Maggie West is a multidisciplinary artist known for her vibrant use of color, bold lighting, and immersive installations. Her work blends photography, large-scale public art, and creative storytelling, making her a standout voice in both fine art and commercial spaces. This portfolio brings together a range of her major projects, offering a look at how she transforms environments and captures attention through powerful visual experiences.
Alongside her public installations, this collection includes samples of West’s brand partnerships, architectural commissions, and celebrity portraiture. It also highlights her surreal nature photography, where flowers, plants, and organic forms are reimagined through dreamlike lighting and bold color. Whether designing site-specific artworks or capturing striking images of cultural icons, her work bridges the worlds of art, design, and pop culture—always with a distinctive, otherworldly touch.
Coachella Installation
For Coachella 2023, West collaborated with the Coachella Art Team to create Eden—one of the largest 3D color photography installations in the world. Blending surreal nature photography with monumental scale, Eden reimagines familiar plant life through vivid lighting, immersive design, and dynamic nighttime projection mapping. The result is a striking, otherworldly experience that invites festivalgoers to pause, explore, and see the natural world in a completely new light.
Read more about the project here.
Outernet London
In August 2024, West debuted a three-part immersive exhibition at Outernet London—one of the London’s most visited cultural attraction. Spanning The Now Building, Now Trending, and Now Arcade, the exhibition explores the beauty and complexity of the natural world through surreal digital environments, created using West’s signature time-lapse photography and vivid lighting techniques.
From moonlit desert blooms to kaleidoscopic sandscapes and glowing botanical dreamscapes, Terra invites audiences into a multi-sensory journey across Earth’s diverse ecosystems. Each chapter—Terra, Pools, and Ultraviolet—blends real plant life, cosmic imagery, and custom sound design to create an otherworldly experience that celebrates the unseen rhythms and hidden magic of nature.
Read more about each room here: Terra, Pools and Ultraviolet.
SELECT BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
This section highlights Maggie West’s creative brand partnerships, which take many forms—including custom art commissions, public appearances, and influencer content. Known for her bold use of color and immersive visuals, West brings a unique artistic voice to each collaboration. From large-scale installations to eye-catching digital campaigns, these projects blend fine art with brand storytelling to create memorable, high-impact experiences.
CANON
West is a sponsored partner of Canon USA, with an ongoing collaboration that highlights her bold visual style and Canon’s cutting-edge imaging technology. Her work has been featured in national print ads and brand activations, blending fine art with commercial storytelling.
A highlight of the partnership was West’s exhibition on the Monolith at the Scope Art Show during Miami Art Week, presented with Canon USA. The installation showcased pieces from her Bloom, Mycotopia, and Millennia series, marking the first in a series of creative projects between West and Canon.
Read more about her activation at Scope here.
MASON PERRIER
West partnered with Maison Perrier to create a striking visual series for the brand’s global launch event in Paris. Commissioned by this new division of Perrier, the collaboration included a custom art installation, a personal appearance at the event, and branded content shared across West’s Instagram.
For the artwork, West arranged sliced fruits on plexiglass and lit them from below using strobe lights and colored gels, capturing their vivid tones and natural textures in a surreal, dreamlike style. Inspired by the fruit flavors in Maison Perrier’s beverages, the series marked her first time working with edible plants and brought a fresh, imaginative perspective to the brand’s debut.
Read more about her collaboration here.
West partnered with Google to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage by photographing 100 of the company’s top female staff members. The portraits were arranged into a digital mosaic of the Google “G” and displayed as a large-scale installation at the Watermark Conference for Women in Silicon Valley.
Read more about the project here.
ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS
This section showcases West’s site-specific architectural commissions, both physical and digital, which integrate her signature nature and portrait photography into immersive, large-scale environments. Designed to transform public and commercial spaces, these installations are tailored to their surroundings—enhancing architecture with vibrant visuals and surreal compositions. Whether featured on building facades, interior walls, or digital displays, West’s work brings a bold, organic presence to the built environment.
NETFLIX
West was commissioned by Kilroy Realty to create a permanent public artwork for On Vine, the multi-million dollar complex that now houses the Netflix campus in Los Angeles. As the central piece of the 355,000-square-foot commercial and retail space, the installation reflects West’s bold visual language on an architectural scale.
Towering over six stories tall, the artwork is composed of thousands of metallic sequins, creating a shimmering, ever-changing surface that catches light and movement throughout the day. This commission marks a major milestone in West’s public art practice, merging her signature aesthetic with one of Hollywood’s most iconic new spaces.
Read more about the commission here.
US BANK
West was commissioned to create a series of custom video artworks for the lobby of the US Bank Tower in Downtown Los Angeles. Designed to enhance the atmosphere of one of the city’s most recognizable skyscrapers, the installation brings West’s surreal, nature-inspired visuals into a striking, contemporary space.
Using her signature time-lapse photography and vivid lighting techniques, West crafted a collection of digital pieces that explore organic forms in constant motion. Displayed across large-scale screens, the works offer a moment of visual serenity—blending natural beauty with the dynamic energy of the urban environment.
Read more about this commission here.
DIGITAL FACADES
This section highlights West’s commissioned and licensed works for large-scale digital screens in both interior and exterior settings. Her vivid, time-based visuals have been featured in commercial spaces across major cities including Los Angeles, New York, London, and Paris—bringing her surreal, nature-driven imagery into some of the world’s most dynamic urban environments.
Whether integrated into building facades, lobby displays, or immersive LED installations, West’s digital works transform screens into living artworks. Each piece is tailored to its architectural context, blending organic forms with bold color and motion to create striking visual moments in public and commercial spaces.
PORTRAITURE
West’s portraiture blends her bold visual style with intimate, expressive photography. Known for her use of vivid color and striking lighting, West has photographed a wide range of cultural figures and celebrities, creating images that feel both iconic and deeply personal.
Her portraits have been featured in major digital and billboard campaigns, reaching massive audiences in cities around the world. Whether capturing an artist, actor, or public figure, West’s work reveals a unique point of view—transforming traditional portraiture into bold visual statements.
LEBRON JAMES
West was commissioned to photograph LeBron James for his collaboration with the meditation app Calm. Bringing her distinctive visual style to the project, she created a series of powerful, serene portraits that aligned with the campaign’s focus on mindfulness and mental well-being.
The images were featured in both digital and print campaigns, including large-scale billboards in prime locations across New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The collaboration showcased West’s ability to merge striking portraiture with impactful brand storytelling on a national scale.
Read more about the campaign here.
SAM SMITH
West collaborated with Sam Smith’s creative team to produce a series of vibrant, color-rich portraits that reflect the artist’s evolving style and identity. Using her signature lighting techniques and bold palettes, West captured a range of moods and tones across multiple visual sets.
The portraits were featured across major platforms including Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music, serving as key visuals for promotional campaigns.
Read more about the campaign here.
SPEEDO
West partnered with Speedo’s creative team to photograph a series of dynamic portraits featuring Olympic swimmers Ryan Murphy, Katie Meili, and Nathan Adrian. Using bold lighting and a clean, high-impact visual style, she captured the strength and intensity of each athlete.
The images were featured in both print and digital campaigns, showcasing West’s ability to translate energy and movement into striking visual narratives. This collaboration brought a fresh, artistic perspective to the world of competitive sports photography.
Read more about the campaign here.
