illusionistic landscape culled from our interests in sci-fi futures for this art exhibition.

## Tags

- [3D](https://damiengilley.com/tag/3d/)
- [Murals](https://damiengilley.com/tag/murals/)
- [installation](https://damiengilley.com/tag/installation/)
- [stage set](https://damiengilley.com/tag/stage-set/)
- [experience](https://damiengilley.com/tag/experience/)
- [billboard](https://damiengilley.com/tag/billboard/)
- [art](https://damiengilley.com/tag/art/)
- [product](https://damiengilley.com/tag/product/)
- [design](https://damiengilley.com/tag/design/)
- [illusion](https://damiengilley.com/tag/illusion/)
- [perception](https://damiengilley.com/tag/perception/)
- [vinyl](https://damiengilley.com/tag/vinyl/)
- [projection](https://damiengilley.com/tag/projection/)
- [sculpture](https://damiengilley.com/tag/sculpture/)
- [public art](https://damiengilley.com/tag/public-art/)
- [portland international airport](https://damiengilley.com/tag/portland-international-airport/)
- [experience design](https://damiengilley.com/tag/experience-design/)
- [interiors](https://damiengilley.com/tag/interiors/)
- [AR](https://damiengilley.com/tag/ar/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Experiential](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio-category/experiential/)
- [Murals](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio-category/murals/)
- [2D](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio-category/2d/)
- [Brands](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio-category/brands/)
- [Environmental](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio-category/environmental/)
- [UX/UI](https://damiengilley.com/portfolio-category/ux-ui/)