On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Brimley Neon Inc. and Bicycle Collective completed the installation of a new public art piece to grace the Granary District. Attached to the facade of Bicycle Collective’s Kahlert Community Bicycle Resource Center building, the new work is a three dimensional public art sculpture featuring welded steel, sheet aluminum, neon, LED lights, and found objects, such as wheels, tires, and bicycle parts sourced from within the walls of Bicycle Collective’s headquarters.
The public art piece was a requirement of the funding Bicycle Collective received for the New Hub from the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency (formerly SLC RDA), and involved conceptualizing and commissioning a work of public art to be installed on the facade of the building. Bicycle Collective commissioned artists David Brimley and Ryan Eastlyn of Brimley Neon Inc., to design, build, and install the piece on the 900 South side of the building.
About the artists and Brimley Neon Inc.: David K. Brimley was literally born under a neon glow. One of the third generation of a family of neon light makers who brought some of the earliest neon lights to Salt Lake City in the 1930’s.
Now at 75 years old, with his son in law Ryan Eastlyn who bends the neon, his daughter Emily managing the business, and with support from his grandson Oskar, David has no plans to leave this 94 year old venture.
