Here are examples of art, artists and exhibitions exploring microbiology and science topics.
Click on the pictures to visit the websites for more information.
Artists
Anna Dumitriu
Rogan Brown
Aimee Lax
Melissa Fisher
Bev Hisey
Luke Jerram
Zachary Copfer
Tal Danino
Dasha Plesen
Exhibitions
Researching Resistance photography exhibition (collaboration between artist Simon Ryder and the University of Exeter’s AMR network)
Gut instinct: Art, Design and Microbiome (online exhibition)
Superbugs: The Fight for our Lives (exhibition at the Science Museum)
Menagerie of Microbes exhibition as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2016
Wellcome Collection (exhibitions connecting science, medicine, life and art)
Invisible You: Art and Microbiology at the Eden Project
Microbiology-Art Competitions
American Society for Microbiology
Agar Art contest
Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Microbe Art Competition
Other interesting things!
- ART THE SCIENCE article about microbiology-inspired SciArt
- An imdb page with examples of films with microbiology and science themes
- Coccus Pocus, a microbiology-inspired scary story competition
Dr Dirt, a simulation game from Game Doctor and the Hoskisson Lab on antibiotic discovery
Play the game here!
