Elaine Whittaker

Elaine Whittaker is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of art, science, medicine, and ecology. She has exhibited in art and science galleries and museums in North & South America, Europe, China, South Korea, Mexico, and Australia, In 2018 she was one of the first Artists-in-Residence with the Ontario Science Centre (Canada) in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. She has collaborated with scientists as Artist-in-Residence at the Pelling Laboratory for Augmented Biology (University of Ottawa). Her artwork and interviews have been featured in art, literary, and medical journals, and in books including Viral Behaviors: Viruses and Viral Phenomena Across Science, Technology & the Arts by Roberta Buiani (2024), BioArt: Altered Realities by William Myers (2015), and, On Media, on Technology, On Life: Interviews with Innovators edited by Arthur Clay & Timothy J. Senior (2021).