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Philip Wilson, FMAA, RMIPFreelance Medical and Scientific Illustrator
Address: Old Coulsdon, Surrey, UK.
E-mail: pwilson@medart.co.uk
Website: http://www.medart.co.uk
Qualifications, including professional qualifications:
2001-2003: Director of Education, Medical Artists' Education Trust; Vice-Chairman, Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain
1999-2001: Chairman, Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain
1993: Awarded the BUPA Medical Illustration prize for the illustrations he drew for the book 'Urodynamic and Recontructive Surgery of the Lower Urinary Tract' published by Churchill Livingstone.
1989: Awarded Fellowship of the Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain (MAA)
1977: Awarded Diploma of Membership of the Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain and of the Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI)
1973-1975: Postgraduate Training Scheme of the Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain, Department of Medical Illustration, Guy's Hospital, London.
1971-1973: First Class Honours, Vocational Diploma in Scientific, Medical and Technical Illustration, at the Hornsey College of Art, London
1969-1971: A-level Art (A)
Philip has held the positions of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer for the Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain. In addition he also acts as a Supervisor and Art Examiner for the MAA Postgraduate Training Programme in Medical Illustration, and has been Director of Education for the Medical Artists' Education Trust. He has been involved on numerous occasions in the organisation of Conferences for both MAA and for IMI.
Employment History:
1982-present: Freelance Medical and Scientific Illustrator
1990-1995: Head of Scientific Illustration, Department of Visual Communication and Design, Middlesex University
1982-1990: Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Scientific and Medical Illustration course at Middlesex Polytechnic
1979-1982: Lecturer in the Department of Medical Illustration, Institute of Urology, University of London.
1977-1979: Senior Medical Artist, Audio-Visual Teaching Department at the Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
1975-1977: Assistant Medical Artist to Richard Neave, Department of Medical Illustration at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Professional experience and skills:
As a freelance medical illustrator I have worked for a wide variety of clients in the worlds of publishing, academia, commerce and of medicine, undertaking commissions for consultant surgeons, advertising agencies and art editors alike. Over this time I have seen a change in demand from traditionally-produced artwork using watercolour, pencil and ink to digital illustration produced using programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. At present I work mostly using Photoshop 7 and Illustrator CS, and seek to create work that has the feel and look of traditional artwork, sometimes combining hand-drawn line work with digital painting.
Helpful links for existing or prospective medical artists:Links for artists:
Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain (MAA)
Assocation Européenes des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques (AEIMS)
Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI) (UK)
Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) (US)
Education for Medical Illustration (US)
So you want to be a scientific or medical illustrator?Either contact the appropriate professional body in your country (in the UK, the MAA or IMI; in the USA, the AMI) or try these links...
Schools in the USA:
Medical Illustration and Communications at the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine
Medical & Biological Illustration at the Univ. of Michigan
Iowa State University Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration
Schools and courses in the UK:
Medical Artists' Education Trust
- Postgraduate Training in Medical Art (leads to full membership of the MAA)
Please email your enquiries to Mr. Philip Wilson FMAA, RMIP.
Vocational B.Sc course through IMI
University of Wales College of Medicine
Post Experience Certificate in Medical Illustration (IMI)
- BSc Biological Imaging
- (NB Course currently being redesigned - check for details)