The Team
John and Carlie Rickus (Eclectric Oil and Light) are lighting artists based in Buffalo, NY. John is a theatrical lighting designer and rigger and Carlie is a visual artist working in light. Their current work is based on the performance of light and the ways in which light partners objects.
Lily Dale // Big Orbit Gallery // 2016
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
Light Shows: The Dynamism of Light in Performance // 2015
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
They Kill Things // Torn Space Theater // 2015
Lily Dale // Big Orbit Gallery // 2016
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014
Light Shows: The Dynamism of Light in Performance // 2015
Mass Appeal Fashion Show
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014
The Gathering // Torn Space Theater // 2017
PLAY // 2016
RHAPSODY // Torn Space Theater // 2016
SCAN // Burchfield Penney Art Center // 2019
SCAN // Burchfield Penney Art Center // 2019
WIP: 5 Songs for Fillmore
Las Olas // Satellite Art Show // Miami FL // 2017
2018 Life on Mars Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
Las Olas // Satellite Art Show // Miami FL // 2017
Las Olas // Satellite Art Show // Miami FL // 2017 (Process shot)
LIGHT/STATION // Torn Space Theater // 2019
LIGHT/STATION // Torn Space Theater // 2019
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014 // Photo by Michael Thomas
Hanif Abdurraqib // Silo City Reading Series (2018)
2017 Gold Brick Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
The Gathering // Torn Space Theater // 2017 // Photo by Mark Duggan
The Gathering // Torn Space Theater // 2017
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014 // Photo by Michael Thomas
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014 // Photo by Michael Thomas
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014 // Photo by Lukia Costello
STOREHOUSE // Torn Space Theater // 2014 // Photo by Michael Thomas
PROJECTS
International Exhibitions
2019 The Prague Quadrennial for Performance Design and Space, Prague CZ
2015 The Prague Quadrennial for Performance Design and Space, Prague, CZ
Gallery Installations
2020 Goldenest Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
2019 SCAN Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
2018 Life on Mars Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
2017 Las Olas Flatsitter and David Mitchell, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL
2017 Gold Brick Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
2016 Play Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY
2016 Lily Dale with Flatsitter and David Mitchell Big Orbit Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2015 Transmaterial Anderson Gallery Buffalo, NY
Site Specific Installation in Torn Space Theatre Performance
2021/2022 REMNANTS Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
5 Songs for Fillmore Avenue Kenneth Collins, Writer/ Director
2018 LIGHT/STATION Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
2017 The Gathering Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
2016 Burden Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
2015 They Kill Things Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
2014 Storehouse Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
2013 Motion Picture Dan Shanahan and Melisa Meola, Directors, TST
2012 American Grain M&M production with TST, Nimbus Dance, Jonathan
Golove, Brian Milbrand, and John and Carlie Rickus
Dance
2016-2019 Art Moves Me Burchfield Penny Art Center (BPAC) Buffalo, NY // Directed by Cynthia Cadwell Pegado
2018 Balancing Act Anne Burnidge Dance, Buffalo Museum of Science
2017 A Light Sketch Mission Improvable, Contact Improv performance with
Cynthia Cadwell Pegado