In Vivo: Within the Living
University Art Gallery
11:00 am
– 4:00 pm
In Vivo is curated by Taryn Möller Nicoll and will open with a public opening reception at the University Art Gallery on Thursday, February 5th, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
The exhibition showcases the extraordinary application of art to medical science within the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. An enhanced range of viewers outside the medical community will be inspired by what art can do for medicine, science, and people. Directly aligned with national STEAM initiatives, this exhibition utilizes an expansive array of art-making techniques and technologies to merge fine art, illustration, graphic design, biological science and the human experience in a way rarely witnessed by the public.
By leaving the lab and entering the museum space, the pieces in this exhibition illuminate the fusion of artistic excellence and unparalleled scientific knowledge achieved by interdisciplinary graduate programs such as those offered by Art as Applied to Medicine at Johns Hopkins. It will also realize the dual goal of highlighting the medical innovations pioneered at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, alongside the emotional and personal journeys experienced by its patients. This exhibition makes a thought-provoking statement about how art can tell the stories of people who are confronted with health dilemmas, while embracing new medical, scientific, and communication technologies. The works in this exhibition are developed through traditional analog techniques such as painting and drawing, digital approaches such as digital illustration and animation, and sculptural methods such as sculpting, mold-making and casting processes of clinical anaplastology- commonly known as prosthetics.
Finally, revealing lesser-known symbioses between art and science is of value for student populations. As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented rate, awareness of viable and relevant careers in the arts is increasingly important for creative students across the United States. This exhibition highlights several alternative career options offered by medical illustration graduate programs today—granting artistically inclined students a fresh perspective on how their skills could aid science, education and patients in a profound way.
Additional programming:
Opening reception: Thursday, February 5th, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Artist talk: TBA