Eileen Pierce

Ms. Pierce joined Renfro Design Group, Inc. in January 2005. Ms. Pierce received her Bachelor of Art in Printmaking and Painting from American University in Washington, DC. She started her own lighting studio in 1996, designing custom fixtures for private clients and specialty boutiques before completing her Master‘s Degree in Architectural Lighting Design at Parsons School of Design in New York City.

Ms. Pierce’s arts background influences her approach to lighting. The psychology and the effects of lighting are considered in her design process. She uses Architectural Lighting not only to define form, but also to evoke emotion from a particular space. This philosophy has led Ms. Pierce to work with several prestigious architects and interior designers. Some of her recently completed projects include The Morgan Library and Museum renovation of the McKim Building in New York, NY; the Boucher Room at The Frick Collection in New York, NY; The American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY; the Grand Teton National Park Visitor‘s Center in Moose, Wyoming; Aileron Campus in Dayton, Ohio; NYU Philosophy Department in New York, NY; NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis in New York, NY; and The Oak Room in New York, NY. Her current projects include The Islamic and The American Wing Galleries (Phase III) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY; exhibit lighting for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, Memorial Exhibition in New York, NY; and the Lakeside Center at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.

In 2008, Ms. Pierce was recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York with two Lumen Awards. Her work on the Fragonard Room at The Frick Collection in New York City was recognized with an award for the Integration of New Technology into a Historic Restoration and her work on the Art Cave at Stonescape in Napa Valley, CA was recognized with an Award of Merit.

Prior to working at Renfro Design Group, Ms. Pierce’s Architectural Lighting experience includes four years with Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design. While there, she contributed to such projects as the Avery Hall - Center for Drama and Film at Vassar College, Port Imperial Intermodal Ferry Terminal in Weehawken, NJ, New Orleans Museum of Art Sculpture Garden and William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

In addition to her lighting design experience, Ms. Pierce has also been an educator, teaching Introduction to Lighting for Interior Designers (BFA) at Parsons School of Design. Ms. Pierce is member of the United States Green Building Council and the Designers Lighting Forum of New York.