Anna Dumitriu Blog

7th January 2024

Fragile Microbiome (2024) is a large scale, wall-sized, hand-felted artwork which is embroidered and beaded to represent our intestinal microbiome, the lining of the gut and the rich communities of bacteria that live inside us. It is impregnated with their DNA. The piece also contains bilirubin and biliverdin, two bile pigments which combine to give […]

13th December 2025

Unravelling the Silk Road “Unravelling the Silk Road” (2025-26) is a pioneering Anglo-Uzbek collaboration between British BioArtist Anna Dumitriu and Uzbek museum director and curator Shirin Tashova supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture Programme. The project explores rich medical history and current healthcare and environmental challenges and innovations in both Uzbekistan and the […]

2nd September 2020

Unruly Objects is a series of closely connected projects exploring the conservation of biological media and BioArt, and its inclusion in museum collections. Unruly Objects and Biological Conservation Unruly Objects and Biological Conservation (2020 onwards) is a collaboration with the Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art at The University of West Attica […]

31st March 2020

“Biotechnology from the Blue Flower” by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May explores the cultural history and morphology of the chicory plant and investigates how new plant breeding methods such as CRISPR gene editing can be used to create future healthcare and food benefits. Chicory inspired the idea of the Blue Flower in German Romanticism, and […]

29th March 2023

“ArchaeaBot: A Post Climate Change, Post Singularity Life-form” (2018-19) is an underwater robotic installation by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May that explores what ‘life’ might mean in a post-singularity and post-climate change future. Based on new research on archaea (a group of unicellular micro-organisms believed to be the oldest form of life on earth adapted […]

4th July 2023

About Uninhibited Faba Uninhibited Faba (2023) takes the form of a series of artworks that explore the history and future of the humble faba bean (Vicia faba) and how it can help us mitigate climate change, improve food security, and fix nitrogen. The project looks at aesthetic and ethical issues around innovative biotechnological research to […]

31st March 2020

“Physic-AI Garden” takes the form of stunning and dynamic digital garden, where beautiful virtual plants and fungi grow and interact with each other and with audiences. The plants each represent different drugs and the garden grows according to what drugs work well together and what drugs interact negatively or cause side effects. Audiences can ‘plant’ […]

2nd January 2025

Symposium The online symposium about Anna Dumitriu’s project “Greening the Lab: Decarbonising Biomedical Science” took place on 26th March 2025 1-3pm GMT (2-4 CET) as part of the EU supported VOICE Project. About “Greening the Lab: Decarbonising Biomedical Science” (2024-25) led by artist Anna Dumitriu brought together communities of scientists, medics, healthcare workers, patients and […]

27th March 2020

“Susceptible” (2020) is a data-driven interactive digital artwork by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May based on cutting-edge research from CRyPTIC, an international consortium led by the University of Oxford. CRyPTIC’s research analysed thousands of images of the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria growing in the presence of different antibiotics. Researchers then combined that data with information about […]

5th June 2026

Anna Dumitriu is artist in residence at the Institute of Biology in Bucharest in Romania in 2026 where she is exploring the scientific study of medicinal plants, with a focus on Smoke Tree and Edelweiss. She is working with scientific collaborator is Dr Alexandra-Gabriela Ciocan and the residency is supported and curated by Marginal under the framework of their 2026 Otherwise Residency Programme. […]