The VENUS Print Collection Captivating and sensual, Fernando Vicente‘s work lies at the intersection of inner and outer beauty. The women in his paintings are gorgeous, empowered females, who taunt us by exposing their anatomy. By unveiling these layers of anatomy, he presents a level of intimacy that pushes… Read More »Fernando Vicente Venus Print Collection
Join me at TEDMED 2015 this November when I share how I’m taking anatomy to the streets, and making medical illustration, and the resulting public knowledge of the human body, intersect with contemporary art. For those of you not attending TEDMED (because it costs big chunk of change), I’ll let you… Read More »Street Anatomy at TEDMED 2015!
Indianapolis-based Medical illustrator, Jared Travnicek takes us through each step of his process for creating a medical illustration. This medical illustration shows the clipping of a posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm. Note that he mentions “after revisions” a couple of times throughout the video. Medical illustration is all about research and checking… Read More »The Creation of a Medical Illustration by Jared Travnicek
These exquisite heart and lung paper cuts are part of a series, called “Vital,” exploring topics of disease and malfunction within the vital organs of the human body. Expertly crafted by master paper-cutter, Annemarieke Kloosterhof—a student of Central Saint Martins in London. I’m always amazed at the patience and diligence… Read More »Vital Cuts by Annemarieke Kloosterhof
The concept of femininity in anatomy is central to the work of medical artist, Giselle Vitali. Atado a Ella (Tied to Her) represents the power of a female condensed down into an inverted pyramid. This symbol is a direct reference to the female reproductive organs and the life they… Read More »We are all Atado a Ella (Tied to Her)
These beautiful heart and kidney illustrations are the work of Toronto-based illustrator and designer, Susan Duncan. Susan drew these from real specimens at St Bartholomew’s Hospital medical library. The problem with specimens, however, is that they’ve lost all the color of live tissue. So, in order to reinvigorate the specimens, Susan went… Read More »Susan Duncan Paints Life into Dead Specimens
I’ve always had a vision of surgical illustration as street art. Slicing open a wall and retracting the brick back to reveal anatomy underneath would be so striking (or horrifying) to someone walking down the street. This surgical wall project by medical illustrators Joshua Klein, Roy Schneider, and Tonya Floyd-Bradstock comes close… Read More »Surgical Wall Repair
Simonne Hoskins’s crocheted this body piece, which represents elements of torso anatomy, only using wool yarn. Her passions are fibers and fashion, and she is currently pursuing a Fibers major at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). I really admire her ability to craft the ribs and suspend the heart so well.… Read More »Simonne Hoskins’s Anatomical Crochet Couture
Hine Mizushima and her friend, Yuko Higuchi, collaborated to create this diorama of a fantastical cephalopod anatomy class. Hine, a needle-felter and stop-motion video artist, crafted the creatures and built the diorama. She placed Yuko’s beautiful illustrations throughout and made the stunning anatomical heart the centerpiece. The inherent cuteness of it all is… Read More »A Cephalopod’s Anatomy Class
Cologne-based designer Hannes Hummel created this set of busts based on dub techno producer Andy Stott’s record titled, “Luxury Problems.” The morbid busts are reflective of Andy Stott’s dark, complex, and choppy sound. Hannes began the creation process by scanning several busts and skulls. He then remixed them digitally to… Read More »Hannes Hummel’s Luxury Problems
German illustrator Jana Heidersdorf, is inspired by “nature, fairytales, and everything fantastic and feral.” In this series titled, “Inner Workings,” Jana transforms objects, such as a porcelain teapot and rope, into iconic anatomical forms. The knitting needles and yarn illustration is especially interesting. The frayed ends of each piece of… Read More »Nature and Objects as Anatomy byJana Heidersdorf
We’ve been following the work of Billy Reynolds for the past 6 years and have noticed that he never fails to find morbid humor in the mundane. It’s what we love about him. In his latest works (2014-2015) Billy focuses on inserting historical anatomical illustration, from the likes of Scarpa and Maclise, into… Read More »Billy Reynolds Everyday Exposure
Gabriel Silveira is an illustrator working in São Paulo, Brazil. He was invited to illustrate the cover of Curiosidade Morbida, the Brazilian version of Stiff, by Mary Roach. The creative brief stated a simple request to relate to the theme of the book, without being morbid. Gabriel ended up creating a rather lively… Read More »Eye-Popping Cover Art of the Brazilian Version of Stiff by Mary Roach
Caracas based illustrator, Laura Facci, challenged herself to create an alphabet using anatomical terminology. The result is a beautiful anatomical alphabet with artistic flare. Each letter, drawn in stunning detail, features quirky additions that make you want to explore each one. She released the print exclusively for Street Anatomy! 23.375 in… Read More »Human Anatomy Alphabet by Laura Facci – Exclusive Print Release
Emilio Garcia never ceases to amaze me with his continuing iterations and mashups of his now iconic human brain sculptures. Emilio is happy to introduce to you the latest Brain Heart release. This edition is strictly limited to 20 pieces + 3 Artist Proofs, fully hand made. The Brain Heart Sculpture was… Read More »Emilio Garcia’s Graphite Brain Heart