Viral Integration: Group Art Exhibition Addresses Health Sciences

Inaugural exhibition open at the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences building through the end of December 2024

Code Blue, Second Attempt by Sally Ann McKinsey, (emergency department thermal blankets, hospital gowns, socks, operating room


VIRAL INTEGRATION, the inaugural group art exhibition is now open at the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Hall and Sue & Bill Gross Nursing and Health Sciences Hall, located within the UCI Health Sciences Complex at the University of California, Irvine.

Curated by Artist-in-Residence Elin O’Hara Slavick, the exhibit includes more than 100 works by 40 artists, listed below, from across the United States and Canada – with a central theme of addressing health issues, from the individual human body and disease, treatment and survival to environmental factors and medical systems. Artists address childbirth, AIDS, mental health, cancer, medicine, healthcare workers, surgery, community responses to collective experiences, the practice of care, endometriosis, migraines, coal ash ponds, and much more.

Viewing Hours: Open between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, through December 15, 2024.

Location & Parking: The exhibition is free and open to the public, VIRAL INTEGRATION will be on display throughout the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Hall and Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing and Health Sciences Hall, located at 856 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92617. Parking is available in Parking Lot 70.

Featured artists: Becca Albee, Adrian Baker, Megan Bent, Suzanne Broughel, Frances Bukovsky, Lena Chen, Raphaële Cohen-Bacry, Robert Del Tredici, Lauren Evans, Luke Firle, Julie Harrison, Katie Hartley, Nancy Jo Haselbacher, Abby Hepner, Juanita Holley, Anneka Huegerich, Jesse Jackson, Michele Jaquis, Andrew Ellis Johnson, Jeremiah Johnson, Heidi Kumao, Margaret Lazarri, Sam Marroquin, Jocelyn Mathewes, Penny Mateer and Martha Wasik, Sally Ann McKinsey, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Sarana Mehra, Lorie Novak, Dominic Quagliozzi, Caroline Rutledge Armijo, Cheri Sampson, Sarah Slavick, Susanne Slavick, Allison Strauss, Noriho Uriu, Amy White, Frederick Wright Jones, Tessa Windt, and Natalie Yu.

Questions: Elin O’Hara Slavick at eoslavic@hs.uci.edu.

Canula, Sarana Mehra, (resin and paint)
Canula, Sarana Mehra, (resin and paint)


About UCI Health Affairs: Empowered by One Health strategy, UCI Health Affairs unites the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, UCI Health, and the UCI Centers and Institutes of Health to drive our mission to Discover. Teach. Heal. One Health brings together world-leading experts in medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, public health and integrative health to advance the frontiers of knowledge. We pioneer innovations in research and teaching to deliver superb evidence-based care through our comprehensive regional healthcare system. We are transforming the future through a collective commitment to educate a diverse healthcare workforce, to provide patient-centered, whole-person, team-based care that is precise for individuals and communities.