About

danielastoian_mail@proton.me

Hello, I'm Daniela, a lighting designer, photographer, video artist and educator. On this page you can read more about my background highlights, future works and values.

professional highlights

Project Leader - Copenhagen Light Festival 2026

Workshop Facilitator - Exchanges for All 2015-2025

Event coordination - Kune Festival 2020 - 2025

Light Art - Installations at Copenhagen Light Festival 2024 & 2025

Photography & Video - Documentation and artistic practice

My passion for light showed up from my work with photography and opened the door into the complex world of lighting design.

Workshops are for me an amazing opportunity to create space for others, where we can meet each other and get the chance to meet something new from ourselves.

I find documentation valuable and motivating , as it makes projects communicable and create connection through time. A big part of this work is attention, selection and availability as archive.

future works

Interested in collaborations within areas such as:

Lighting design

(stage lighting, architectural lighting, daylighting, effect lighting, decorative lighting, light art, research projects, light programming, lighting studios, space transformations)

Workshops concept and facilitation

Workshops concept and facilitation (animation, collage, watercolors, painting, lamp making)

Art, design and documentation

Art, design and documentation (video, photography, animation, graphic design, light art)

Event coordination / project leader

Event coordination / project leader (with focus on cultural events, and culture festivals, culture houses or associations and collaboration with museums or other cultural institutions)

Lighting design

(stage lighting, architectural lighting, daylighting, effect lighting, decorative lighting, light art, research projects, light programming, lighting studios, space transformations)

Art, design and documentation

Art, design and documentation (video, photography, animation, graphic design, light art)

Workshops concept and facilitation

Workshops concept and facilitation (animation, collage, watercolors, painting, lamp making)

Event coordination / project leader

Event coordination / project leader (with focus on cultural events, and culture festivals, culture houses or associations and collaboration with museums or other cultural institutions)

guiding values

learning

learning

as a constant

art

art

as a tool of connection

creativity

creativity

as problem solving

joy

joy

as an organizing principle

light

light

as a story and an environmental cue

I have a genuine interest in the effects of light and art on well-being and in projects that bring communities together.

See Work