cultural projects in outer space
I explore outer space as a field of tension between human abilities and cosmic reality. My core creations exist in space to understand this dynamic.
They encourage us to rethink our anthropocentric relationship with the cosmos.
My work takes the form of personal artistic interventions in space and of curated collaborative orbital projects.
MISSE-22 / SpX-34
Launch date:
May 16, 2026
Location:
Cape Canaveral, FL, US
Launcher:
SpaceX Falcon 9, CRS SpX-34 Commercial Resupply Service Mission
Platform:
International Space Station
Environment:
Low Earth orbit
NORAD id:
25544
MISSE-22/SPX-34 is the first space art mission through The Foundry - Orbital Art Lab. Its purpose is twofold: to experience and validate every aspect of the operational structure of the new Orbital Art Lab, and to set the stage for the development of my Astromorphic Art practice. The first astromorphic art series will investigate the evolution of colour as experienced through interaction with the space environment.
Also on this mission are a series of Cosmoglyphs - small abstract depictions, and a series of blank canvases that will be used to develop space jewelry.
Artwork: Chromocosmology, Colour
Year:
2026
Medium:
Organic and synthetic pigment, EPO-TEK 201.2, alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Chromocosmology, Study / Black
Year:
2026
Medium:
Organic pigment, EPO-TEK 201.2, alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Chromocosmology, Study / White
Year:
2026
Medium:
EPO-TEK 201.2, alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Cosmoglyph, Series 1
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Cosmoglyph, Series 1
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Cosmoglyph, Series 1
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Cosmoglyph, Series 1
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Cosmoglyph, Series 1
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Cosmoglyph, Series 1
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on alumina ceramic tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
Artwork: Canvas for a future artwork (x 3)
Year:
2026
Medium:
Macor alumina tile
Dimensions:
25 mm x 25 mm x 2 mm
Location:
Space exposed outside the ISS on the MISSE flight facility
TechEdSat-23 / Transporter-16 Rideshare
Launch date:
March 30, 2026
Location:
Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, US
Launcher:
SpaceX Falcon 9
Platform:
NASA TechEdSat-23 3U Cubesat
Environment:
Sun synchronous orbit
NORAD id:
68426
Neither a satellite nor a cosmic ray fully exists as what it is until they meet. That encounter produces, again and again, what neither carried alone. The satellite interacts with cosmic rays. I engage with Karen Barad's concept of 'intra-action': entities do not pre-exist their relations. They are constituted through them. The artwork does not pre-exist the encounter. The artwork is the encounter.
Artwork: Of Neither, Both
Year:
2026
Medium:
Laser etching on aluminium panel
Dimensions:
30 cm x 10 cm
Location:
Space exposed reflective body panel
TechEdSat-22 / Transporter-12 Rideshare
Launch date:
January 14, 2025
Location:
Cape Canaveral, FL, US
Launcher:
SpaceX Falcon 9
Platform:
NASA TechEdSat-22 1U Cubesat
Environment:
Low Earth orbit
COSPAR id:
2025-009
A tiny satellite carries two hidden artworks in its inner body.
One directly engages with the spacecraft's mission.
The other questions the rapid throw-away consumable culture of these small spacecraft.
Artwork: 2722 671 (Seri G)
Year:
2025
Medium:
Laser etching on polyimide film
Dimensions:
10 cm x 3 cm
Location:
Electronics compartment, satellite interior
Artwork: Tuna - Finest Quality
Year:
2025
Medium:
Laser etching on polyimide film
Dimensions:
20 cm x 3 cm
Location:
Wrapped around drag shute container
TechEdSat-11 / ELaNa 43
Launch date:
July 4, 2024
Location:
Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, US
Launcher:
Firefly Aerospace, Noise of Summer
Platform:
NASA TechEdSat-11 6U Cubesat
Environment:
Sun synchronous orbit
NORAD id:
60208
TechEdSat-11 is a dense mission. Its artistic panel carries two curated group art exhibitions.
The first one is the result of an artistic workshop involving school children, while the other is a densely packed collage of art pieces.
For this mission I also included two abstract images created by a highly hallucinating early model AI.
Artwork: SPACECRAFT by AI
Year:
2024
Medium:
Laser etching on aluminium panel
Dimensions:
20 mm x 20 mm
Location:
Inside of drag shute cover panel
Artwork: COSMOS by AI
Year:
2024
Medium:
Laser etching on aluminium panel
Dimensions:
20 mm x 20 mm
Location:
Inside of drag shute cover panel
Curation: What's Up Universe! - Orbital Kids Art Exhibition
Curators:
Luke Idziak, Arno Geens
Artists:
Selection of US Primary school children
Production:
The Spacecraft Agency in collaboration with Draw Together
Thank you:
NASA Ames Research Center
Draw Together
Curation: Art in Space Orbital Gallery
Curators:
Luke Idziak, Arno Geens
Artists:
Debra Bilodeau
Adarsh Deepak
Luke Idziak
Arno Geens
Gordon Kray
Preethi Kumaresan
Johanna Poethig
Lois Rosson
Paul Salveson
Production:
The Spacecraft Agency
Thank you:
NASA Ames Research Center
PY4
Launch date:
March 4, 2024
Location:
Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, US
Launcher:
SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Transporter 10
Platform:
4 NASA PY4 1U Cubesats
Environment:
Low Earth Orbit
NORAD id:
59138
59144
59145
PY4 is a series of four tiny cubesats flying in formation.
For this mission we engaged school children to dream up their messages to the cosmos. The resulting drawings covered the outside of the satellites as a distributed exhibition.
Curation: Art in Space - Kids Group Art Exhibition
Curators:
Luke Idziak, Arno Geens
Artists:
Children from The Neighborhood Academy, Pittsburgh, US
Production:
The Spacecraft Agency in collaboration with Astrobotic
Thank you:
NASA Ames Research Center
Astrobotic Moonshot Museum
The Neighborhood Academy
Peregrine Mission One
Launch date:
January 8, 2024
Location:
Cape Canaveral, FL, US
Launcher:
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur
Platform:
Astrobotic Peregrine Lunar Lander
Environment:
Moon
NORAD id:
58751
Through The Spacecraft Agency - Orbital Art Lab 2, I co-curated Luke Idziak's artwork SNWGLB to the Moon.
Curation: SNWGLB
Curators:
Luke Idziak, Arno Geens
Artist:
Luke Idziak
Production:
The Spacecraft Agency
Thank you:
Astrobotic
DHL Moonbox Initiative
PACE-1 / Transporter-2 Rideshare
Launch date:
June 30, 2021
Location:
Cape Canaveral, FL, US
Launcher:
SpaceX Falcon 9
Platform:
NASA PACE-1 6U Cubesat
Environment:
Sun synchronous orbit
NORAD id:
48909
PACE-1 is the first artistic mission I developed together with Luke Idziak through our newly set-up 'The Spacecraft Agency'. Four artists were commissioned to develop artworks in what would be one of the first curated group art exhibitions exposed to outer space.
My contribution also included Feynman, a large laser etched spacecraft body panel.
Artwork: Feynman
Year:
2021
Medium:
Laser etching on aluminium panel
Dimensions:
+- 20 cm x 30 cm
Location:
Space exposed outer body panel of the PACE-1 satellite
Curation: PACE - Orbital Group Art Exhibition
Curators:
Luke Idziak, Arno Geens
Artists:
Mike Dabro (US)
Arno Geens (BE)
Steven M. Johnson (US)
Selby Sohn (US)
Production:
The Spacecraft Agency
Thank you:
NASA Ames Research Center