Brain art by Elizabeth Jameson

Jameson on her work:

I work at the convergence of science and art in the study of the human brain. I create portraits of myself and others through the use of magnetic resonance images (MRIs) and the latest advances in neuroimaging technology. With the assistance of leaders in the field of neurology and neuroscience, my images provide new insights into the brain and, at the same time, make medical imaging and its representative humanity more accessible to both medical professionals and others who view these revealing pictures.

My fascination with medical imaging and brain scans has a personal basis. Diagnosed with the disease of multiple sclerosis, I found myself confronting stark images of my brain that seemed equally frightening and mesmerizing. In tackling this contradiction, I felt a strong urge to reinterpret these images — to use them to explore the amazing biological structure of the brain. My current artwork saturates these cold, two-dimensional computerized pixels with rich colors that transform scientific images into portraits of individuals with all the frailties, humor, and idiosyncrasies that make us human.

Pieces from Angela Palmer’s Life Lines London exhibit on display through June 15 at the Waterhouse & Dodd gallery. 

About the exhibit:

Waterhouse & Dodd’s upcoming show by Angela Palmer takes the viewer on a journey through space and time. Using digital information provided by MRI and CT scans, Angela peels back layers to uncover a hidden natural world and ‘maps’ these patterns onto individual sheets of glass. These are encased to form beautiful sculptures outlining the complexity and elegance of not just the human body. “From certain angles, above and from the side, they become invisible, mere glass. From other vantage points, however, they are exquisite celebrations of when the ordinary become extraordinary. Palmer simultaneously maps the natural and the sublime.” Andrew Billen 2012.

Swoop by Julia Barello is made up of swarms of birds cut from MRI film.

This beautiful work came from the brain of artist Katherine Dowson in more ways than one:

I had an MRI scan as part of the research into Dyslexia and all the resulting work ‘My Soul’ and ‘Brain Bricks’ are of my life size brain. ‘Memory of a Brain Malformation’ is a Venus Ulterior Malformation that was successfully lasered out of my cousins brain.