What does healing look like in art? In the new issue of .ART Odyssey Magazine, it takes many forms:
Together, these voices form a vibrant chorus of renewal – showing how we heal through, by, and via art.
At the border of art and neuroscience — Tatiana Lupashina / EDGE
Founded in Berlin by neuroscience students, EDGE (edge-neuro.art) sits where science meets imagination. Co-founder Tatiana Lupashina curates installations and workshops that merge research with ritual, from the immersive Oculus sculpture to collaborations with the Mind Foundation on psychedelic-assisted therapy.
“When you bring people together to explore the brain through creativity, conversations about well-being are inevitable.”
Oleg Stavitsky, Co-Founder and CEO of Endel, explores how adaptive soundscapes use neuroscience to calm the nervous system and support focus. His vision turns listening itself into a healing act — where technology and artistry blend to help the body find rhythm and rest.
Artist Barbara Rachko (barbararachko.art) reflects on four decades of creative persistence. A retired Navy commander and former Boeing-727 flight engineer, she turned to art after losing her husband in the 9/11 Pentagon attack. Her meticulous pastel-on-sandpaper works transform folk art figures from Bolivia, India, and Mexico into luminous symbols of endurance.
“Authenticity is what we strip back to — the choices we make that reflect our core.”
Phil Hansen, Grammy Awards artist and TED speaker, built a career on creative reinvention. In Goodbye Art, he made intricate works only to destroy them — a bold exploration of attachment, impermanence, and the emotional release that comes with letting go.
“The art you once made for joy becomes art you make for likes and money — that’s the fast lane to feeling like a failure.”
Hansen’s reflections on process, patience, and purpose remind us that healing often begins in the breaking.
Neuroaesthetics researcher and cognitive health consultant Saskia Wheeler studies how art, architecture, and sensory design shape our emotions and wellbeing. Her work in Berlin blends neuroscience, aesthetics, and design thinking.
“Neuroaesthetics studies how aesthetics — across design, art, music, architecture — measurably change the brain and body, and how the arts shape healing, health, and wellbeing.”
From biophilic design to fractal art and immersive environments, Saskia shows how beauty can literally change brain states — creating environments that calm, focus, and connect.
Her practical tips — reduce noise, declutter, maximize daylight — remind us that healing begins in the spaces we inhabit.
Designer, artist, and founder of Wildflower Fields (wildflowerfields.art), Wildy Martinez merges fashion, digital art, and technology with personal storytelling. Diagnosed with vitiligo at 25, she transformed self-doubt into empowerment through art — first with her NFT Wildflower 38, which depicted a woman with vitiligo crowned in blooms.
Wildy’s immersive shows and digital collections celebrate individuality, merging AI-generated fashion, AR experiences, and Web3 storytelling to show that technology can deepen, not dilute, our humanity.
Canadian painter Katie Butler (katiebutler.art) traces her journey from commissioned portraits to raw, deeply personal storytelling. Her Invisible String series captures exhaustion, resilience, and connection — turning emotion into empathy through paint and words.
“I started painting for myself, and it became this outlet where I could cry while painting, pour emotions directly onto the canvas. Suddenly, it wasn’t about how real the portrait looked — it was about what the piece meant.”
A multidisciplinary artist working between tradition and technology, Medina (Medina.art) bridges the tactile world of painting with the generative realm of algorithms. As the official artist for the .ART Registry, she leads its philanthropic Healing Power of Art initiative, exploring creativity as emotional and collective restoration. Her recent projects, from immersive metaverse exhibitions to TIME TO ART, a citywide takeover of Berlin’s billboards, turn both screens and cities into spaces of reflection and renewal.
Latvia-born, Switzerland-based painter Uslada (Uslada.art) channels the mundus imaginalis — a bridge between visible and invisible worlds. Her work merges archetypal imagery, alchemy, and spiritual practice into visual medicine.
“Archetypal images appear from invisible realms, and I render them visible as symbolic messages for myself and the viewer.”
Another highlight of this issue is Threads of Resilience, a global open call hosted on HUG.art, part of the .ART family. Artists from Nigeria to Denmark, Canada to Malta, Berlin to Nashville shared how creativity became their pathway to healing. Their stories reveal many forms of resilience — the courage to face illness and loss, the quiet strength of mothers, the wisdom of animals, the refuge found in music and galleries, and the transformative potential of new technologies. Woven together, these voices remind us that healing through art is both universal and deeply personal: a process of turning pain into expression, finding meaning in vulnerability, and discovering connection through creativity.
Each artist, in their own language, shows that art doesn’t just mirror life — it mends it. We’ll be publishing these full interviews on the .ART blog in the coming weeks. For the complete experience: beautifully printed, thoughtfully curated, and designed to be revisited — get your copy on Amazon.
Proceeds from HEALING support The Healing Power of Art Initiative and the Art Therapy Fellowship at George Washington University, reinforcing .ART’s commitment to creativity as a force for collective care.
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