George Sexton
George S. Sexton, III is an internationally known American designer, specializing in the areas of lighting design,[1] museum design and museum planning services.
Life
Sexton began studying at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1966, where he received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree in 1971. Upon graduation, Sexton began his work in architectural lighting design through his employment at Claude Engle, Lighting Consultant in Washington, DC. He continued his work in the field of lighting design by taking a position at the National Gallery of Art both designing and lighting exhibits. This early professional experience working in DC museums coupled with his modernist training as an architect have been the foundations of his approach to lighting and museum design. Further shaping experiences include working as Acting Keeper of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, England, as well as the Head of the Design and Installation Department for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco at both the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
In 1980, Sexton opened his own lighting and museum design firm, George Sexton Associates, based in Washington, DC, with satellite offices in Norwich, England and New York City.[2][3]
Projects of note
Sexton has provided design services for an array of international and domestic clients, including the following:
- Museums and galleries
- Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park FL
- Star-Spangled Banner Exhibit, National Museum of American History Washington DC
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London UK
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
- Denver Art Museum
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Australia
- Metropolitan Museum of American Art: Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art in New York City
- The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg FL
- Geoffrey Diner Gallery, Masterpiece London (Awarded Stand of the Year 2013)
- Dulwich Picture Gallery, London UK
- National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Public & Civic
- Flight 93 Memorial, Somerset PA
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC
- Parliament Houses in Canberra, Australia
- DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution Washington DC
- National Dance Institute, New York City
- National Botanical Garden of Wales, Middleton Wales
- Offices and mixed use
- The Shard, London UK
- BMCE Headquarters, Morocco
- Hearst Tower New York
- UBS Ultra High Net Worth Client Offices, Chicago IL & Atlanta GA
- 1100 First Street NE, Washington DC
- Commercial
- Shore Club, Miami Beach
- Bryant Park Hotel, New York City
- The Modern, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- tangysweet, Washington DC
- The Hamilton, Washington DC
- Retail
- Louis Vuitton stores worldwide
- Elie Tahari, Bal Harbour & Boca Raton FL
- TAG Heuer, Peking Road Hong Kong
- Residential
- Private residences worldwide
- Oyster House, Honest Point (Northern Neck) VA
- Worship
- St. Joseph Cathedral, Sioux Falls SD
- Herz Jesu Kirche, Munich Germany
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse WI
- Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore MD
Awards
French Pavilion, International Expo 2010, Shanghai China
- IIDA Section Guth Illumination Design Award, 2011
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston MA
- IIDA Section Guth Illumination Design Award, 2011
22 Bateman's Row, London UK
- RIBA London Building of the Year, 2010
1100 First Street NE, Washington DC
- A|L Light & Architecture Commendable Achievement in Interior Lighting, 2010
- E Edison Award of Excellence, 2009
Goucher College Athenaeum, Towson MD
- GE Edison Award of Merit, 2009
Lumen United Reformed Church, London UK
- IIDA Section Guth Illumination Design Award, 2009[4]
- |L Light & Architecture Commendable Achievement in Architectural Lighting, 2009[5]
Star-Spangled Banner Exhibit, National Museum of American History, Washington DC[6]
- IIDA Section Guth Illumination Design Award, 2009[7]
- |L Light & Architecture Special Citation for Achievement in Exhibition Lighting, 2009[8]
Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC[9]
- IIDA Guth Illumination Design Award, 2008
National Association of Realtors Headquarters, Washington DC
- U.S. Green Building Council LEED Award, Silver Rating, 2005
- Citation for Sustainable Design Award – Committee on the Environment Boston Society of Architects/AIA and Committee on the Environment of the AIA New York Chapter (in collaboration with Gund Partnership), 2004
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC
- International Illumination Design Awards – Waterbury Capital Section Award, 2005
Louis Vuitton, Roppongi Hills, Japan
- GE Edison Award of Merit, 2004][10]
Cleveland Museum of Art Building Restoration, Cleveland OH
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth TX
- IIDA Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award of Excellence, 2003
- IALD International Association of Lighting Designers Award of Merit, 2003
- IIDA Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award of Excellence for Interior Lighting Design, 2003
- IIDA Capitol Section Illumination Design Award, 2003
- IIDA Capitol Section Illumination Design Award of Merit – International Level, 2003
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
- IIDA Paul Waterbury Award of Excellence for Outdoor Lighting Design
- GE Edison Award of Excellence, 2002
- IIDA Capitol Section Illumination Design Award, 2002
Herz Jesu Kirche (Heart of Jesus Church), Munich Germany
- IIDA Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award of Excellence for Interior Lighting Design, 2002
- IIDA Capitol Section Illumination Design Award, 2002
- IALD International Association of Lighting Designers Award of Merit, 2001
- GE Edison Award of Excellence, 2000
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Denver Art Museum, Denver CO
- IESNA International Illumination Design Award of Merit, 1999
Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum—McIntire Room, Wilmington DE
- IESNA Capital Section Illumination Design Award, 1998
References
- ↑ Lighting designers: George Sexton.
- ↑ George Sexton Associates.
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