In the 34 St-Herald Sq subway station, riders are met by large, luminous orbs that seem to hover in space. Made of coiled aluminum rods that are formed in a manner similar to the way in which ceramicists build pots from clay, the spheres are suspended on a framework of small beams from the larger steel structural components of the station. "Halo" contrasts the aesthetic with the utilitarian and the result is "an unexpected serenity." The artist says, "It was my aim to create an enigmatic distribution of objects that would stand in sharp contrast to the rectilinear nature of the site, and in doing so, to establish an oasis of visual language amid an otherwise functional environment." 

Nicholas Pearson was born in Mineola, New York, and attended Bennington College. He has awards including the Exhibition Award of the 28th New England Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, and Vermont State Council on the Arts Fellowship. Pearson's commissions including a site-specific sculpture commissioned for Burlington, Vermont.