Lumen
Daniel Popper · 2024 · Society Wynwood, Miami, Florida
Artwork by Daniel Popper. Photo as published on Street Art Utopia (You Walk Right Through Them (8 Photos), 1 November 2026); photographer not credited, camera date unconfirmed.
A 30-foot figure with a golden mosaic face and branching, vine-like forms frames the 2nd Avenue entrance of Society Wynwood in Miami. Daniel Popper named it Lumen, a botanical term for the internal channels of plants, to stand for the unseen connections and resilience beneath the city. Source Source Checked
Seen Jul 2025 — The newest dated evidence is My Modern Met’s report of 2 July 2025, which describes Lumen as permanently installed as the entrance to Society Wynwood (a report, not a dated photo). No dated camera photo was found. Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- A doorway inside the figureThe sculpture stands in Society Wynwood’s 2nd Avenue entryway; My Modern Met describes it as installed as the entrance to the apartment building. Source Source Checked
- A cracked-tile skinThe figure is covered entirely in cracked tile mosaic over glass-fibre-reinforced plastic and an internal steel armature. On select nights, projection mapping turns the surface into a moving light show. Source Source Checked
- Named for a plant’s inner channelsPopper chose the botanical word lumen, an internal channel in plants, for the hidden channels of energy he sees within the city. Source Source Source Checked
- A year in the makingPopper’s studio says the project took a full year, and the final installation started at 3 AM each day to work around road access. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
Lumen stands at the 2nd Avenue entrance of Society Wynwood, 2431 NW 2nd Ave, in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. Coordinates are the building’s address point in OpenStreetMap. Source Source Source Checked
🗓️ Sightings
- 202428 Nov
Artist announces the Miami Art Week unveiling
- 20242 Dec
Secret Miami: “here to stay”
- 202523 Jan
Studio recounts the build and unveiling
- 20252 Jul
My Modern Met: permanently installed
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
“The 30-foot sculpture, covered entirely in cracked tile mosaic, will remain permanently in the 2nd Ave entryway of Society Wynwood…”
“Unlike other temporary art popping up around Miami during Art Basel’s run, Lumen will remain permanently at Society Wynwood.”
“Titled Lumen, the larger-than-life sculpture is permanently installed as the entrance to Society Wynwood, a vibrant apartment community.”
✅ The facts
- Year
- 2024; unveiling announced for 4 December 2024 during Miami Art Week Source Source Source Checked
🔗 Related
- You Walk Right Through Them (8 Photos) — Street Art Utopia
- Thrive by Daniel Popper, Fort Lauderdale — Artwork File
- Ven a la Luz by Daniel Popper, Tulum — Artwork File
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All sources & image credits
- danielpopper.com: Lumen project page (artist)
- danielpopper.com: Artist Daniel Popper to Unveil “Lumen” Sculpture at Society Wynwood (28 November 2024)
- secretmiami.com: A 30Ft Daniel Popper Sculpture Is Landing In Wynwood (2 December 2024)
- danielpopper.com: Lumen’s Installation and Unveiling during Miami Art Week (23 January 2025)
- mymodernmet.com: Daniel Popper Has a Sculpture Named ‘Lumen’ in Miami (2 July 2025)
- openstreetmap.org: address point for 2431 NW 2nd Ave (coordinates)
- Image: photographer not credited in the source post, as published on Street Art Utopia (You Walk Right Through Them (8 Photos), 1 November 2026); a 16:9 share version was made from it.
Last checked: 1 November 2026. How we verify art