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Best in Biotech 10 Oct 2023

Bridging Science and Art: Five bioartists you should know about

Bioartists bridge art, born out of creativity and abstract thoughts, and science, which is rooted in facts, laws and logic, as a means of self-expression. The term bioart was coined by Brazilian-American artist Eduardo Kac, who implanted a microchip in his ankle on live television, and registered himself in a pet database, as both the […]

October 10, 2023 - 10 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter

Best in Biotech 26 Aug 2019

15 Bioart Exhibitions to Check Out This Fall

The beauty and complexity of biology makes it a fascinating subject for artists to explore. Here are 15 bioart exhibitions to check out that bask in the frontier of art and science. Science and art are often presented as opposites. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Creativity is essential for science to progress. […]

August 26, 2019 - 8 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 4 Nov 2017

Bioart from the Ocean Depths: Underwater Sounds

What can art tell us about the mysteries of underwater life? Robertina Šebjanič explores the fascinating world of jellyfish, shrimps, fish and sea urchins. Robertina Šebjanič is an artist and researcher fascinated by underwater life. Her work explores the relationship between humans and animals, often through an unusual medium: sound. Šebjanič collaborates with other artists, […]

November 4, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Anna Dumitriu Bioart and Bacteria Oxford

News and Trends 23 Sep 2017

BioArt and Bacteria Exhibition is Coming to Oxford

A new exhibition in Oxford features the beautiful art of Anna Dumitriu, exploring the complex world of microbes and how we interact with them. Anna Dumitriu, prolific bioartist that works with bacteria, will show some of her best work at the solo exhibition BioArt and Bacteria that will be hosted at the Museum of the […]

September 23, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 10 Jun 2017

This Turkish Bioartist Creates Beautiful Maps out of Fungi

Selin Balci uses fungi as a medium to create living maps that explore the complexity of microscopic life and its similarity with human behavior. Selin Balci got a degree in microbiology from Istanbul University and worked in research for 5 years before turning to art. Her work combines her experience culturing fungi and mold with creative experimentation to obtain colorful […]

June 10, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 29 Apr 2017

These Bioartists Turn Cell-to-Cell Communication in your Body into Sound

Thought Collider and David Young have developed an installation that transforms the faint communication signals between your skin cells into sounds. Artist duo Thought Collider is comprised of Mike Thompson, from the UK, and Susana Cámara Leret, from Spain. Based in Amsterdam and London, they experiment with the living nature of our bodies and microorganisms. Their […]

April 29, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 4 Mar 2017

Meet the Finnish Bioartist using Yeast to Create Vanishing Photographs

Johanna Rotko creates living art with yeast to explore the perishableness of matter and how we interact with nature around us. Johanna Rotko is a visual artist and photographer based in Kotka, Finland, that decided to explore alternative photographic methods. The result were yeastograms, living images made with yeast on petri dishes that disappear over […]

March 4, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 14 Jan 2017

This Bioartist is Exhibiting Living Portraits of her own Daughters

Gina Czarnecki raises questions about identity and ownership of our own bodies through living artwork that once used to form part of other human beings. Gina Czarnecki, based in London, has used her own daughters’ cells to create unique pieces of art. In her project ‘Heirloom‘, recently exhibited at Medical Museion Copenhagen and created in collaboration […]

January 14, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 24 Dec 2016

Do Try this at Home: Growing Bacterial Paper with Open-source Bioart

The work of Diane Trouillet uses living organisms to create open-source bioart that everyone can try to replicate at home. Diane Trouillet, a self-proclaimed artist-researcher from Toulouse, is moving the French art community. Back in 2013, the bioartist invented a bacterial paper that she is now exploring as an artistic medium. Her most recent project, […]

December 24, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 22 Oct 2016

Meet the Bioartist that wants to Replace all your Furniture with… Fungi!

Can you imagine a future where everything in your daily life is made out of fungi..? It’s actually not such a stretch idea: this bioartist is showing the world all these microorganisms can do. Maurizio Montalti is an artist that uses fungi to build his own furniture and homeware. In 2010, he founded Officina Corpuscoli in Amsterdam […]

October 22, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 1 Oct 2016

This Belgian Bioartist is deconstructing Chicken Evolution

Koen Vanmechelen is an artist that works in the intersection of art and research. His art focuses on exploring biocultural diversity… using chickens! Koen Vanmechelen‘s core artistic work is the Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP), in which the artist cross-breeds chickens from all around the world. The aim: to create the ultimate chicken that will combine genes from […]

October 1, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 10 Sep 2016

This Dutch BioArtist could be the Mistress of Natural Forces

Roos Meerman is a force to be reckoned with in the BioArt world – she has been racking up awards and just took home the 2016 BioArt & Design Award. Her work focuses on the manipulation of materials with natural forces like sound and temperature. Roos Meerman is a Dutch bioartist whose work on natural […]

September 10, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner

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