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Ayelen Valko (Heidelberg, Germany)
Nowadays, the popularization of scientific knowledge is mostly done through digital art, as it is much faster than traditional art methods, and thus it offers enormous possibilities. However, artworks made by hand, and therefore imperfect, trigger in the viewers the subtle attraction of the unique and unrepeatable, converting it into a useful tool for science communication. I am both an artist and a cellular biologist, and I use—mainly—traditional art techniques for building bridges between science and the general public. Thus, I try to make science-inspired art from the prism of my feelings and subjectivity without losing the rigor of scientific observations. Depending on the object to be illustrated and what I want to express, I employ a wide variety of techniques—ranging from oil colors to collages based on different materials. Regarding color, I employ three different palettes: 1) a free palette, with bright, varied, and usually complementary colors; 2) a palette inspired by fluorescence microscopy (where colors are used as if they were light); and 3) a grayscale palette mimicking electron microscopy (using colors as if they were electron beams).