Studio Proba’s Hyper-Colorful Public Sculpture

Hold onto your hats, this isn’t your average mall art.

Studio Proba, aka Alex Proba, just dropped Unbounded Sanctuary, a true riot of color and whimsy that’s turned Shenzhen’s Grand Joy City Mall into a full-on playground/gallery hybrid.

Oversized kaleidoscopic sculptures popping up like wildflowers on a sugar rush.

Seven larger-than-life sculptures, with names like Where Wildflowers Dream, Balancing Root, Nestkeeper, and Windbloom, dot the indoor and outdoor spaces.

Proba says each piece is a storybook character in a “living, growing landscape”, a surreal world you can stroll through, linger in, and return to without ever growing bored.

Via Instagram:

Alex Proba on Instagram: "First look at one of our favorite pieces from our installs “Unbounded Sanctuary”, now open at Grand Joy City Mall in Shenzhen. This one is the biggest of the bunch, she’s all about joy, play, and celebration — one of many new sculptures now live and ready to be visited and enjoyed by you. If you’re in Shenzhen please stop by and send us all the photos — we’d love to see how you enjoy them. 🌸 Thank you LINSPACE & Grand Joy City for this wonderful opportunity. This is #notai - sad I’ve to be specifying it. Design support: @issyrey @coralineloos"

alexproba on July 14, 2025: "First look at one of our favorite pieces from our installs “Unbounded Sanctuary”, now open at Grand Joy City Mall in Shenzhen. This one is the biggest of the bunch, she’s all about joy, play, and celebration — one of many new sculptures now live and ready to be visited and enjoyed by you. If you’re in Shenzhen please stop by and send us all the photos — we’d love to see how you enjoy them. 🌸 Thank you LINSPACE & Grand Joy City for this wonderful opportunity. This is #notai - sad I’ve to be specifying it. Design support: @issyrey @coralineloos".

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Part neon nature, part friendly alien, part “oops I wandered into a cartoon”, these sculptures command attention, whether they’re stretching toward the sky or sprawling amid greenery.

Up close, they invite you to loop around, peek inside, and share a moment with both the art… and the other curious humans drawn in by the spectacle.

This is Studio Proba’s first public installation on the mainland, and it’s a big, bold reminder that in our pixel-drenched world, nothing out-colors the real thing. Especially in a mall.