Artist Shih Chieh Huang

Artist Shih Chieh Huang's creations are often composed of lights, computer parts, and plastic refuse.
(Shih Chieh Huang)

Artist Shih Chieh Huang assembling one of his installations. Huang was a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow in 2007 and spent his time studying bioluminescent marine animals. That research has inspired the solo exhibition, "The Bright Beneath: The Luminous Art of Shih Chieh Huang," which is on view at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from Sept. 3, 2011 through Jan. 8, 2012.