CHRISTINA AGAPAKIS, making cheese from human bacteria
Christina Agapakis —biologist and artist— explores new scenarios in order to question the relationship between humans and bacteria. Human microbes, evolutionary biology, cheese and scent are…
Biomedia, Body Sculptures, Interviews, Key Artists
KIRA O’REILLY, human body, art, and biomedical research
Kira O’Reilly is an internationally recognised bioartist and performer who is blurring the frontiers of art, science and performance by using her body as an…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
CLAIRE MORGAN, art, living materials, taxidermy and literature
Visual artist Claire Morgan utilises taxidermy to create sculptural installations. Her surreal and fascinating universe is inhabited by botanical and zoological specimens suspended from…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
ANNA DUMITRIU, using emerging technologies and biological matter as an artistic medium
My first exposure to the creative universe of Anna Dumitriu was when I read a piece about her work in The Guardian. Her work…
REBECCALOUISE LAW, using hundreds of suspended flowers
Every week Columbia Road in East London has transformed into a parade of flowers thanks to the Sunday flower market. Rebecca Louise Law —London-based…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
HEATHER BARNETT, art and organism intelligence
Heather Barnett is a London-based visual artist and researcher working with living systems and scientific processes turning slime mould into stunning art. By blending art…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
RAFAEL GÓMEZBARROS, understanding the society in which we live
My first exposure to Rafael Gómezbarros’s work (Colombia, 1972) was at the Saatchi Gallery’s show ‘Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America’. Rafael was showcasing…
Biomedia, Body Sculptures, Interviews
LUCY GLENDINNING, using the human body to provoke the viewer
British artist and poet Lucy Glendinning blends the human figure, poetry, and philosophical questions to create expressive and disturbing sculptures to explore the nature of society….
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
JAN MANSKI, exposing the absurdity of the violence
Surgery steel, apocalypse, mutilations, anatomy, subconscious, experimentation, consumerism, masturbation, pleasure, vanity and hedonism, are some of the words that describe the universe of Jan…
LêNA BùI, relationships between people and health research
Lêna Bùi was born in Danang (Vietnam) but currently lives and works in Saigón. With her fascinating conceptual work, Lêna explores the boundaries of science,…
SARAH HATTON, blending mathematical patterns and bees
Sarah Hatton —English-born, Canadian-based visual artist— has a special relationship with bees and an innovative and creative approach to art. She blends the Fibonacci number and other…
ZACHARY BEER, exploring into the processes of Molecular Biology
Twin degrees in Molecular Biology and Fine Art make the work of Cambridge-based artist Zachary Beer creative and innovative. His paintings, full of beautiful structures and solid colours…