Travis Vermilye
Associate Professor
- Visual Arts (CAM)
Travis Vermilye (ver-MIL-yuh) is a digital and mixed media artist who creates imagery inspired by the natural world. His abstract digital imagery and animated short films invite you to gaze into a dream-like microscopic realm and find a sense of joyous calm within the organic forms on display. Travis’s work grows from an award-winning 18-year career as a medical illustrator and animator with work shown on Dateline NBC, The Oprah Winfrey Show, in the New York Times, National Geographic, and via numerous medical organizations.
Travis is a Professional Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators, the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, a Member of The Design To Improve Life Education Academy, and a Member of the Edge Contemporary Art Gallery in Lakewood, Colorado.
Areas of Expertise
Digital Design
Illustration
Education, Licensure & Certifications
University of Michigan
MFA; Medical & Biological Illustration
Southwest Missouri State University
BS; Scientific Illustration
Awards
Juried Film Exhibitions
2015
Addictus, Spotlight Film Awards – Silver Award, Atlanta, GA
Additctus, Lancaster International Short Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection, Lancaster, PA
Addictus, Urban MediaMakers Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection, Norcross, GA
Addictus, Best Shorts Competition Fall 2015 – Award of Recognition, LaJolla, CA
2014
Smoke, Urban MediaMakers Film Festival 2014 – Official Selection, Norcross, GA
Smoke, Best Shorts Competition Fall 2014 – Award of Merit, LaJolla, CA
Juried Group Art Exhibitions
2021
Accepted as a Full Member to Edge Contemporary Art Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado
2019
Featured Post on Ello.com, Voronoi Abstraction
2015
Digital Dimensions, Nervous, Liza Knolls Gallery, Denver, CO
Digital Dimensions, Heart Shaped Box, Liza Knolls Gallery, Denver, CO
BioCommunications Association Salon, Cataract Surgery, Santa Fe, NM
BioCommunications Association Salon, Smoke, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Award of Merit in Animation for Broadcast and Film, Tuberculosis Invasion, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Toronto, Canada, International
2008
Honorable Mention, Non-Interactive Media, Window Into Life, 2008 National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, International
2006
First Place, Interactive Media, Cerebral Vasculature of Conjoined Twins , 2006 National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, International
2003
First Place to Medical Modeling LLC, Materialise™ Innovation award in Stereolithography, Stereolithography model of craniopagus conjoined twins, International
Affiliations
Professional Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators
Member of The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Member of The Design To Improve Life Education Academy
Member of Edge Contemporary Art Gallery in Lakewood, Colorado