Her installations are not made from glass neon but a newer product called LED neon flex, which is bendy and safe to touch. She has since moved to a South Melbourne warehouse where business has grown to five full-time staff. When she returned to Burning Man in 2016 with the wings, singer Katie Perry posted a photo of them on Instagram and O'Brien's artwork was seen by millions.ĭespite the images going viral, O'Brien was running her neon venture from home until just on a year ago, with installations stored in warehouse B (the bathroom) and others in warehouse H (the hallway). Online images have been integral to her success - O'Brien visited the Burning Man festival in Nevada in 2009, and decided to become a large scale installation light artist.īack in Australia, she taught herself how to construct in neon by watching YouTube videos and began making festival installations, including a pair of neon angel wings for Melbourne's White Night. that's the joy I get looking online and seeing people's photos." "Every person's experience with my art is completely unique. When these instruments are installed at various events and festivals, even the least musical punters are inspired to have a go, explains O'Brien, thus becoming a part of the artworks themselves. The baby grand is just one of the items in O'Brien's Melbourne workshop, which is lit up with neon shapes such as mountains, butterflies, even a drum kit and mic setup. "For some people they're a jazz musician, other people are pretending they're Elton John."
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