My work featured in the Washington Post

On May 30, 2008, the Washington Post has featured the IC-14 Show in DC near the National Portrait Gallery. In the article, the writer mentions my flounder piece! Here is the link (in a new window)

My illustration is not in the article, but you can always access it by clicking here.

I feel oddly famous!

Intern Position

I will be working with J. Marie Metz, a scientific illustrator at the Smithsonian, to illustrate beetles for Dr. Alexander Konstantinov at the Smithsonian department of Entomology! This will be considered as an intern position. Neat!

Graduate Exhibit Reception

Thank you so much to all who came! The opening of the show was a big success. It is very unreal that we are done and graduating next Thursday. I thank everyone who has been so gracious with their time, energy, and talent during the past two years. Thank you for making all this possible. Thank you!

here is a snippet of the festivities for those who missed out!

Johns Hopkins Thesis Presentation

Four of us in the Class of 2008 will be presenting our theses tomorrow at 1:00 at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. We will be showcasing our independent research and illustrations to solve a visual problem.

Hope to see everyone there!

On the Wall

Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia is hosting its 14th Juried Exhibition on May 8, 2008 at Pepco's Edison Place Gallery in Washington, DC.

My flounder piece as well as works by Jennifer Fairman, Zina Deretsky, and Marie Dauenheimer are going to be showcased in the show. Very exciting! I will post the lovely poster announcing the opening of the show as soon as I find a digital version!

I received a Certificate of Excellence in the Technical/Scientific/Medical Illustration Category!

See you at the Reception!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
6:00-8:30PM

Pepco's Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street NW
Washington, DC

Between G and H Streets, one block west of the Verizon Center.
The gallery is open to the public from noon to 4pm Tuesday-Friday.

Thesis Presentation--University of Toronto

-April 18, 2008-

My fellow classmate Fabian de Kok-Mercado and I have presented our theses at the Medical Illustration Student Exchange held at University of Toronto.

We shared our independent research and newly created illustrations to communicate new discoveries.

Thesis Titles:

Ikumi Kayama
"Visualizing the Dynamic Cellular Response to Injury in the Regenerating Liver"


Photo by Fabian de Kok-Mercado ©2008



Fabian de Kok-Mercado
"Is the arterial morphology of owls adapted for extreme neck rotations? A Study of the Neurovascular Anatomy of Owls in Relation to Neck Kinematics"


Photo by Jared Travnicek ©2008

The second year students from Medical College of Georgia and University of Toronto also gave their presentations. They all did a great job!