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Empowering the Sun's Second Life through Art.

Decommissioned solar panels, donated by the solar industry and transformed by artists into one-of-a-kind works. Every piece is a 1/1 original on a real panel.

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39Works
37Artists
17Countries
Caminos del Sol by Zachary B. Kahn
Caminos del SolZachary B. Kahn
Espejismo Nocturno by Georgia Laurie
Espejismo NocturnoGeorgia Laurie
Toska
Work to be announcedToska

  • Track recordSee exhibitions →

  • ExhibitedPapalote Museo del NiñoMexico's Climate Week 2025 · Oct 8–10, 2025
  • Now on showENAC–UNAMPanels currently on display
  • ExhibitedItza Hotel, AkumalSecond Life of Solar x ITZA · 7 panels
  • In the collection ofMexico's Ministry of Energy (SENER)Rutas Rojas / Red Routes by Zachary B. Kahn

From the collection

Featured works

Each work is a 1/1 original on a real decommissioned solar panel. Prices from USD 1,000 to USD 18,000.

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Making solar's afterlife visible, one panel at a time.

The sun has already done its work. Now it's time for its second life.

Every panel rescued from the waste stream becomes a canvas. Explore the collection or find your way to take part.

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The collection

39 works. 37 artists. One panel each.

Each work is a 1/1 original on a real decommissioned solar panel. Prices from USD 1,000 to USD 18,000.

39 works
Rutas Rojas / Red Routes by Zachary B. Kahn, Oil stick on solar panelDonated

Rutas Rojas / Red Routes

Zachary B. Kahn · USA

Oil stick on solar panel

Donated to SENERMinistry of Energy of Mexico
Persistencia by Shair Rodrigo Manzano Trejo, Assemblage: reclaimed wood, recycled solar panel and recycled componentsAvailable

Persistencia

Shair Rodrigo Manzano Trejo · Mexico

Assemblage: reclaimed wood, recycled solar panel and recycled components

USD 3,900Inquire to purchase

All prices in US dollars (USD), except where another currency is shown. Unique work (1/1).

The artists

37 artists from 17 countries

Painters, muralists, sculptors and mixed-media artists, united by a single canvas: the decommissioned solar panel.

Andre KanCanada · 1 workToronto-based painter and OCAD University graduate (2014), also active as a muralist, photographer, curator, producer and musician. His paintings are in permanent collections in the US and China, and his murals can be seen in London, Spain, Portugal and Taiwan.RenewAnna SavelevaRussia · 1 workArtist, model and make-up artist based in Mexico City, trained in web and graphic design at the Stroganov academy in Moscow. She paints in a style of biomorphic surrealism using intuitive automatism, and has exhibited and painted murals in Russia, Belarus, Istanbul, Bogotá and Mexico City.Procesos y estadosAntonio Espinosa CastroMexico · 1 workMexico City artist who describes himself as an “artist of nature”.LeyendaArantxa Martínez MagañaMexico · 1 workMuralist and visual artist with more than 15 years of experience working as an artist.GalaxiaArmando CarranzaMexico · 1 workCoquelicotCheickh SallahCôte d'Ivoire · 1 workSelf-described “afro-globalized” artist from Côte d’Ivoire with Dogon roots. He works in a hybrid style of curved, frank lines to distill a plural humanity.The Solar SoulsDaisy KarnasUSA · 1 workUS artist living in Mexico City. Her work blends naturalism with dream narrative, moving from figuration to organic abstraction.TRANSMUTACION #2Daniela LopezaColombia · 1 workColombian multidisciplinary visual artist working with multimedia, analogue processes, light, body and space. Her practice studies the body as subject and object, and the many presences that inhabit it.PATRON PD 2025DermsMexico · 1 workSystem_Glitch.shEricka Mariamm Romero PeñaMexico · 1 workMexican visual artist working in contemporary figuration and Pop Art, known for vibrant colour, expressive faces and a refined acrylic technique centred on female representation. She has taken part in international exhibitions.Oda a Roy Lichstenstein 2025Gareth StehrNorfolk Island (Australia) · 1 workMoved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a professional skateboarder before emerging as a fine artist exhibiting internationally. His work blends movement, energy and emotion, shaped by skate culture and abstract form.Rostros de la Noche SolarGeorgia LaurieAustralia · 1 workMelbourne-based studio and mural artist exploring the relationship between natural and built environments, often through animal figures. She has delivered large-scale murals in Australia, Finland, Portugal, the UK and Mexico.Espejismo NocturnoGraeme LueyCanada · 1 workCanadian artist based in Mexico City. His practice focuses on making fine art from recycled materials, a focus he has kept since 2017.Yellow & Grey PotHibah OURO-SAMATogo · 2 worksSelf-taught Togolese artist who has painted on canvas and walls since 2023. She uses intense acrylic colour to create characters that convey emotion and raise awareness of social and environmental issues.Femme de l'ombre · RévélationJieun KimSouth Korea · 1 workToronto-based Korean multidisciplinary artist (a.k.a. June), exhibiting since 2010 and drawing on Korean folk art and the natural world. Co-founder and director of KJ Bit Collective, she has painted murals with StreetARToronto, the City of Dallas, TIFF and Pride Toronto, among others.HorangiJuliaRussia · 1 workEnergy therapist whose paintings give material form to different energies, feelings and human emotions.Renacimiento. Relato de los sentimientos y emociones del almaJulio David RojasMexico · 1 workVisual artist, painter, teacher and muralist, and founder of Atelier Velázquez. His contemporary realism combines Baroque tradition, cyberpunk aesthetics and illustration, under a concept he calls Pictorial Materialism.Collage CyberpunkKseniia NovikovaRussia · 1 workVisual artist based in Mexico whose work explores the collective unconscious, primal archetypes and dream dimensions through mythology, ancient tales and spiritual traditions, mainly in large formats.Sello de DiosLeticia PooMexico · 1 workVisual artist and muralist whose practice weaves together the spiritual, the symbolic and the sensory, across painting, installation and performance. Influenced by yoga, her projects include Unspeakable Love and The Art of Receiving.City’s SpiritLuce GaudinFrance · 1 workFrench artist working in aerosol, acrylic and ceramic, associated with Atelier Florence Bruyas and Galerie Yaka in Saint-Étienne.ALTAÏRMaria-Elena MartoglioCanada · 1 workCanadian artist rooted in ceramic and glass arts. She has collaborated with many communities on murals and community-centred art projects.Amoeba GalácticaMarko EskalanteMexico · 1 workMultidisciplinary Mexican artist living between Mexico and Denmark, after more than 20 years in Europe. His recent work centres on photographic collage, and he has exhibited in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Spain, the USA and Mexico.The Flight of the DiscardMaryam (Maya) TohidiIran · 1 workIranian multimedia artist who has lived and worked in Iran, Canada, the UK, the US and Mexico. She uses culturally significant objects such as Persian rugs to explore immigration and cultural identity, and runs the online archive sweptunder.live.Swept Under the Rug, Surrendered to the SunMeghan GarrityUSA · 1 workMexico City-based painter exploring transformation, connection and the unseen rhythms of human experience. Through bold hues, myth and mysticism she works on canvas and repurposed materials such as solar panels.HeliosOliver GrahamUnited Kingdom · 1 workBritish painter who began painting at 14 and studied painting in London before moving to Mexico City. He is inspired by the drama of creation and the sensuality of paint.DancersPaul Bello SandovalMexico · 1 workMuralist and painter working in Mexico. His work can be found on city walls, in homes, pubs, boutiques and galleries in Mexico and the United States. With a background in video communications and graphic design, he brings colour and dimension into magical, surrealist imagery.El Agujero BlancoRicardo SantosMexico · 1 workMultidisciplinary visual artist based in Mexico City, founder and director of NOESUNAGALERIA, a platform for artistic experimentation.UwURoxana AlbaneseArgentina · 1 workArgentine artist based in Mexico City. She completed a painting workshop at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” (2023). Solo shows include Efímero (Galería Clarooscuro, 2024) and Diálogos (Galería Exponeméxico, 2022), with group shows in Mexico, Paris and New York and appearances in Arte Vivo México (2023–2025).Latidos del SolShair Rodrigo Manzano TrejoMexico · 1 workMultidisciplinary artist and architect working mainly with reclaimed materials. His pieces sit between structure and emotion, with each element keeping a past that informs its new form.PersistenciaShendra StuckiSwitzerland · 1 workSwiss multidisciplinary artist who has lived and worked in Mexico for seven years. She specialises in participatory public installations and recycled or transformed materials, and is also a muralist, photographer, collagist, performer and teacher.Creativity saves from chaosSonya FichteSlovakia · 1 workSlovak photographer and painter. After melancholic, nostalgic photographic work she turned to painting, where colour and symbolism play a central role.Surreal Surrender n.3Tania WongMexico · 1 workTattoo artist based in Mexico City, drawn to pop art and dark, meaningful imagery.FeminidadTasha OwwRussia · 1 workMexico City-based artist whose practice is shaped by global transience and a search for belonging. Moving between abstraction and figuration, her work is a visual diary of the communities and connections she finds across cultures.HorizonTasha SolnegroRussia · 1 workRussian artist creating in Mexico City. A certified Neurographica specialist, she explores how line, curve and visual rhythm interact with the subconscious, combining Neurographica with symbolic systems in large-scale visual work.dreamweaver.exe is now runningVania Estay ScabiniChile · 1 workChilean visual artist working mainly in painting and illustration, a graduate of the Universidad de Concepción, now living and working in Mexico. Her work fuses abstract and figurative elements to explore identity, nature and human connection, and has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Chile and Mexico.Jardín de la inocenciaVictor Pérez-RulMexico · 1 workArtist and multidisciplinary designer working at the intersection of art, technology and living systems. He creates hybrid sculptures, environments and installations that explore energy and material transformation.Light-yearsZachary B. KahnUSA · 2 worksMultidisciplinary artist and founder of 3.wrks, working between art, design and urban space. Shaped by skateboarding and graffiti, he creates murals, digital art, mixed-media design, installations and photography that aim to transform space and perspective.Caminos del Sol · Rutas Rojas / Red Routes

Exhibitions

Where the collection has been

Works from Second Life of Solar have been shown to the public in Mexico City and at Itza Hotel in Akumal, and one is now in the collection of Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER).

Exhibited

Papalote Museo del Niño

Mexico's Climate Week 2025 · Oct 8–10, 2025
Now on show

ENAC–UNAM

Panels currently on display
Exhibited

Itza Hotel, Akumal

Second Life of Solar x ITZA · 7 panels
Works at Itza Hotel, Akumal (7)From the “Second Life of Solar x ITZA” catalog
El Agujero Blanco — Paul Bello SandovalEl Agujero BlancoPaul Bello SandovalDancers — Oliver GrahamDancersOliver GrahamHelios — Meghan GarrityHeliosMeghan GarrityJardín de la inocencia — Vania Estay ScabiniJardín de la inocenciaVania Estay ScabiniUwU — Ricardo SantosUwURicardo SantosOda a Roy Lichstenstein 2025 — Ericka Mariamm Romero PeñaOda a Roy Lichstenstein 2025Ericka Mariamm Romero PeñaSurreal Surrender n.3 — Sonya FichteSurreal Surrender n.3Sonya Fichte

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About

Our story

Fine art on decommissioned solar panels.

Second Life of Solar is an initiative of AMAYAD (Asociación Mexicana de Agrivoltaics y Agricultura Digital A.C.) that seeks to design, finance and build agrivoltaic pilot projects focused on educating and training women in the field, to help close the gender gap in rural Mexico.

Solar panels are built to last decades, but many are retired long before they stop being objects of value. Second Life of Solar gives decommissioned panels a second life as fine art.

Panels donated by the solar industry are given to artists, who paint, collage or build on the panel itself. The result is a collection of one-of-a-kind works, each made on a real panel.

Works from the collection have been exhibited in Mexico City, and they are offered to collectors and organisations who want art with a story about energy and reuse. 10% of every sale goes to agrivoltaic projects for women farmers.

Process

How it works

  1. Panel donation

    Solar companies and individuals donate decommissioned panels to Second Life of Solar instead of sending them to waste.

  2. Artist selection

    Artists apply and commit to the project manifesto: the panel is the canvas, and its first life stays part of the work.

  3. Art creation

    Each artist transforms one panel into a unique work: painted, collaged, scratched or assembled.

  4. Exhibition and sale

    The works are exhibited and offered to collectors and institutions. Every inquiry goes straight to our team.

Traceability

Every panel has a story

Each donated panel gets an ID in the Second Life of Solar traceability sheet, which records the panel and the artist it was assigned to. Today 24 of the 39 works in the collection show the ID of the panel they were painted on; the rest will be added as the records are completed.

  • Exhibitions and track record

  • ExhibitedPapalote Museo del NiñoMexico's Climate Week 2025 · Oct 8–10, 2025
  • Now on showENAC–UNAMPanels currently on display
  • ExhibitedItza Hotel, AkumalSecond Life of Solar x ITZA · 7 panels
  • In the collection ofMexico's Ministry of Energy (SENER)Rutas Rojas / Red Routes by Zachary B. Kahn

More about the movement

Revenue splitEnforced automatically by smart contract on every sale. 10% goes to women farmers (agrivoltaics). It is held in Bitcoin, and at the end of each year the Second Life of Solar DAO decides which project(s) receive it.
45%ArtistThe creator, always first
35%Gallery / SellerThe exhibitor and curator
10%Women farmers (agrivoltaics)Held in Bitcoin; the SLoS DAO picks the project(s) each year
5%Panel donorThe original solar contributor
5%Second Life of Solar
Radical Transparency on ChainEvery panel has a story. Every transaction is immutable. Every artist earns forever.
  • Encrypted NFC Microchips Each artwork is embedded with a tamper-proof NFC microchip that links to an on-chain record — tracking the panel's original wattage, donor history, carbon offset, and full provenance from decommission to gallery wall.
  • On-Chain Provenance Smart contracts enforce our revenue model automatically, with no intermediaries. Secondary market resales trigger perpetual royalty payments to the original artist — forever.
  • Perpetual Secondary Royalties Artists earn on every resale. Not just once — forever.
Art Sales Fund Agrivoltaic Projects10% goes to women farmers (agrivoltaics). It is held in Bitcoin, and at the end of each year the Second Life of Solar DAO decides which project(s) receive it.

Agrivoltaics combines solar energy and agriculture on the same land, maximizing efficiency and creating resilient rural economies.

  • Higher Land Use Efficiency Dual-use land systems maximize output per hectare.
  • Economic Diversification Farmers gain a second income stream from clean energy.
  • Environmental Benefits Reduced water use, lower carbon footprint, healthier soil.
  • Empowering Women Training centers and digital agriculture labs closing the gender gap.
  • Youth Opportunity A generational path for young people to enter modern farming.
  • Digital Education AI, drones, satellites and data tools for real skill-building.

Projects We Plan to Fund

  • Xochimilco Proof of Concept Urban agri-solar installation providing food security and clean energy.
  • Cuetzalan Initiative Sustainable coffee farming with community agrivoltaic projects.
  • Santa María Yosoyua Digital farming access and technology training for rural communities.
Agrivoltaics and digital agriculture can redefine rural development — unlocking talent, empowering women, and building a new generation of farmers.
Our 15-Point ManifestoThe principles that guide every panel, every artist, every transaction.
  1. Decentralization No single entity controls the ecosystem. Power belongs to the community, encoded in smart contracts.
  2. Circular Economy E-waste is not waste. Every decommissioned panel is a canvas waiting for its second life.
  3. Artist Sovereignty Artists own their work, their royalties, and their narrative — forever, on-chain.
  4. Radical Transparency Every transaction, every revenue split, every carbon offset is publicly verifiable on the blockchain.
  5. Indigenous Empowerment 10% goes to women farmers (agrivoltaics). It is held in Bitcoin, and at the end of each year the Second Life of Solar DAO decides which project(s) receive it.
  6. Carbon Accountability We track and certify the exact tonnage of e-waste diverted from landfills with every artwork sold.
  7. Perpetual Royalties Secondary market resales automatically trigger royalty payments to the original artist. Art pays forever.
  8. Global Solidarity Our artists span 15+ countries. The solar art revolution has no borders.
  9. E-Waste as Canvas The medium is the message. The panel's industrial history is part of the artwork's story.
  10. Community Governance The SLoS DAO gives every stakeholder a voice in the ecosystem's future direction.
  11. Open Provenance The full history of every panel — from solar farm to gallery wall — is publicly accessible.
  12. Regenerative Finance Our financial model is designed to give back more than it takes, at every level of the ecosystem.
  13. Cultural Preservation We celebrate the cultural heritage of our global artist community in every exhibition and drop.
  14. Solar Justice Clean energy infrastructure should benefit the communities that host it. Art is how we make that visible.
  15. Art as Infrastructure Fine art is not a luxury. It is the infrastructure of civilization, and solar panels are its new foundation.
Our EcosystemA global network of allies building the future of sustainable art.

Second Life of Solar is an initiative of AMAYAD (Asociación Mexicana de Agrivoltaics y Agricultura Digital A.C.).

Allies

  • Studio Berlin
  • Casa Lienzo
  • SolarBien
  • Hashtag Gallery
  • MATES Community MX
  • Crowd Conscious
  • Rafiqui
  • Energía Real
  • Mallow

Get involved

Seven ways to take part

Artists, solar companies, galleries, cities, sellers and sponsors: there is a way in for each of you.

Apply as an artistShare your vision. Create with the sun.Apply now →Submit your finished panelAlready painted your panel? Send us the finished work for the exhibition.Google Form · opens in a new tabSubmit your work ↗ (opens in a new tab)Donate a solar panelGive a retired panel a second life as art.Google Form · opens in a new tabDonate ↗ (opens in a new tab)Apply as a galleryShow sustainable art in your space.Apply →Invite us to your cityBring the collection to your community.Invite us →Become an official sellerHelp place works with collectors.Become a seller →Become a sponsorSupport artists, exhibitions and panel logistics.Sponsor →

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For solar companies

  • A visible, circular second life for retired panels
  • Exhibitions that tell your circular-economy story
  • Material for your sustainability communications
  • Credit as panel donor, where you agree to be named

For galleries and institutions

  • Works that bring together energy, art and climate
  • Local and international artists
  • Curated stories for visitors and press
  • Original works available for exhibition and sale

For artists

Everything artists need to know

Second Life of Solar invites artists to turn a decommissioned solar panel into an original work. This guide explains how it works, what you receive, the terms and how to apply.

Open the Artist Application →Open the shareable page →

What Second Life of Solar is

Second Life of Solar is a collection of artworks made on decommissioned solar panels. The panels are donated by the solar industry and transformed by artists into one-of-a-kind works, each a 1/1 original on a real panel.

Why: solar panels are retired long before they stop being objects of value. As art, a retired panel gets a second life, and the afterlife of solar becomes visible, one panel at a time.

Today the collection has 39 works by 37 artists from 17 countries.

How it works for an artist

  1. Apply

    Fill in the Artist Application form.

  2. Receive a panel

    You are assigned a decommissioned panel, which gets an ID in the Second Life of Solar traceability sheet. You sign a custody agreement for the panel.

  3. Create

    Transform the panel into an original work, on the panel itself. Each work is unique (1/1).

  4. Submit the finished work

    Send the finished work through the Artist Submission Form (Exhibition Edition).

  5. Exhibition and sale

    Works are shown in exhibitions and published in the online collection, each on its own page. Collectors send their inquiries to the Second Life of Solar team.

What you receive

  • A page for each of your works, with your title as you submitted it, your statement and the price.
  • An artist page with your name, country, short bio and public links. Your email and phone number are never published.
  • Your statement in its original language: statements written in Spanish or French are translated into English, and the original text stays on the page.
  • The ID of your panel shown with your work, once it is recorded in the traceability sheet.
  • 45% of each sale (see the revenue distribution below).
  • Exhibition opportunities. Works from the collection have been shown here:
  • ExhibitedPapalote Museo del NiñoMexico's Climate Week 2025 · Oct 8–10, 2025
  • Now on showENAC–UNAMPanels currently on display
  • ExhibitedItza Hotel, AkumalSecond Life of Solar x ITZA · 7 panels
  • In the collection ofMexico's Ministry of Energy (SENER)Rutas Rojas / Red Routes by Zachary B. Kahn

For artists

For artists: terms

What you agree to when you create a work with Second Life of Solar. More detail is in the Artist Application form.

Manifesto agreement

You commit to the Second Life of Solar manifesto. Read the manifesto →

Revenue distribution (45/35/10/5/5)

Each sale is distributed as follows. 10% goes to women farmers (agrivoltaics). It is held in Bitcoin, and at the end of each year the Second Life of Solar DAO decides which project(s) receive it.

  1. 45%Artist
  2. 35%Gallery / Seller
  3. 10%Women farmers (agrivoltaics)
  4. 5%Panel donor
  5. 5%Second Life of Solar

Panel custody agreement

You sign a custody agreement for the panel assigned to you.

Blockchain certification

Each panel and artwork is certified on blockchain.

Pricing and sales

  • You set the price of your work when you submit it.
  • All prices on the site are shown in US dollars (USD). Prices submitted in Mexican pesos are converted at the Banxico FIX exchange rate and rounded to the nearest USD 50.
  • The catalogue range is USD 1,000 to USD 18,000. A converted price under USD 1,000 is raised to USD 1,000.
  • Every work is a unique original (1/1).
  • Buyers inquire from the work’s page, and inquiries go to the Second Life of Solar team.

Apply or submit your work

The forms ask you to sign in with a Google account, because they include file uploads.

Frequently asked questions

Which form should I use?

Use the Artist Application if you are new to Second Life of Solar. Use the Artist Submission Form (Exhibition Edition) once your panel is finished.

Do I need a Google account?

Yes. The forms ask you to sign in with Google because they include file uploads.

What language are the forms in?

English.

Where do the artists come from?

The collection has artists from 17 countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Iran, Mexico, Norfolk Island (Australia), Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Togo, United Kingdom, USA.

Will my title be changed?

No. The site uses the title you submitted, with your accents and capitalisation.

What photos of my work should I send?

Full resolution, taken straight on, with the whole panel visible and no people in the frame.

What if there is no photo of my work yet?

The work is published with a “Photo coming soon” placeholder until the photo arrives.

What personal data appears on the site?

Your name, country, short bio and public links. Your email and phone number are never published.

How is the revenue from a sale distributed?

45% Artist, 35% Gallery / Seller, 10% Women farmers (agrivoltaics), 5% Panel donor, 5% Second Life of Solar.

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