Jim Stanis
Animation and Medical Visualizations
More about me:
Medical Animator, 3D Artist - Laboratory of Neuroimaging, University of Southern California 2015 - present
Medical animator - Anatomical Travelouge, aka www.thevisualmd.com 2007- 2014
MS in Biomedical Visualization from University of Illinois at Chicago 2007
BA in Studio Arts from Columbia College Chicago 2001
Studied painting with Ernst Fuchs in Austria, 2003
Studied figure drawing at the School of Representational Art in Chicago part time, 2002 - 2004
Studied figure painting at the Palette & Chiesel Academy part time, 2004
Exhibitions
- Head on Collision, Last Projects, Group show, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
- Art Biologic group show, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, May 2014
- New York 3D Printshow, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY Feb 12-15, 2014
- London 3D Printshow, Business Design Center, London Nov. 7-9, 2013
- Strange Figurations, group show, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, Sept, 2013
- RAPID 2013 Conference, Contemporary Art Gallery, 3D printing exhibit, June, 2013
- Bits to Its, 3D printed art show, The Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine May 2013
- Making it Real, 3D printed art show, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, May, 2013
- Botanic Gallery, Local group show, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, October 2011
- Gravity Sleeps Studios, group show, Brooklyn, NY, May 2011
- BoCoCa arts festival, Linger Lounge, Brooklyn, NY June-July 2011
- Mod Melange group show, Factory Studios, Brooklyn, NY, May 2010
- Mod Melange group show, DesignCo Studios, Jersey City, NJ, May 2009
- Exposure, group show, Nude With a Goose, New York, NY, 2010
- Halloween group show, Echo Gallery, Chicago, IL October 2005
- Group Show, Of Art and Order Gallery, Chicago, IL June, 2005
- Strange and Bizarre Art Show, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL, July 2004
- Solo Show, Burkhart Studios, Chicago, IL, 2001
Awards and Achievements
- 2019 - Second place winner, “Show us Your Brain!” contest sponsored by the NIH-led Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.
- 2018 - Winner of Best Video Illustration of the Brain category. Neurobureau Brain Art Competition.
- 2013 - Healthcare Advertising Awards competition - Silver – Special Video – “The Anatomy of Cancer, What is Cancer?”. Participated in working on the video for Cancer Treatment Centers of America while employed at TheVisualMD
- 2007 - “Glomerulus” illustration wins best student piece in the Salon show at the annual meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators