Lumenfly

Selected Exhibits:

Art in the Park, Rock Falls, IL 2025-2026

Inaugural Sculpture Loan, Dexter, MO 2025-2026

2026

In the silent depths of alien caverns and the shadowed tunnels of distant moons, these autonomous dragonflies drift gracefully through the darkness, their sleek metallic wings humming with quiet precision. These bio-inspired machines, known as Lumenflies, are engineered to navigate treacherous subterranean landscapes where human explorers cannot easily tread.

Each Lumenfly carries a lattice of bioluminescent panels and adaptive sensors, casting rippling patterns of light that reveal mineral veins, hidden passages, and microbial colonies on asteroid walls. Guided by swarm intelligence, they coordinate their movements to map vast underground systems in shimmering detail, illuminating not only the terrain, but also the mysteries of life and resources above and beneath the surface.