Kara O’Grady Aves
Director of Installations
Kara works with Evoke to Illuminate the world.
Featured Project
LaGuardia Airport - Terminal B Water Feature
The Terminal B Water Feature is the only one of its kind in the Americas and the only one of its kind found globally in an airport. 4,000 gallons of recirculated water run through the system and fall from two rings to create a water curtain. 450 nozzles individually open and close to create shapes falling from the water. Three projectors are used to wrap light around the water. Video content, lights, and audio are played back in sync to create unique shows for travelers played throughout the day.
Featured Project
Aventura
Aventura Corporate Center is a premiere office campus located in South Florida. Evoke worked in concert with Westfourth Architecture and the owner to update the front of house and hallways to a modern stylized design.
The fixtures throughout the entry and hallways provide sleek lines and full spectrum white light to highlight the Italian marble walls and floors to create an elegant and inviting atmosphere.
We tell stories.
Kara began her love of lighting in high school when she was a ballet dancer and discovered she preferred creating art with light instead of pointe shoes. She graduated from NCSA and started designing for dance and opera up and down the east coast.
When she returned to New York she started working in permanent installations with PRG systems where she was involved with creating and renovating multiple theaters, TV studios and sculpting the NYC skyline with light. Kara’s love of renovation and her intense hate for multiple color temperatures sparked her interest in Architectural Lighting Design.
Kara’s work can be seen from ABC Studios to Vapiano restaurants.
She looks forward to working with Evoke to Illuminate the world
In her free time Kara enjoys running 13.1 miles for shiny medals.