Hi, I'm Bryona! I am a fine artist and illustrator who works in a variety of traditional and digital media, including watercolor, graphite, pen & ink, and digital illustration. I have a passion for nature and science that inspires much of my work. 

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I was born in Colorado but grew up in the farmland of Pennsylvania catching newts and frogs. For as long as I can remember I have had a passion for creating visual work. When I was young I was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL). During treatment, I spent a lot of time watching animated movies, and I believe that this is where my love for animals and nature started. After three years of chemotherapy, I was declared in remission and have been since!

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Being a childhood cancer survivor, science has always been an interest of mine alongside art. I attended Boise State University where I graduated with honors and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Biology with a minor in Visual Art.

 

I recently graduated with my Master of Fine Arts degree in Medical Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where I focused on combining my passions in art and science to communicate complex biomedical information and help make scientific information more accessible through art. 

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When I'm not creating art, I'm an avid reader of historical fiction, fantasy and romance, and an amateur reptile keeper of a crested gecko and Kenyan sand boa.