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Artists are people who create something completely original and new, something beyond known boundaries of the information base.

By using or inventing new tools, they show new uses and application that fuse fields of interest together.

 

Artists push the limits of technologies, bringing them to previously unattained goals. Artists as well as scientists work with abstract symbols and representations from various realities and working tools. The intellectual bridge of abstract and aesthetic consideration is fundamental to both artists and scientists.

 

I am a London based artist, my work is a representation of the moving boundaries between art and science. I am interested in the engagement between the two cultural contexts and how art has the possibility to seize technological development to represent itself both aesthetically and intellectually.

 

During my time as an artist and researcher I have worked closely in the electron microscopy department at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute where I have had the opportunity to work closely with incredibly knowledgeable scientists looking at various cells under both SEM and TEM microscopes.

 

As an artist I was firstly and mainly interested in the aesthetics of the cells, how they grow, clone and culture and how that looks visually considering the form, the size and possible textures.

 

Secondly I became interested in the scientific, ethical and genetic importance behind what I was looking at.

Two years ago I went to the lab and was introduced the HeLa cell line and since then I have centered my work around HeLa.

I find the social, political and economic importance of this cell line incredibly inspiring.

 

As an artist, I find it interesting how the complex and abstract ideas of science and molecular genetics has achieved a status so remarkable that it is providing such a rich source of knowledge and imagery influencing contemporary artists. I have always had an interest in the importance of science through the eye of the artist, how an artist can visually and creatively represent scientific interpretations to illustrate important yet interesting scientific research and she takes this opportunity to really peruse this interest.

 

HeLa was the first human cell line established in culture and has since become the most widely used human cell line in biological research. However, Henrietta Lacks still remains virtually unknown. Henrietta Lacks died in 1951 unaware that samples of her cancerous tumor were taken. I use different mediums and materials to visually represent the HeLa cell as it cultures and divides under the microscope. Having worked with several scientists her aim is to illustrate the HeLa cell in a creative way whilst still concentrating on scientifically relevant characteristics.

 

I am currently studying for a Masters in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins- University of the Arts London. I hope to pursue my studies and eventually complete a practice based PhD where I hope to develop her research and ideas.

 

I have recently had the opportunity to work in New York City in the Bio Lab at the School Of Visual Arts where where I successfully grafted and mutated cacti plants to visually represent the HeLa cell line.

 

I am also part of an Bioethics and Art research collective in Montreal, Canada. During this project I hope to persue my interests around the ethical issues of using scientific research in art.

 

I am also part of the Ethics committee for the Central and North West London NHS trust.

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