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I was recently featured in the beautiful video Diana Marques: visual science communicator. Produced by Neil Orman at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), it is one of two videos that promote the exhibit Visualize: Art Revealing Science currently open at the AAAS gallery. I was also interviewed by Juwon Song who summed up in a nice article what the exhibit and profession are about. This exhibit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the work of its members; as a proud member of 18 years and exhibit participant with four entries selected by the jury, I was honored to be interviewed to represent the profession of a visual science communicator. The feedback about the video has been wonderful and I hope you like it too!
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Good news! The infographic Ants and Their Garden was selected to be part of the BioImages salon, an annual visual media competition organized by the Biocommunications Association. The online exhibit showcases still, graphics and motion media work in the life sciences and medicine. See all the selected entries here.
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The GNSI Annual Member Exhibit is special this year. Under the theme “Visualize: Art Revealing Science” the exhibit will take place at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Art Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C., July 16-October 15. Not only it is a noteworthy location with plenty exposure, it is also a generous duration. And I could not be happier that all my three submissions were accepted!
A variety of media and visual styles will represent my work:
Ants and Their Garden – an information graphic with a snapshot of the complex social system of leafcutter ants and their process of cultivating plant matter to maintain fungus garden that feeds the entire colony.
Electric Eel Anatomy – an animation video created for the Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab at the Amazonia House of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo illustrating the unique body of electric eels.
Sculpted Tree Ant – an interactive 3D model of an ant species commonly found in the Old World tropics, living in the canopy of trees.
Follow the links under each title to get to the Portfolio and learn more about these pieces!
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![Exhibition ‘Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab’]()
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![Exhibition ‘Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab’]()
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The most recent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is the Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab at the Amazonia House. The multisensory lab is home to a 5-foot-long electric eel, capable of generating up to 800 volts of electricity, and a number of other species of electric species. It was a pleasure to be involved with the development of this exhibition from its early stages and create a number of content pieces in different media.
One of the most popular displays is a bronze life-sized model of an eel built as an approximation of a 3D digital model that I created. When visitors hold the head and the tail simultaneously, their bodies complete a weak electrical charge and the model fish vibrates. When the model is idle the screen above plays a video I edited using real footage of the Amazon river basin; upon the completion of the circuit in the model, visitors see an animation video that I created to illustrate the uniqueness of the bodies of electric eels.
Elsewhere in the exhibition are panels with my illustrations and two additional animations that emphasize the differences between pulse and wave types of electric fishes. See a sample of the content created on the Portfolio page.
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Women in Science is a photography exhibit at the Pavilion of Knowledge in Lisbon, portraying and honoring over one hundred Portuguese scientists. It is truly an honor to be included in such a recognized group of accomplished women! Beautiful website by the online newspaper Observador on the same topic too. At the International Women’s Day the accompanying catalog to the exhibit was presented along with the exhibit digital kiosk.
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![Exhibition ‘Beautiful Maryland’]()
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Along with local friend illustrators I participated in the exhibition Beautiful Maryland that showcased pieces of the greater Washington DC members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Right by the Chesapeake Bay, at the Quiet Waters Park gallery, the show was on display from August 27th until October 12th and had a companion catalog.
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I was delighted with the invitation to participate in the southern Brazilian meeting for science illustration that took place on the beautiful island of Florianópolis. The exhibit “Anatomy of an Illustration” showcased my piece “Steller’s Sea Cow” and was accompanied by an educational catalog where each artist describes the piece on display and discusses its purpose and process. I also instructed a workshop on 3D digital techniques applied to scientific illustration.
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The scientific communication project from the University of Porto Ciência 2.0 promoted a Science and Art competition in different categories – illustration, photography, animation, documentary, multimedia art and fine art. I was invited to be part of the jury. All selected pieces were on display at the National Museum Soares dos Reis, in Porto.
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The fifth edition of the National Meeting of Illustration in São João da Madeira (Portugal) was sponsored by Delta Cafés, a coffee production and distribution company. One of my illustrations made for a previous edition of the Meeting was chosen to be used on the promotional sugar packets. Two other illustrations were displayed at the Parallel Exhibition that took place in the São João da Madeira library during the Meeting.
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At the library of the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona was on display a selection of the best illustration pieces from the competition Il-lustraciència set by the Catalan Association for Science Communication, including my piece Cotton Headed Tamarin.
