Circular Motion

About Circular Motion

This large circular abstract steel floor sculpture in iridescent blue is by Shayne Dark.

Canadian artist Shayne Dark has been celebrated for his unique vision that marries the industrial world with the natural world.
Here, once again is an inspired example of his dynamic visual language—one of several pieces created for his ‘Drawing in Space’ series. This grand sculpture is forged from steel—a ring of circles intertwined and coated in an eye-popping iridescent blue. The elements in this piece suggest movement as the shadows cast by the circles change with the light. It also looks as if it might roll, spin, wobble or topple at any moment but, of course, it does not.

“Experiencing the natural world will often give me a germ of an idea and then I run with it.” Shayne Dark


“While Dark clearly appreciates the raw potency of natural forms, he imposes his artistic will on them.” John K. Grande, Author, and Arts Writer

Shayne Dark was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan in 1952. He began his professional art career in the mid-1980’s. In 2016, he became the artist in residence at the Brooklyn botanic garden. That followed a successful residency at the Albright Knox and Buffalo botanical garden in 2015. Soon after he was featured in the prestigious Sculpture magazine. At Art Basel in Toronto, Dark was named one of the top ten artists to watch. In 2017, Dark had a solo exhibition at New York’s Brooklyn Botanical Garden and the following year he was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2022, Dark exhibited at the Cloud 9 Eco-Art Festival at No. 9 Gardens in the Rideau Lakes, Ontario. His work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. It can be found in numerous private, corporate, and public collections.