Khen made a tutorial that shows how anyone can set up a seaweed pressing station at home. But they are really important ecologically and clearly they can be beautiful too.” “I think they’re very misunderstood and underappreciated. I’m also thrilled that seaweeds are getting this recognition,” Khen said. Khen hopes it will show people the beauty of scientific research. 24 at the San Diego Natural History Museum, and will also be online at the UC San Diego Library. The Art of Science exhibit runs through Oct. “I actually have a tattoo of Stephanocystis that I got the day after I passed my qualifying exam,” she said, showing off the tattoo on her wrist. Khen also has a permanent bond to these plants that inspire her. She has made framed photos, preserved seaweed in resin and designed cards and sun-catchers using seaweed she pressed and dried. Khen is always finding new ways to show off the beauty of seaweed in her art. They’re both these paradigms about how we look at the world.” “There’s just so much connection between art and science.
“People think that we have separate museums for that, there’s art museums, there’s science museums,” he said. Renowned refugee artist creates painting in support of UkraineĬanty believes art can reach people in a way data cannot, a bridge to discover new things about the world.Artist shares Tongva culture through her work.Exhibition features stories of missing and dead migrants.Graffiti artists create voting artworks in DTLA.“Art has this way of pulling you in, and then you get to learn more about the science behind the story.” “This is an assortment of colors through a butterfly wing, and on top of that butterfly wing color is a tissue sample from a cancer cell,” he said, describing one of the other entries. Justin Canty is the vice president of education and engagement at the museum and said the exhibit shows people a different way to look at the world. The winning artwork is now on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum. “Kaleidoscopes and mandalas and different designs I think bring out their delicate beauty and repetitive pattern,” Khen said. Her entry “Seaweed Kaleidoscopes” was one winner in the Art of Science contest by the UC San Diego Library. Khen pressed seaweed collected from beaches around San Diego, took photos when they dried, then added a kaleidoscope effect to make the pressings into striking digital images. “I usually like to do some sort of like radial design.” “You can create whatever design comes to mind,” Khen said, arranging seaweed onto a paper. She finds joy and freedom when she works with seaweed.
Her passion for her research works side-by-side with her talent as an artist. SAN DIEGO - What if data was not boring but beautiful instead? That is the mission of a new art exhibit put together by Southern California’s brightest scientists.Īdi Khen is a doctoral degree candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, studying coral and algae on tropical reefs.
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