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Major Life Sciences Illustration

I have the capacity to captivate and educate at the same time with my work.

ART MEETS SCIENCE

You’ll blend your love of science with a deep joy in the careful creation of beautiful imagery. Your work will explain difficult scientific and medical concepts through your medium of choice. It will impact real people and make change in the world.

Why Life Sciences Illustration at CIA?

Students are in scrubs in the changing room at the hospital. They are ready to go into surgery to observe and draw.

Hospital Partnership

Our program has a partnership with University Hospitals. You’ll have opportunities to observe surgeries in your junior year and learn how to distill those complex concepts into stunning visuals. The relationships you make during your observation can even help you with your BFA project and making sure you schedule the observations you need.

Student Experience

Participating in CIA's Life Science Illustration program has done wonders for me in developing my skills as an artist and as a professional. The professors and assignments push my artistic potential beyond what I thought was possible, enabling me to enter the field with a competitive portfolio and confidence in my skills.

— Samantha Mack ’26

Sofia Cina ’24 currently works as a Medical Illustrator at the Cleveland FES Center. They are also working towards a MS in Applied Anatomy at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Melissa Harvey ’23 works at Metrohealth as a Medical Illustrator. She is one of the pioneers in illustrating vaginoplasty, a complex procedure to construct a vagina. Learn more

Caitlin Guttu ’23 is a Scientific Illustrator at Case Western Reserve University. She works closely with researchers and practitioners to create scientific illustrations for large scale grant proposals and research.

Kerstyn Gay ’22 graduated with her MFA in Biomedical Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in May 2024.

Weston DeWolff, MSMI ’16 is a Medical Illustrator at Osso VR, a healthcare training company.

Jeremy Miller ’13 is a Board-Certified Medical Illustrator. He currently works as a 3D Medical Animator Sr. at Arthrex, a global medical device company.

Meet Faculty

Beth Halasz

Associate Professor

Beth is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art with a BFA and MFA in Medical Illustration. She is a certified medical illustrator and a Professional member of the…

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Thomas Nowacki

Associate Professor + Division Chair

Thomas is a Division Chair and Associate Professor in the Life Sciences Illustration Department at CIA as well as Adjunct Professor in Anatomy at Case Western Reserve University. He is…

Major Life Sciences Illustration

ART MEETS SCIENCE

Why Life Sciences Illustration at CIA?

Hospital Partnership

Student Experience

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Beth Halasz

Thomas Nowacki

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