Marta Kopyt
Marta Kopyt is an artist, inventor, social activist and populariser of mathematics whose interdisciplinary practice spans collage, photography, drawing, text and digital processing. She works with found materials and archives—vintage newspapers, discarded books, thrift-store cut-outs, children’s sticks from dog-walks—and transforms them through cutting, re-combining and reframing into new narratives. She invites communities and participants into her projects, democratizing the creative act and collapsing the divisions between professional artist and amateur collector. Her three published books — Punkt wyjścia. Wytwórnik geometryczny (2017), Legendy wiślane (2018) and Gdzie dzisiaj śpimy? (2021) — reflect her engagement with geometry, local mythologies and material culture. Her works propose parallel worlds where little girls may have three legs, giant hands wash in the river, and mathematical rules are playfully subverted. With wit and visual appeal she prompts us to question archives, norms of mathematics and the boundaries of everyday objects. Importantly, her social-educational programmes and community actions amplify participation and invite reflection on the interrelation of art, mathematics and society.
Perdita Phillips
Dr Perdita Phillips is an Australian artist whose practice explores the intricate relationships between humans and the nonhuman world. Born on unceded Whadjuk Noongar land (Perth, Western Australia), her work integrates environmental science, walking, sound, installation, and publication. Since 1992, Phillips has pursued an “ecosystemic” approach—working with materials and ideas ranging from minerals and drains to termites and bowerbirds—to question how we imagine environmental futures. Her art frequently operates beyond the gallery, occupying sites where ecological and cultural change intersect. Phillips has exhibited widely, including the Terrane Project (Museum of the Goldfields) and Mélange (IOTA24), and is the 2024 Tate Adams Memorial Fellow at Baldessin Studio. A Commonwealth Scholar (Goldsmiths College, London) with a PhD in art and fieldwork, she co-founded Lethologica Projects and continues to blur the boundaries between art and science—embracing complexity, beauty, and wildness as dynamic forces worth understanding and defending.
Diana Rojas
Originally from Mexico, Diana Roja is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores how humans attempt to engage with the invisible through installation, video, sound, and sculpture. She holds an MFA from the University of North Texas and is currently an Assistant Professor of Sound Art at the University of Texas at Dallas. Informed by her interests in philosophy, history, physics, and material science, she investigates how technology shapes artistic inquiry and supports research into consciousness, existence, and perception. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally at venues including the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Dallas Contemporary, Fiesp Cultural Center, and the Chapel of Santa Maria dei Carcerati. Diana has received numerous awards and fellowships, among them the 2023 Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, the 2022 Judson-Morrisey Excellence in New Media Award, the Arrowmont Windgate University Fellowship, and several Open Educational Resource grants from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. She often collaborates across disciplines, using technology and experimentation to create new ways of engaging audiences.
Clara Olivia Levesque
Clara Olivia Levesque (she/her) is an Indian-Québecois artist aiming to eventually pursue a career in art therapy. Along with the ethereal beauty discovered in nature, Clara is inspired by the authentic connection and storytelling established between people, their narrative, and their well-being. Clara is passionate about using her artmaking as a platform for healing, fostering discussions, empowerment, and reclaiming identity. Driven to address topics of intimate partner violence, she makes use of her artistic process and platform to bring attention and tangible change to social justice issues, especially the concerning rise in femicides, and create a community of change-makers. Utilizing various mediums, she finds hope through artmaking`s potential to heal whether it’s her own personal transformative journey, to assist other individuals, or aid on a communal level. Clara showcases human figure drawing and various elements of nature as harmonious in her artworks. Clara often spends many hours outside sketching the outdoors and attending life drawing sessions. Her belief is that we are nature and employs an ecofeminist perspective. Being interconnected organisms, she is enthusiastic about creating sci-art and conducting interdisciplinary research as each unique background helps to cultivate meaningful change and creations. Most recently, she has started making her own chai-infused paper on which she illustrates her original work and is learning how to make her own frames from salvaged materials. Clara teaches art and hosts workshops while employing wellness-oriented ways of engaging with the arts as well as creating sustainable practices.
Linnéa Kirby
Linnéa Kirby is a circus technologist and human–computer interaction researcher based in Montreal. She holds an M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University and a B.A. in Psychology from Oberlin College. She graduated from the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA)’s PROTrack Program and has trained at the School for Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, Circus Warehouse, and Esh Circus Arts. Linnéa is a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology and a recent BLUE Resident Scholar at McGill University, where she investigated the meaningful integration of technology into circus and performing arts. Her research and creative work explore the theme of “making the hidden visible.” She transforms unseen aspects of performance (strain, fatigue, or pressure) into sensory outputs like light or sound, giving performers new tools for expression and helping audiences gain a deeper understanding of the rigor behind performance work. By revealing these hidden dimensions, Linnéa aims to bridge the gap between technologists and performers, fostering empathy, expanding artistry, and offering new ways of knowing. She has performed in productions across the United States and presented her research at international venues including the IEEE World Haptics Conference (Montreal, 2021) and the New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference (Auckland, 2022; Mexico City, 2023; Canberra, 2025).
Ben Thomas
Ben Thomas is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology whose interests explore how art, philosophy and research can come together to deepen our understanding of mental health and human flourishing. He earned his B.A. (Honours) in Psychology from McGill University in 2022, completing two theses under Dr. Richard Koestner. His first, published in The Journal of Happiness Studies, examined the reliability of “good life coherence” — the extent to which people feel their lives align with their vision of a good life — and its connections to well-being. Beyond academia, Ben manages and co-creates the YouTube channel Sisyphus 55, which blends animation, film and existential reflection to make ideas from psychology and philosophy accessible to wider audiences. Animated by his brother, the channel has gained international attention for its creative approach to mental health. In recognition of this work, Ben was invited to speak at the Oxford Union on men’s well-being and the influence of digital media on modern identity.
John S. Mejia
Art/Science-chimerism
Lúcia Antunes
Freelance Scientific Illustrator and Designer since 2009, creating scientific communication and commercial pieces. Assistant teacher at Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (Fbaul). Designer and scientific illustrator for Católica Biomedical Research Centre. Master in Scientific Illustration (lnstituto Superior de Educação e Ciências /Universidade de Évora). Degree in Communication Design (Fbaul). Attended scientific illustration courses at Fbaul and Universidade Autónoma. Member of Grupo do Risco since 2013, of Guild of Natural Science Illustrators since 2011 (participation in exhibitions, publications, and articles) and of the Emerging Creatives of Science community. Collaborating Researcher at CIEBA. Participation in illustration and communication congresses since 2012. Awarded in national and international exhibitions, individually and collectively.
Dr. Alexandra Vasilyeva
I am a scientist and artist based in Berlin. My scientific experience spans a decade, including seven years of laboratory work on new methods of targeted drug delivery, and I hold a doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of Oxford. In my current work with life science start-ups, I combine scientific knowledge and creativity, with the ultimate goal of helping bring new treatments to the patients who need them. I strongly believe that art and science can and should co-exist. Throughout the history of science, art has helped to communicate its findings, swayed public opinion, rattled fashion, and directly contributed to new discoveries. In my work, I aim to continue this tradition of synergy between art and science, by expressing the beauty of scientific concepts in a variety of media from linoprinting and watercolour to digital illustration and 3D printing.
MSc. José Ramirez
My name is José Ramírez. I have 12 years of experience as a university professor in the field of physics and a Grade A innovator in Venezuela for the design and manufacture of various parts and prototypes using composite materials. Among them, different types of protective helmets. My last prototype was a radiation protection helmet that was part of my thesis, which earned me the title of Magister Scientrarum in Physics. But, as always, it was all meetings, conferences, and no support. That’s why I decided to emigrate to Chile. Here, since I’m passionate about art, I’ve worked independently, designing and manufacturing projects, busts, and life-size figures. I have several projects, including one that seeks to promote environmentally friendly energy and science through my art. I’m looking for an organization or institution that supports these types of projects to showcase my work and perhaps find a better job opportunity. Any opportunity. Maybe pursue my PhD in a related topic.