Glasgow artist's work selected to be sent to the moon as part of major archival project

A Scottish contemporary artist set to exhibit in Glasgow will see his artwork sent to the moon as part of a new archival project.

The artwork by Lewis Deeney will be included in the Codex Polaris, scheduled to launch to the Lunar southern hemisphere in September 2025 aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

This prestigious opportunity makes Deeney one of the few artists in the world to have its works digitally archived and sent to the Moon as part of the Lunar Codex, an extraordinary project initiated by Dr. Samuel Peralta.

The catalog of the artists work will be preserved on digital memory cards, ensuring that the selected works of art will be part of a lasting cultural archive on the Moon.

The Codex Polaris mission will join seven other missions in archiving the work of 35,000 contemporary artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers from 254 countries, territories, and indigenous nations. This digital preservation symbolizes the unbreakable link between human creativity and space exploration.

Deeney’s artwork is part of an exhibition: The Interplay: Geometric Abstraction Exhibition, curated by Sergio Gomez, originally debuted at the Palm Beach Art, Antique & Design Showroom in Lake Worth, Florida, showcasing the works of 49 exceptional artists from across the globe.

These artists, representing countries such as Ukraine, Canada, Scotland, France, Germany, Spain, the UK, Argentina, Italy, and the United States, were selected for their innovative approaches to geometric abstraction.

The exhibition explores how contemporary artists use geometry as both a point of departure and a destination, incorporating it symbolically, narratively, and in formal, non-objective ways.

The exhibition saw Lewis Deeney exhibit in America for the first time - the painting set to be included in the digital archive is the painting Awakening II will be the one included.

Deeney will soon see an immersive art exhibition opening at Salt Space Gallery, Glasgow, on the 6 & 7th of December, titled Step Into Abstraction. The exhibition is billed as a ‘multisensory experience combining paintings, projections and mirrors, Deeneys creates an otherworldly experience that feels like stepping into one of his abstract, geometric paintings.’