Artist Bio
Expertise & Dedication
The success of your project requires an illustrator who is committed to your research, your work, and your ideas. Inna-Marie’s visual expertise is built on years of experience, professional training, and a deep enthusiasm for scientific outreach. Her career mission is to advocate for health and science literacy and to promote the advancement of scientific research.About the Artist
Inna-Marie Strazhnik is a medical and scientific illustrator based in Los Angeles, California and Visual Communications Specialist at the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She holds an MA from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in medical and biological illustration and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in scientific illustration and film production. Inna-Marie’s background includes experience in the following: medical and scientific illustration for scientific publication, patient and public education, litigation visuals, 2D animation, graphic design, interactive programming, web design, and UI/UX development.Professional Memberships & Awards
Professional memberships:
Association of Medical Illustrators
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Awards include:
Vesalius Trust Research grant, Association of Medical Illustrators
2009, 2010 Awards of Merit, continuous tone category, Association of Medical Illustrators
2009, Award of Merit, animation category, Association of Medical Illustrators
2017, 2018 Guild of Natural Illustrators Annual Juried Exhibition
Didusch Scholarship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Beaumont Scholarship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fred J. Forster Fellowship
Education
2007-2010 : MA, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Medical and Biological Illustration
1998-2003 : BFA, The School of the art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il.
Scientific Illustration & Film Production
CV
2020-Present : Visual Communications Specialist, BBE, Caltech, Pasadena, Ca.
Illustrations and infographics describing research methods and results, communication solutions and visualization strategies for complex data challenges.
2009-Present : Principal Illustrator, Inna-Marie Strazhnik Illustration, Los Angeles, Ca.
Illustration project development for health services and scientific research
2011-2014 : Museum Illustrator – Entomology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Illustration, microphotography, website creation/design, and public outreach related to Diptera research
2010-2011 : Graphic Designer, Pixologic, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca.
Print and web/UI design, image branding, social media and promotions for ZBrush, 3D software
2009-2010 : Illustrator/Animator, MediVisuals, Inc., Richmond, Va.
Illustration, animation, and interactive presentation design for medical-legal evidence
Recent Clients
