'For more than 30 years Muth has been an internationally exhibiting artist and a pioneer in the exploration of light through holography. His interest in light began at the age...
"For more than 30 years Muth has been an internationally exhibiting
artist and a pioneer in the exploration of light through holography.
His interest in light began at the age of 16 when he began making large
water-filled glass prisms, which he used to refract prismatic light upon
his family’s garage door. In 1973 he left Albuquerque to work as a
jewelry maker in Aspen, Colorado, where he became captivated by the
light of opals and diamonds. Upon returning to Albuquerque the
following year, he began his studies in art and physics at the
University of New Mexico, and later continued at the University of
Houston, and the University of Texas at Austin. Muth moved to New
York City in 1978 to begin walking the path as an artist. In 1980 he
began his holographic exploration at The Museum Of Holography in Soho
under Fred Unterseher. He relocated to the Telluride, Colorado area in
1985 to build his first holographic studio and spent the next 7 years
honing his skills in the Denisyuk single-beam holography technique.
During this time his interest in the relationship between light, space,
and time intensified, requiring a studio expansion. In 1994 his studio
was reimagined and constructed in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In
Santa Fe the desire to produce larger holograms became a priority, and
for the next several years he spent thousands of hours developing
techniques in this quest. Trial and failure became a large part of his
practice since large-scale single-beam holograms had never been produced
by anyone previously. After a pivotal insight which resulted in the
discarding and total metamorphosis of previously learned processes, he
was able to create holograms in a greater scale. Muth continues to
produce works exploring the light-space-time continuum in his Santa Fe,
New Mexico studio.” - August Muth Studio