University Bridge | a SciArt Space

Welcome to University Bridge | a SciArt Space, a showcase of art reflecting science and medicine.

Shining a light on each other's blind spots, both science and art seek to comprehend, appreciate, and elucidate the world we live in through inquiry, often incorporating different cultural perspectives.

Invoking our local Saskatoon monument, University Bridge | a Sciart space offers a concise exploration of a Sciartist’s work by an artist, a scientist, and writer to inform our readers of the opportunities and benefits of bridging the talents of artists, scientists and other interested communities.

2025 OVDR Cover Art Competition

Sarah Ha

Painting of lungs

Sarah Ha, "A Breath of Life Science". Second Year Master's of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology. 2025.

Taylor Dzikowski

Rainbow microtissue

Taylor Dizowski, "The Rainbow Microtissue". Second Year Master's Student in Health Sciences. 2025.

Ananna Arna

Ananna Arna, "Where the Sky Breathes". MD Student, College of Medicine. 2025.

Arshdeep Jagait

Arshdeep Jagait, "Medemblem". MD Student. 2025.

Valiyah Khurshid

Valiyah Khurshid, "Stillness". Year Four Medical Student. 2025.

Alyssa Anand

abstract painting

Alyssa Anand, "Abstract Medicine". First Year Medical Student. 2025.

Mehrdad Askarian, Gary Groot, Tracey Carr

Mehrdad Askarian*, Gary Groot*+, Tracey Carr,* "I Am Still Here: Iranian Immigrants’ Long COVID Journeys Through Poetic Transcription and Interpretive Description”. Master Student, Community and Population Health Sciences. 2025.

Nooshin Shekari

Drawing of two hands reaching out with beakers

Nooshin Shekari, "The Creation". MSc Student, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology. 2025.

Sundus Zia

collage of three photos, bird in tree, and two skylines

Sundus Zia, "The Art of Observation". MD Student, College of Medicine. 2025

Anum Ali

pictures

Anum Ali, "Always on the Road". First Year Medical Resident. 2025

Kayla Cropper

Kayla Cropper, "On Campus" Resident, USask Anesthesia. 2025.

Krishna Daida

Paintings of zebrafish and northern lights

Krishna Daida, “Zebrafish” and "Hippocampal Mossy Cell”. 5th Year Undergrad Student in Cellular Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, 2025.

Breanne Bevelander

Breanne Bevelander, "Micro Bubblé". PhD candidate in Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology (Cancer Cluster), 2025.

Annita Velasque

Annita Velasque, "Inside Job", ObGyn Resident, 2025.

Hamza Saghir

Hamza Saghir, "The War Within". First Year MD Student. 2025

2024 OVDR Cover Art Competition

Jae Newton, “Wings Over Boreal Waters”. Fourth Year MD Student. 2024.

Mahesh Rachamalla, "Mandala abstract: Multigenerational impacts of arsenic in fish", PhD candidate, 2024.

"The Prairie Scientist" by Mason Bealiu

Retaj Ramadan, "Carpal Tunnel Release". 4th Year MD Student. 2024.

Richard Ngo, "Synaptic Harmony". Resident Physician, Swift Current Family Medicine Program, 2024.

Romaisa Ismaeel, "Blazing Forests." Medical Student. 2024

"Tongue Anatomy" by Savio Nguyen

"Hereditary Spherocytosis" by Savio Nguyen

Shang (Selina) Shi, “Finding the way”. Resident, Diagnostic Radiology. 2024.

“I have got a lot on my plate right now!” by Shreoshri Bhattacharjee, Phd, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology Department (BMI), 2024

Sukhman Kaur, “The Stories that Nature Shares”. MD Student, Year 1. 2024.

Sumayya Imran, "The Falls". MD Student, College of Medicine. 2024.

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Conceived by Dr. Marek Radomski, Vice-Dean of Research, College of Medicine, University Bridge | a SciArt Space examines the relationship between art and science.

Each showcase will offer a succinct dialogue or analysis around a new subject who meaningfully engages with Sciart from the perspective of a scientist, artist and writer with a shared enthusiasm for Sciart.

The goal of the showcase is to open the local reader who is ideally a local burgeoning scientist or artist to the opportunities that crossdisciplinarity practices can achieve\offer and the benefits to both artists, scientists and their communities.

University Bridge | a SciArt Space welcomes submissions from individuals who produce artistic works meant to communicate aspects of science and/or medicine.

Please send expressions of interest to OVDR Email. The Curatorial Committee will then communicate further instructions.

We would love to hear from you!

What are your thoughts on the interaction of science & art? How do they inform each other?

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