Cynthia Turner selected to appear in Lüerzer's Archive 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide, 2021 Biennial Edition

Lürzer's Archive is the celebrated creative resource for advertising professionals worldwide. The 200 Best Digital Illustrators Worldwide is selected by jury from submissions to the archive by artists all over the world.
 

Selected for Exhibition, MOOD Museum of Outstanding Design, Como, Italy
 

"Flora," winner of the Iron A’ Design Award for Graphics and Visual Communication Design, will be exhibited in Italy, at Museo del Design - Via Bellinzona 15, 22100, Como, Italy, October 15th, 2020 to November 15th, 2020, as part of the prestigious international design exhibition. Also exhibiting is "Cancer Assassin," winner of the Bronze A' Design Award for Computer Graphics and 3D Model Design.

                                                            A' Design Opening Exhibition in Teatro Sociale Como, Piazza Verdi, with permission, A' Design Awards.  

Cynthia Turner honored with 2 Summit Creative Awards for illustration

The Summit Creative Awards at the Summit International Awards have been announced. Over the past 26 years, the Summit Award organization has established itself as an arbiter of creative excellence. The 2020 competition included over 4,100 entries from 27 countries for which only 11% of submissions earned recognition. This year’s panel of judges included professionals from Saatchi & Saatchi, medium.com, Spotlight, FCB Artgroup, Barrett and Welsh Inc., O’Connor Creative, 7 Design, Eclipse360, Beta, Shigeo Fukuda Design Museum, WhatsApp - Creative X, and McCann Worldgroup/MRM.

The Summit Creative Awards jury has voted awards to two of Cynthia Turner’s illustrations:
Gold Summit Creative Award for Illustration for Bionic Stem Cell Portal
Silver Summit Creative Award for Illustration for The World is Out of Breath - Pandemic 2020

Bionic Stem Cell PortalStem cells are undifferentiated cells that can turn into specific cells, as the body needs them.                 "Bionic Stem Cell Portal," © 2019 Cynthia Turner  

The World Is Out of BreathViral budding from the plasma membrane of lung epithelial cells enables coronaviruses to exit the host cell after infection and replication. This can initiate a cytokine storm, a sudden over-response of the body’s immune system all at once from an immune system gone awry, producing an inflammatory response flaring out of control.

                           "The World is Out of Breath - Pandemic 2020," © 2020 Cynthia Turner                                

A’ Design Awards 2020 Winners Announced

International A’ Design Award & Competition announces the best designs of 2019 - 2020 in all design disciplines.

(Milan, Italy)  A’ Design Award & Competition is the world’s largest design accolade recognizing and promoting good design through an annual juried design award given to products, projects and services that meet rigorous criteria in select design categories each year. A’ Design Award & Competition announced results of the 2019 - 2020 design competition: 2,089 Winners from 107 countries in 105 different design disciplines.

The A’ Design Award jury has voted awards to two of Cynthia Turner’s illustrations:   
Bronze A' Design Award for Computer Graphics and 3D Model Design Category in 2019 for Cancer Assassin
Iron A’ Design Award for Graphics and Visual Communication Design Category in 2019 for Flora

Cancer Assassin, © 2020 Cynthia Turner

 
   "Cancer Assassin," © 2019 Cynthia Turner

Flora, © 2020 Cynthia Turner

   "Flora," © 2019 Cynthia Turner

   The Opening Exhibition on Gala night will be held at Teatro Sociale Como, Piazza Verdi. Then works will
   then be exhibited at MOOD Design Museum in the Ex Chiesa di San Francisco, Como, Italy, and later moved
   to several countries and cities.

    A' Design Opening Exhibition in Teatro Sociale Como, Piazza Verdi, with permission, A' Design Awards.                                                                            

Cynthia Turner honored with 3 MUSE Creative Awards.

The World Is Out of Breath - Pandemic 2020Viral budding from the plasma membrane of lung epithelial cells enables coronaviruses to exit the host cell after infection and replication. This can initiate a cytokine storm, a sudden over-response of the body’s immune system all at once from an immune system gone awry, producing an inflammatory response flaring out of control. The World is Out of Breath - Pandemic 2020, © 2020 Cynthia Turner

(NEW YORK, NY) Out of 3,820 submissions from 50 countries, Cynthia Turner has been awarded 2 Gold Awards and 1 Silver Award for the 2020 prestigious MUSE Creative Awards competition.

The MUSE Creative Awards is a global competition, which seeks to commemorate the exemplary creative and design professionals of various industries. “These individuals truly embody the spirit of innovation” said Kenjo Ong, CEO of the competition.

MUSE entries were gauged in accordance to their respective industry’s best standards. Submissions go through blind judging, where their qualities and concepts were assessed from creative and design standpoints. Winners were then selected based at the culmination of the judging process, who had best met the competition criteria.

Journal of Biocommunication Showcase

Cynthia Turner is featured in the Journal of Biocommunication Showcase, Journal of Biocommunication, Vol 44, No. 1, 2020.

Michelle Yee, Associate Editor of Communication Arts, interviews
Cynthia Turner.

Tim Nudd, editor in chief of the Clio Awards and the founding editor of
Muse by Clio, interviews Cynthia Turner.

Cynthia Turner named recipient of 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award
                                                                                                                                       

  Cynthia Turner | Photograph by Joseph Victor Stefanchik

Cynthia Turner received the highest honor from the Association of Medical Illustrators when she was named the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. 

The award acknowledges “her extraordinary lifelong contributions to the advancements of medical illustration and scientific knowledge setting the highest standards of our profession and serving as an inspiration to others in the field.”

Artist and author Brad Holland commented, “Cynthia has a true artist's dedication to her craft, to the values that underwrite craft and to the ideals that transcend it. Her career is a model of artistry and idealism, self-reliance and hard work, imagination and common sense.”

Cynthia Turner, Certified Medical Illustrator, is represented by Gail Thurm of Shannon Associates,
New York, NY, gail@shannonassociates.com.

T Cell Activation and Tumor Cell AttackTumor cells produce antigens which are captured by antigen presenting cells (APCs). The APCs that activate T-Cells are usually dendritic cells because T-Cells cannot recognize or respond to free or soluble antigens but they can recognize and respond to antigens that have been processed and presented by APC dendritic cells. Once T cells undergo activation they then proliferate and migrate to the tumor cells to release apoptosis-inducing proteins.

Tumor cells produce antigens which are captured by antigen presenting cells (APCs).  The APCs that activate T-Cells are usually dendritic cells because T-Cells cannot recognize or respond to free or soluble antigens but they can recognize and respond to antigens that have been processed and presented by APC dendritic cells. Once T cells undergo activation they then proliferate and migrate to the tumor cells to release apoptosis-inducing proteins.

T Cell Activation and Tumor Attack was accepted into Images from Science 3. Images from Science 3 is a collaborative experiment that initially began in 2002 at Rochester Institute of Technology, and was organized to celebrate the production of extraordinary images featuring science. At its core mission, the project seeks to explore the interface of science, technology, art, design, and communication.
        
Images from Science 3 showcases 82 extraordinary images from 71 image makers from 15 countries around the world. This year, in addition to still images, the exhibition will incorporate moving images using video, computer generated images (CGI), animations and illustrations. The images were selected by an international panel of experts from around the world. The show will be on view at RIT City Art Space November 1-24, 2019, then travel to Johns Hopkins University. The exhibition is available for travel to other venues, and is accompanied by a catalogue published by RIT Press.

T Cell Activation and Tumor Attack was also honored with the Print Award of Excellence by the juried 2019 RX Club Show.

Edmond Alexander, Certified Medical Illustrator, is represented by Gail Thurm of Shannon Associates, New York, NY, gail@shannonassociates.com

Flora: Gastric BiotaA fantasy dramatization of the flowering of gastrointestinal microbiota fertilized by the churning gastric environment. The flowering is depicted by petals of Bacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam, and Enterococcus faecalis, pistils of Lactobacillus and stamens of Enterococcus faecalis perched on stalks of Escherichia coli. The flower itself emerges on stalks of Clostridium difficile. Free-chaining Streptococcus mutans floats by under the flower. Bacillus cereus, long rod-shaped bacteria in their arthomitus stage attach by fibers to the intestinal epithelium, grow filamentously, and sporulate from their distal ends.

Flora is one of a series of images distributed via a self-promotional marketing program to prospective clients to promote the artist’s creativity, artistry and storytelling.

The illustration is a fantasy dramatization of the flowering of gastrointestinal microbiota fertilized by the churning gastric environment. The flowering is depicted by petals of Bacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam, and Enterococcus faecalis, pistils of Lactobacillus and stamens of Enterococcus faecalis perched on stalks of Escherichia coli. The flower itself emerges on stalks of Clostridium difficile. Free-chaining Streptococcus mutans floats by under the flower. Bacillus cereus, long rod-shaped bacteria in their arthomitus stage attach by fibers to the intestinal epithelium, grow filamentously, and sporulate from their distal ends.

Flora received the recognition of the Member's Choice Best of Show "Ralph Sweet" Award and the Advertising Award of Excellence at the 2019 Salon of the Association of Medical Illustrators, 74th Annual Meeting. Ralph Sweet was a legendary medical illustrator and founder of the medical illustration profession. He was one of the first to realize the visual conveyance of medical knowledge is a fine art.  
 

Flora was bestowed the Print Award of Excellence by the juried 2019 RX Club Show. Founded in 1986 by Ina and Carveth Kramer, The Rx Club Show continues to honor the creative aspects of healthcare advertising and promotion. The show is judged in various categories by a panel of industry experts and is based solely on creativity. Creative concept and execution remain the only criteria for merit.
 

Flora was also honored with a 2019 Summit Creative Award at the Summit International Awards. Celebrating its 25th year, the Summit Creative Award has firmly established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms small and medium sized advertising agencies worldwide and has become a coveted honor. Flora received a Silver Award in the Illustration Category. The 2019 competition included over 4,500 entries from 27 countries for which only 11% of submissions earned recognition.
 

“Winning a Summit Creative Award is a significant accomplishment in one's career. With vetted judges, tough judging criteria, two-phase blind judging processes, and strict bylaws limiting winners, only deserving entries receive recognition,” said Jocelyn Luciano, Managing Director for the Summit International Awards. “The creative work this year was outstanding. Watching the judges debate the details of individual entries in the run-off for the tops spots was inspiring.”
 

Flora also received a Platinum Award from Creativity International Design Awards in the category of Illustration: Medical. Entries came from 29 countries, 3 Canadian Provinces and 20 U.S. States. Only 45% of this year's entries won an award reflecting the competitive and excellent design submitted this year.

Cynthia Turner, Certified Medical Illustrator, is represented by Gail Thurm of Shannon Associates, New York, NY, gail@shannonassociates.com

Flora: Gastric BiotaA fantasy dramatization of the flowering of gastrointestinal microbiota fertilized by the churning gastric environment. The flowering is depicted by petals of Bacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam, and Enterococcus faecalis, pistils of Lactobacillus and stamens of Enterococcus faecalis perched on stalks of Escherichia coli. The flower itself emerges on stalks of Clostridium difficile. Free-chaining Streptococcus mutans floats by under the flower. Bacillus cereus, long rod-shaped bacteria in their arthomitus stage attach by fibers to the intestinal epithelium, grow filamentously, and sporulate from their distal ends.

Cancer Assassin is one of a series of images distributed via a self-promotional marketing program to prospective clients to promote the artist’s creativity, artistry and storytelling.

The illustration is a dramatization a Cytotoxic Killer T Cell inducing a cancer cell to undergo programmed cell death known as apoptosis. These Killer T Cells are part of the body's immune response system. They are programmed to seek out, attach themselves and kill cancer cells, usually using chemicals. They recognize a specific site (antigen) on the surface of cancer cells and bind to it. The Killer T Cell then eliminates the cancer cell by releasing a protein that forms pores in the cancer cell's membrane and specifically induces apoptosis.

Cancer Assassin was bestowed the Print Award of Excellence by the juried 2019 RX Club Show. Founded in 1986 by Ina and Carveth Kramer, The Rx Club Show continues to honor the creative aspects of healthcare advertising and promotion. The show is judged in various categories by a panel of industry experts and is based solely on creativity. Creative concept and execution remain the only criteria for merit.

Cancer Assassin was honored with a 2019 Summit Creative Award at the Summit International Awards. Celebrating its 25th year, the Summit Creative Award has firmly established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms small and medium sized advertising agencies worldwide and has become a coveted honor. Cancer Assassin received a Silver Award in the Illustration Category. The 2019 competition included over 4,500 entries from 27 countries for which only 11% of submissions earned recognition.

Cancer Assassin also received a Gold Award from Creativity International Design Awards in the the category of Illustration: Medical. Entries came from 29 countries, 3 Canadian Provinces and 20 U.S. States.

Cynthia Turner, Certified Medical Illustrator, is represented by Gail Thurm of Shannon Associates, New York, NY, gail@shannonassociates.com

Bispecific Monoclonal AntibodyA bispecific monoclonal antibody is engineered to simultaneously bind to a cytotoxic cell and a targeted tumor cell.

A bispecific monoclonal antibody is an artificial protein that is composed of fragments of two different monoclonal antibodies so it can bind to two different types of antigens. In cancer immunotherapy the bispecific monoclonal antibody is engineered to simultaneously bind to a cytotoxic cell and to a targeted tumor cell identified to be destroyed.

The antibody is showcased on the bilayer membrane of a macrophage, with its bispecific "smart bombs" ready to bind to its designated antigens.

This art received the recognition of the Member's Choice Best of Show Ralph Sweet Award and the Advertising and Marketing Award of Merit at the 2015 Salon of the Association of Medical Illustrators, 70^th Annual Meeting in Cleveland, OH, and the Print Award of Excellence at the 2015 29^th Annual Rx Club Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York, NY.

Edmond Alexander, Certified Medical Illustrator, is represented by Gail Thurm of Shannon Associates, New York, NY, gail@shannonassociates.com