Michele Banks is an American artist (also known as Artologica)[1] whose work explores themes inspired by science and medicine, including images such as viruses, bacteria, and plant and animal cells.
"[15] A 2018 review, The Washington Post art critic observed that her paintings had "soft but vividly hued watercolors, some displayed in petri dishes, depict viruses, bacteria and other microscopic players, including sperm thronging an egg.
"[16] Three years earlier, the same Washington Post art critic noted that her work "depicts the body indirectly through the mechanical pulses of EEG and EKG tests.
"[17] In 2020, as the coronavirus struck the planet, Banks art was a "natural" for depicting the virus.
It was all I could think about.”[18] 2011 - Johns Hopkins University, Rockville, MD[3] 2012 - Montgomery College, Silver Spring, Cafritz Art Center, “Our Small Rooms” (Two artist show)[19] 2016 - “Hidden Worlds” Park View Gallery, Glen Echo, MD[20] 2017 - “Hidden Universe” Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County, Rockville, MD[21] 2018 - Artists and Makers Gallery, Rockville MD[22][23][24] 2018 - Methods of Inquiry: Fields of Discovery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA[25]