Career Stories
At Janssen, we are committed to the growth and development of our employees. Every member of our world-wide family has a story about their unique experiences. Here are just a few.
“Diabetes is such an immense economic burden for the world. We recognize that there is still a huge unmet medical need in this area. Changing the lives of millions of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes is what keeps me engaged. The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies is known for products that keep babies fresh or relieve a headache. We want it to be known for having an impact on diabetes as well. One of the things I love about Janssen is getting to interact with people from different cultures and different educational/career paths. The people here are committed to delivering medicines to patients and creating a fun and productive work environment. It’s a great place to work.”
Career highlights:
- Contributing to the advancement of a product for type 2 diabetes
Tonya
Senior Scientist, Cardiovascular & Metabolism
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States
"I have a natural affinity to collaboration, communication, and knowledge management principles, especially in the context of making innovation and communities sustainable. At Janssen, the ability to collaborate as a team, utilize innovation and bring new medicines to patients is especially rewarding."
Career highlights:
- Involved in the earliest stages of medicine development
- Identifies diseases that small molecule medicines can help treat
Jörg
Cheminformation & Molecular Modeller
Beerse, Belgium
“Janssen is about excellence in performance. Whether you are a subject-matter expert or have a people-management position, it is all about working together to deliver results. My colleagues are smart and value each other’s knowledge. Ultimately, what keeps me engaged are the products we are making. If successful, these products can help save people’s lives. Within Janssen, people can make their own path as long as the subject-matter knowledge, experience and personal skills are present. If I had wanted, I could also have moved from clinical R&D into medical affairs or a more commercially oriented role.”
Career highlights:
- Bringing a new HIV drug to patients
- Helping to explain the potential mechanisms in the immunogenicity of biologics
Katia
Senior Director, Medical Department Head, Infectious Diseases
Titusville, New Jersey, United States
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Ang Le Qi
Caribbean Holiday
Artwork donated by MINDS, one of Singapore’s oldest and largest non-governmental organizations catering to the educational, vocational, social and welfare needs of people with intellectual disability.
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Betsy Gross
Lilies and Carp
Artwork from The Creative Center at University Settlement, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses.
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Brian Jackson
Untitled 4
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Brian Jackson
Untitled 6
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Carlos Stela
Untitled
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Cliff Enright
Sunburst
Artwork from The Creative Center at University Settlement, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses. Learn more about Cliff’s story, “A Colorful Life”.
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Cliff Enright
Star Cradle
Artwork from The Creative Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses. Learn more about Cliff’s story, “A Colorful Life”.
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Cliff Enright
Summer Lights
Artwork from The Creative Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses. Learn more about Cliff’s story, “A Colorful Life”.
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Dennis Owen Frohlich
Green Tree Repaint
Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2007, Dennis created an educational website to share his story. Today, his academic career focuses on health communication and exploring the internet's role in promoting health and well-being. Learn more about Dennis in “A Passion Rediscovered.”
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Dominia Diloreto
Atomic Forest
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Donna Lewis
Lilian
Donna Lewis is an artist and cartoonist living in Washington, DC. By day, donna uses her legal background to create social impact initiatives through art and education. By night and weekends, donna writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Reply All and single panel Reply All Lite. Donna’s current focus is Living Broken, social impact art inspired by real life stories of thriving in the face of challenge.
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Donna Williams
Discovery
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Donna Williams
Cheerful
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Donna Williams
Enticement
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Donna Williams
Family
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Dorethey Gorham
Day Of The Armada
Dorethey is a joyful, self-taught artist living with arthritis, general anxiety syndrome and diabetes.
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Gwendolyn Ryals
Anesthesia
Artwork from Gilda’s Club New York City, a non-profit organization that creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer, along with their families and friends.
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Jane Kielt
Mystic Seaport
A retired art teacher and world traveler, Jane has had a passion for art since childhood. Through painting watercolors, she finds inspiration and healing throughout her experience living with multiple myeloma. Learn more about Jane by reading her story "The Art of Getting Lost."
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Jennifer Jacobs Baruch
Stowaway
Jennifer is a practicing New York City artist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of twelve. She refers to her art as a “picture essay about this exasperating, mysterious, unpredictable, motivating, fascinating, relentless nuisance.”
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Jennifer Jacobs
Stuyvesant Park
Jennifer is a practicing New York City artist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of twelve. She refers to her art as a “picture essay about this exasperating, mysterious, unpredictable, motivating, fascinating, relentless nuisance.”
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Jessica Riley
Shells
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Judith Hinton Andrew
Rock Composite 22
Artwork from The Creative Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses.
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Mario Mesa
Social Fire
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Martin Freeman
Not What It's Cracked Up to Be
An active artist and California native, Martin Freeman was kind enough to donate his extraordinary artwork to Janssen. Martin was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
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Martin Freeman
Universal
An active artist and California native, Martin Freeman was kind enough to donate his extraordinary artwork to Janssen. Martin was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
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Martin Freeman
Untitled
An active artist and California native, Martin Freeman was kind enough to donate his extraordinary artwork to Janssen. Martin was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
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Melinda
Harmony
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
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Melinda
Goddess of Healing
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
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Melinda
Total Tranquility
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
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Melinda
Tree of Life
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
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Nelly Velez
The World Among Us
Artwork from Gilda’s Club New York City, a non-profit organization that creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer, along with their families and friends.
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Peyi
Blue Rhapsody
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Ramón Losa
Untitled 2
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Rhonda Fenwick
Time Is Now 1
Through her art, Rhonda has explored psoriasis, a chronic skin disorder she has lived with since the age of six. Art, and working as an artist, has proven to be cathartic and has helped her in coming to terms with living with psoriasis. Rhonda also works as a participatory artist in the community using the arts to bring people together. She has carried out a number of arts projects with a focus on arts in health for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom with a special emphasis in dermatology. Learn more about Rhonda in “My Sanctuary in Art.”
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Rhonda Fenwick
Time Is Now 2
Through her art, Rhonda has explored psoriasis, a chronic skin disorder she has lived with since the age of six. Art, and working as an artist, has proven to be cathartic and has helped her in coming to terms with living with psoriasis. Rhonda also works as a participatory artist in the community using the arts to bring people together. She has carried out a number of arts projects with a focus on arts in health for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom with a special emphasis in dermatology. Learn more about Rhonda in “My Sanctuary in Art.”
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Robert Wright
Taxi
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc. (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Sebastian Ferreira
Untitled 1
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Sebastian Ferreira
Untitled 2
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Susan Davis
Still Life 1998
Over her 25 year career, Susan produced a broad and highly acclaimed body of work. She succumbed to cancer in 1999, and is survived by her daughter, Jamie Barkin, and her husband, Robert Barkin.
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Unknown
Look to the Stars
Artwork from Gilda’s Club New York City, a non-profit organization that creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer, along with their families and friends.
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Wendy Olsen
lincs
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Yvonne Ford
Untitled
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Ang Le Qi
Caribbean Holiday
Artwork donated by MINDS, one of Singapore’s oldest and largest non-governmental organizations catering to the educational, vocational, social and welfare needs of people with intellectual disability.
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Betsy Gross
Lilies and Carp
Artwork from The Creative Center at University Settlement, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses.
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Brian Jackson
Untitled 4
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Brian Jackson
Untitled 6
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
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Carlos Stela
Untitled
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Cliff Enright
Sunburst
Artwork from The Creative Center at University Settlement, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses. Learn more about Cliff’s story, “A Colorful Life”.
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Cliff Enright
Star Cradle
Artwork from The Creative Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses. Learn more about Cliff’s story, “A Colorful Life”.
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Cliff Enright
Summer Lights
Artwork from The Creative Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses. Learn more about Cliff’s story, “A Colorful Life”.
Tap here to expand
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Dennis Owen Frohlich
Green Tree Repaint
Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2007, Dennis created an educational website to share his story. Today, his academic career focuses on health communication and exploring the internet's role in promoting health and well-being. Learn more about Dennis in “A Passion Rediscovered.”
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Dominia Diloreto
Atomic Forest
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
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Donna Lewis
Lilian
Donna Lewis is an artist and cartoonist living in Washington, DC. By day, donna uses her legal background to create social impact initiatives through art and education. By night and weekends, donna writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Reply All and single panel Reply All Lite. Donna’s current focus is Living Broken, social impact art inspired by real life stories of thriving in the face of challenge.
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Donna Williams
Discovery
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Donna Williams
Cheerful
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Donna Williams
Enticement
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Donna Williams
Family
An autistic artist, author and renowned autism advocate, Donna Williams used her talents to give people a glimpse into the world of someone living with autism. She passed away in 2017 from cancer.
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Dorethey Gorham
Day Of The Armada
Dorethey is a joyful, self-taught artist living with arthritis, general anxiety syndrome and diabetes.
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Gwendolyn Ryals
Anesthesia
Artwork from Gilda’s Club New York City, a non-profit organization that creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer, along with their families and friends.
Tap here to expand
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Jane Kielt
Mystic Seaport
A retired art teacher and world traveler, Jane has had a passion for art since childhood. Through painting watercolors, she finds inspiration and healing throughout her experience living with multiple myeloma. Learn more about Jane by reading her story "The Art of Getting Lost."
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Jennifer Jacobs Baruch
Stowaway
Jennifer is a practicing New York City artist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of twelve. She refers to her art as a “picture essay about this exasperating, mysterious, unpredictable, motivating, fascinating, relentless nuisance.”
Tap here to expand
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Jennifer Jacobs
Stuyvesant Park
Jennifer is a practicing New York City artist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of twelve. She refers to her art as a “picture essay about this exasperating, mysterious, unpredictable, motivating, fascinating, relentless nuisance.”
Tap here to expand
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Jessica Riley
Shells
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
Tap here to expand
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Judith Hinton Andrew
Rock Composite 22
Artwork from The Creative Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with and beyond cancer and other chronic illnesses.
Tap here to expand
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Mario Mesa
Social Fire
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
Tap here to expand
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Martin Freeman
Not What It's Cracked Up to Be
An active artist and California native, Martin Freeman was kind enough to donate his extraordinary artwork to Janssen. Martin was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
Tap here to expand
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Martin Freeman
Universal
An active artist and California native, Martin Freeman was kind enough to donate his extraordinary artwork to Janssen. Martin was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
Tap here to expand
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Martin Freeman
Untitled
An active artist and California native, Martin Freeman was kind enough to donate his extraordinary artwork to Janssen. Martin was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990.
Tap here to expand
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Melinda
Harmony
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
Tap here to expand
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Melinda
Goddess of Healing
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
Tap here to expand
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Melinda
Total Tranquility
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
Tap here to expand
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Melinda
Tree of Life
Based in New Jersey, Melinda is an artist living with HIV. Art is a significant part of her recovery and each new piece reflects a part of her journey.
Tap here to expand
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Nelly Velez
The World Among Us
Artwork from Gilda’s Club New York City, a non-profit organization that creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer, along with their families and friends.
Tap here to expand
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Peyi
Blue Rhapsody
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
Tap here to expand
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Ramón Losa
Untitled 2
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
Tap here to expand
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Rhonda Fenwick
Time Is Now 1
Through her art, Rhonda has explored psoriasis, a chronic skin disorder she has lived with since the age of six. Art, and working as an artist, has proven to be cathartic and has helped her in coming to terms with living with psoriasis. Rhonda also works as a participatory artist in the community using the arts to bring people together. She has carried out a number of arts projects with a focus on arts in health for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom with a special emphasis in dermatology. Learn more about Rhonda in “My Sanctuary in Art.”
Tap here to expand
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Rhonda Fenwick
Time Is Now 2
Through her art, Rhonda has explored psoriasis, a chronic skin disorder she has lived with since the age of six. Art, and working as an artist, has proven to be cathartic and has helped her in coming to terms with living with psoriasis. Rhonda also works as a participatory artist in the community using the arts to bring people together. She has carried out a number of arts projects with a focus on arts in health for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom with a special emphasis in dermatology. Learn more about Rhonda in “My Sanctuary in Art.”
Tap here to expand
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Robert Wright
Taxi
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc. (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
Tap here to expand
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Sebastian Ferreira
Untitled 1
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
Tap here to expand
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Sebastian Ferreira
Untitled 2
Artwork from the National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill, Inc (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to discovering and preserving the art of people with mental illness.
Tap here to expand
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Susan Davis
Still Life 1998
Over her 25 year career, Susan produced a broad and highly acclaimed body of work. She succumbed to cancer in 1999, and is survived by her daughter, Jamie Barkin, and her husband, Robert Barkin.
Tap here to expand
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Unknown
Look to the Stars
Artwork from Gilda’s Club New York City, a non-profit organization that creates welcoming communities of free support for everyone living with cancer, along with their families and friends.
Tap here to expand
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Wendy Olsen
lincs
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
Tap here to expand
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Yvonne Ford
Untitled
Artwork from, Reflections Art in Health a user-led charity that promotes positive mental health through the creative arts.
Tap here to expand
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