Bio Details

Selected Art Exhibitions
and Performances

(* Solo shows)

  • 2025: *Forthcoming – The Listening Project, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA

  • 2019: *The Haiku Station - Online interactive itinerary

  • 2015: Ecstatic Flow - web project curated by Roberto Annecchini, Change + Partner Contemporary Art, Rome 2014

  • La Source des Merveilles, in the context of a performance by IIinca Gheorghiu, Bastille Design Center, Paris, 2014

  • 2010*:  Runways (digital solo show), Change + Partner Contemporary Art, Italy.

  • Area concept project - curated by Roberto Annecchini

  • 2009: Meeting Plane Works 1, Change + Partner habitat concept contemporary art, Bracciano, curated by Roberto Annecchini

  • 2007: Archivio/Archives Change + Partner 2007, Change + Partner Contemporary Art, Rome

  • 2006: Codice Progressivo, Change + Partner Contemporary Art, Rome

  • 2004: D.O.C., Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Change, Rome. Curator: Roberto Annecchini

  • 2002: Viatico, Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Change, Rome. Curator: Roberto Annecchini

  • 2001: Dreams, University of Santa Cruz, CA. Curator: Richard Russo

  • 2001: Utilita di Sistema, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Universita degli Studi di Roma Sapienza, Rome. Curator: by Domenico Scudero

  • 2001: Sala 1, Rome. Curator: Roberto Annecchini

  • 2000: Viatico, Home Abroad, Gallery AK, Frankfurt. Curator: Christiana Protto

  • 2000: Paper Veins Biennial 2000, Paperveins Museum of Art, Here Arts Center, New York City. Curator: by Virgil Wong.

  • 2000: Elements 2000, Silicon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Curators: Devorah Sperber and Jane Ingram Allen

  • 2000: Viatico, Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome. Curators: Roberto Annecchini, Domenico Scudero, Patrizia Mania

  • 1998: At Close Range, Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Change, Rome. Curator:  Rebecca R. Rosewarne

  • 1998: Cataloguo Change 1997, presentazione del Cataloguo, Roberto Annecchini

  • 1997: Artisti Per Operning, Temple Gallery, Temple University Rome. Curator: Alberto Vanetti

  • 1997: Cosi Lontano, Cosi Vicino, Studio d’Arte Contemporaneo Change, Rome. Curator: Gabriele Winter

  • 1997: L’Arte a Roma, Ia edizione di Arte Contemporanea a Roma, Rome. In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art. Curators: Paolo Balmas, Manuella Crescenti, Daniela De Dominicis, Antonella Greco

  • 1997: Sogno di Una Notte di Mezza-Estate, Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Change, Rome. Curator: Roberto Annecchini

  • 1997: *Astromaps, Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Change, Rome. Curator:  Domenico Scudero

  • 1996: *Post-Art, Art in the Agora Series, Ufficio Postale Via Arenula, Rome. Curator by Ludovico Pratesi. Installation on the theme of Correspondence

  • 1996 : Trenta Ore per la Vita, Ufficio Postale di Roma Centro, Rome. Organization Associazione Italiana Leucemie

  • 1995: *Suitcases at the Airport, Art in the Agora Series, Aeroporto Leonardo Da Vinci, Rome. Curator: Guglielmo Gigliotti. Suitcases as sculpture and installation at the International Arrivals of the Airport

  • 1995: *Sail on, in the context of DanubeFilm Festival. Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest. Organization Paola Melli and Milena Kanova

Innovation/Education Design/Teaching

Founder and Director of ArtMed inSight (2008-Present)

  • ArtMed inSight explores the connections between art, medicine and science and has established itself as a leader in the art and medicine field. ArtMed inSight focuses on the development of art-based educational curricula and research with the goal of supporting medical practitioners in enhancing their capacity for observation, emotional intelligence, and creative thinking skills.

  • Creation of a proprietary perceptual-art methodology which serves to increase reflection, observation, and creative thinking skills. The method, which was the basis for classes taught at both NYU Grossman school of Medicine and Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons – Columbia University, was tested in research by both institutions, and marked positive results were found for the students who took the class (see publications as author).

  • Selected collaborations and teaching include the following institutions:

- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Boston Medical Center
- Columbia University Medical Center
- Cornell Weill Medical School
- NYU Langone Health
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Northwell Health
- Mount Sinai-St. Luke’s
- UT Texas Medical Center
- The George Washington Medical Center
- Pace University

Selected Lectures

  • Body Language Fluency, Online, September 2024

  • Seeing More with Art, Grand Rounds, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, 2022

  • Presentation of preliminary research by NYU Grossman Medical School based on an ArtMed inSight’s course, Northeast Group on Educational Affairs Annual Conference, online, 2020

  • Enhancing Perception with Art, University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio, 2017

  • Using Art to Support Long-Distance Space Flight, International Space Station Conference, San Diego, 2016

  • The Art of Examination: Art Museum and Medical School Partnerships, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2016

  • Enhancing Perception with Art, University of Oklahoma, Elias Srouji Visiting Lectureship in Medical Humanities, Oklahoma City, 2015

  • Art and Medicine, Gallery Talk, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2015

  • Seeing More with Art, Grand Rounds, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, 2015

  • Art and Perception, Planetree International Conference on Patient-Centered Care, Chicago, 2014

  • Health Humanities Symposium, Health Humanities: Building the Future of Research and Teaching, Iowa University, Des Moines, 2014

  • Art for Perception, Boston Medical Center, Boston, 2013

  • International Drawing and Cognition Research Symposium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2013

  • An Innovative Art Curriculum to Enhance Observation and Perception in Medical Residents, Society of General Internal Medicine in collaboration with MGH, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, 2013

  • Enhancing Observation with Art, AMSA Humanities Institute, Sterling, 2013

  • The History of Infectious Diseases (freshmen seminar invited lecturer), Harvard University, Cambridge, 2012

  • The History of Infectious Diseases (freshmen seminar invited lecturer), Harvard University, Cambridge, 2010

  • Art Museums and Medical Education: Conversation across Disciplines, Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, 2009

  • In conversation with Merleau-Ponty: Art Beyond Sight, PhiloSophia Conference, Fordham University, New York, 2009

  • Art and Healthcare, Cambridge Center for Continuing Education, Cambridge, 2009

  • The Professional Eye, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 2004

  • Installation Art in the Context of Field-Being, Field-Being Philosophy Conference, Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 2002

  • Exhibition Presentation, Museo Laboratorio, Sapienza, Universita di Roma, Italy, 2000

  • Dreams and Creativity, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, 1999

  • Impressionism and Post-Impressionism; Modern Art; Art in America; Woman in Art; African American artists; etc. and selected temporary exhibits, Tiffany, El Greco etc. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000-2007

Publications as Author

  • Ariella Noorily, MD, Anne Willieme, MFA, Mikaela Belsky, MPhil, Katie Grogan, DMA, MA The Art of Seeing: The Impact of a Visual Arts Course on Medical Student Wellbeing (publication forthcoming)

  • Deepthiman Gowda MD, MPH, Rachel Dubroff, MD, Anna Willieme, MFA, Aubrie Swan-Sein PhD EdM, Carol Capello, PhD. Art as sanctuary: A four-year mixed-methods evaluation of a visual art course addressing uncertainty through reflection. The Journal of Academic Medicine. 2018

  • Daniella M. Schocken, Aliye Runyan, MD, Anna Willieme, MFA, and Jason Wilson, MD. Images of healing and learning, uniforms medical hierarchy and medical garb. Virtual Mentor American Medical Association Journal of Ethics. 2013

  • Draw your stress out. Alive Magazine. 2015

  • Stress relief from art. Spirituality and Health. 2011

  • Lunar Horizon. Utilita de Systema. Edition Change + Partner, Rome. 2005

  • Dream Paths: Actual Flair/Wahre Haltung/Reale Attitudine. Edition Change + Partner, Rome. 2003

Bibliography

  • Anne Wallentine. Art classes are helping transform medical education. Hyperallergic. https://hyperallergic.com/705475/art-classes-are-helping-transform-medical-education. 2022

  • Casey Lesser. Looking at art could help med students become better doctors. Artsy.
    https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-art-help-med-students-better-doctors. 2018

  • Roma Contemporanea : Repertorio delle Mostre d'Arte Contemporanee, 2002 - 2004. Palombi Edition, Rome. 2008

  • Roberto Annecchini. Cataloguo delle Mostre 2002-2005. Change + Partner.

  • Roma Contemporanea 2000 – 2002. Edition Joyce, Rome. 2005

  • Roberto Annecchini and Domenico Scudero. P.G.S. Portable Group Show, 2001, Object/Catalogue. Change Edition, Rome. 2001

  • Roma Contemporanea 1996 - 1999. Edition Bonsignori, Rome. 1999

  • Domenico Scudero. Change 1999 - 2000. Edition Change, Rome. 1999

  • Domenico Scudero. Change 1998. Edition Change, Rome. 1998

  • Rebecca R. Rosewarne. At Close Range. Change 1998. Edition Change, Rome 1998

  • Domenico Scudero. Change 1997. Edition Change, Rome. 1997

  • Gabriela Winter. Cosi Lontano, Cosi Vicino, Anna Willieme = La Luna. Edition Change, Rome. 1997

  • Domenico Scudero. Astromaps: un Laboratorio Estatico. Edition Change + Partner, Rome. 1997

  • L’Arte a Roma 1997. Zephiro Edition, Rome. 1997

Filmography

  • Featured in award winning film Director Joe Berlinger's The Power of Dreams for Honda, 2009

Grants and Residencies

  • SBCAST, Santa Barbara, CA, 2021

  • Sponsored artist -- New York Foundation for the Arts, 2007 -- 2021

  • Arnold P. Gold Foundation grant, 2009

  • Art and Healing Foundation grant, 2007

  • Banff Residency, Banff Canada, 2004

Education

  • M.F.A., The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

  • B.S., Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York