ABOUT OUR Graduate Program Students

anastasia DEMSON

Anastasia is from Oakton, Virginia. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Arts from the Virginia Commonwealth University. When she's not in the studio, you might find Ana surrounded by orchids, or in Paris.

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, 2013.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
School of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts, 2011.

L’École Estienne Supérieure des Arts et Industries Graphiques, Paris, France
Medical and Scientific Illustration graduate program, Fall 2009 semester.

:: experience & activities

Medical Animator
The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2011-2012.

Medical Illustrator
The National Aquarium
Baltimore, MD, 2012.

Internal Operations Analyst
Fairfax Family Practice
Fairfax, VA, 2010.

ASSOCIATIONS:

• Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), Student Member, 2011 - present.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2012     Gwynne M. Gloege Scholarship
2011     William P. Didusch Scholarship

Virginia Commonwealth University
2007-2011     Provost Scholarship
2010     Outstanding Scientific and Preparatory Medical Illustration Award
2009     Mallory Callan Scholarship
2009     Study Abroad Office Scholarship

:: exhibitions

• Association of Medical Illustrators, Annual Salon Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 2012.
• Art and Healing Exhibition, The Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD, 2012.
• Intersections: Art and Science Exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2012.
• Juried Student Exhibition at the Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2011.