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Fine Artist Commissions

Neon Flamingo fabricates neon works for working fine artists, translating gallery and museum-bound concepts into precisely executed glass and light, for artists including Young Joon Kwak, noé olivas, Nathan Cheung, and Emanuel Hahn. Alongside commercial signage, film production pieces, and brand installations, Neon Flamingo fabricates neon artworks for working fine artists, translating a gallery or museum concept into precisely bent glass and controlled light. This is a distinct kind of collaboration, built around an artist's own vision rather than a business brief, and it's some of the most rewarding work the studio takes on.

Why Fabricating for Fine Artists Is Different

Working with a fine artist means working under a different level of material and conceptual scrutiny. Artists arrive with a fully formed vision and real interest in the specifics: the gas fill, the glass diameter, the way a color reads under gallery lighting versus daylight. The job turns into a back-and-forth about refining the piece so the finished object carries the artist's idea, rather than executing a sign to spec. Some of the most demanding ideas that come through the studio come from fine artists, and each one is an honor to be trusted with.

Selected Collaborations

Young Joon Kwak: Neon Flamingo has fabricated the majority of Young Joon Kwak's neon pieces. Kwak is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist whose work has been the subject of major solo museum exhibitions, including RESISTERHOOD at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York and Resistance Pleasure at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), both featuring neon sculpture as a central element of the show.

noé olivas: We fabricated a set of tools for olivas rendered entirely in 6500K, 8mm white neon glass, a piece that has since sold. olivas is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist and cofounder of Crenshaw Dairy Mart, whose solo installation Let's Pray at the Hammer Museum used neon as a central element, described by the artist as "a prayer of protection."

Nathan Cheung: We have fabricated two custom neon artworks for Nathan Cheung's exhibitions and worked with him on sign solutions for broader creative ideas. Cheung is a Los Angeles-based artist and organizer whose work spans photography, installation, and social practice.

Emanuel Hahn: We fabricated two Korean-language neon symbols as the opening statement piece for a photography exhibition by Emanuel Hahn, a Los Angeles-based photographer whose work, including the widely covered photobook Koreatown Dreaming, explores Korean diasporic identity and community.

Why This Work Matters

Fabricating neon for fine artists asks for a different kind of technical range. You are solving real material and conceptual problems alongside the artist, under scrutiny few commercial clients bring. It is some of the most fulfilling work the studio takes on, and it keeps Neon Flamingo credible inside the contemporary art world as well as the sign industry.

Collaborating Artists: Young Joon Kwak, noé olivas, Nathan Cheung, Emanuel Hahn
Scope: Custom neon fabrication for gallery and museum exhibitions

Every artist commission is bent to the drawing using our custom glass neon fabrication process.

Custom neon built for brands, productions, galleries and private collectors across Los Angeles.

Netflix Office Hologram Neon Instillation

A 10' x 12' hybrid neon and LED hologram installation built for Netflix's Sunset Boulevard office, blending hand-bent neon with five hologram "TVs" into a signature piece on the cafeteria-level guest tour route. Neon Flamingo and Ronthekiller were commissioned to design and fabricate a large-scale custom neon and LED hologram installation for Netflix's Sunset Boulevard office in Los Angeles, located on the 13th floor of the Icon Building. Positioned at the cafeteria level, a high-traffic area where employees across the building gather daily, the piece has become a signature stop on the company's internal guest tours.

Mercedes GLC Neon Sign Commission

Mercedes-Benz USA commissioned a full-scale neon light sculpture of their GLC model, a direct result of a prior museum piece the brand's team discovered, complete with filmed process content for the brand's national marketing. Mercedes-Benz USA commissioned Neon Flamingo to design, fabricate, and film the creation of a full-scale neon light sculpture of the Mercedes-Benz GLC, a project that grew directly out of earlier gallery work, and became one of the largest brand collaborations Neon Flamingo has taken on.

This Is Gavin Newsom Neon Sign

A custom neon sign built for the studio set of "This Is Gavin Newsom," the iHeartPodcasts show hosted by California's governor, commissioned through the production team behind the show's studio build. The show's production team came to Neon Flamingo for a custom neon sign to anchor the set. It became part of the studio's visual identity, a backdrop that carries the show's branding every time an episode airs.

Las Megas Neon Sign

A large-scale freestanding neon sign built for Tesla's "Las Megas" launch event in Las Vegas, fabricated on an extremely tight timeline and budget, then installed on-site despite a mid-transport equipment failure. Neon Flamingo designed and fabricated a large-scale freestanding neon sign for Tesla's "Las Megas" event, held in Las Vegas in September 2025 to launch the company's next-generation Megapack energy storage product. The sign served as the event's central photo backdrop, the piece attendees and media gathered around throughout the launch.

Last Book Store Vintage Sign Recreation

An exact recreation of The Last Bookstore's iconic DTLA neon sign for their new Studio City/North Hollywood location, hand-painted with aged sign techniques to match the original precisely, with a golden neon "book tunnel" Easter egg hidden on the reverse side. Neon Flamingo was commissioned by The Last Bookstore to recreate their iconic neon sign for a new location opening in Studio City/North Hollywood, an exact match of the sign that has lit up their original downtown Los Angeles flagship for years. The Last Bookstore is a true Los Angeles institution. Founded in 2005 by Josh Spencer, it grew into a 22,000-square-foot flagship inside a former bank building on Spring Street in DTLA, and has become one of the most beloved independent bookstores in the country, a genuinely fun, safe space for the community to read, browse, and experience art and culture. Spencer and his wife, Jenna, have built something rare: a bookstore that draws people in with a sense of wonder first, and keeps them coming back for the books. Their small sister shop, Lost Books, in Montrose, brings the same spirit to records, plants, and books on a smaller scale, and this project marks their next expansion, with a new location opening in Studio City/North Hollywood.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Vegas Replica Signs

Neon Flamingo restored Jimmy Kimmel's 20-foot Vegas Vic replica sign, originally built for Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s Las Vegas broadcast week, for permanent installation in his office, followed by a custom Kimmelot sign built to sit directly across from it. Neon Flamingo was commissioned by Jimmy Kimmel to restore a roughly 20-foot-tall replica of the iconic Vegas Vic neon sign, originally built for a Las Vegas broadcast week of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The sign had been kept in storage along with several other massive Las Vegas-themed replica signs commissioned for the same production, until Kimmel decided it was time to let most of them go, and asked Neon Flamingo to bring Vegas Vic back to life for a permanent home in his office instead.

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