Samantha is a science illustrator and visual communication specialist based in Dallas, Texas, currently working for the Division of Research, Innovation, and Impact at the University of Missouri. She received her B.S. in Neurobiology from the University of Texas at Austin and attended the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, leaving once she realized illustrating her study guides was more fun than actually studying them. She earned a graduate certificate in Science Illustration from California State University, Monterey Bay, and has been helping university research faculty craft compelling, clear, and informative visuals for grant proposals and publications since 2016. She greatly enjoys the problem-solving aspect of visual communications: finding the best way to present complex material clearly to a particular audience. Samantha previously worked as an exhibit graphic designer at the Dallas Zoo, is a Certified Interpretive Guide, and was the founding President of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Texas Group.
Selected Clients:
Department of Botany, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
Ceres Publishing Services, LLC, Austin, TX
Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Pierce Lab, UT Austin, Austin, TX
Department of Neuroscience, UT Austin, Austin, TX
The Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians
The Library of America
Northwestern University
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Texas Conservation Alliance
Exhibitions, Presentations, & Publications:
Illustrating Nature, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA, 2016
Science Notes 2016 (From HIV to Immunity)
GNSI Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC, 2017
Tiny Art Show, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI, 2017
Botanical Art: Flowers, fruit, and fungi, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, 2018
Natural Partners, (Susan J. Tweit, Author), Wildflower Magazine, 2018
Art in Bloom, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, 2019
Botanical Art Six Ways (Invitational), Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, TX 2019
Focus on Nature XV, New York State Museum/Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY 2019
American Birds: A Literary Companion. Published by Library of America, 2020
GNSI Visual SciComm Conference Juried Members' Exhibition, Online Exhibition, 2022.
NORDP ReCON: ForwaRD Virtual Conference, 2023. Presenter: "Graphic Design for Research Development Professionals"
Member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the American Society of Botanical Artists, and Certified Interpretive Guide (National Association for Interpretation).
All work copyright Samantha Bosland unless noted.