Pleasant Valley, IA
About Kaitlin Walsh:
Kaitlin Walsh is an independent artist specializing in abstract, anatomical watercolor and oil paintings. From a young age, she exhibited an immense fascination with both art and medicine. She focused her studies on both disciplines, eventually receiving a graduate degree in Biomedical Visualization at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she took a combination of fine art and med school courses. Soon after graduation, Kaitlin had her first child. Her son spent several months in the hospital recovering from severe prenatal complications and an early birth. This was Kaitlin’s primary motivation to entirely focus her career on her passion: Portraying the beauty and complexity of the human body through painting. Her son’s initially precarious health status, while frightening, also compelled her to further appreciate the intricacies of functional anatomy. After spending some time honing her craft and increasing her inventory, she launched her studio, Lyon Road Art, in 2015. She has now sold over 15,000 prints of her work and is a well-known name in the anatomical art community. Kaitlin lives happily in Pleasant Valley, Iowa with her husband and three healthy children.
Selected exhibitions
- Curiosity: A National Fine Art Exhibition at Old Courthouse Arts Center - Woodstock, IL, 2020
- Rock Island Art Guild's 41st Fine Arts Exhibition at FIGGE Art Museum - Davenport, IA, 2020
- Anatomy of the Senses (Solo Exhibition) at Beréskin Gallery - Bettendorf, IA, 2020
- Les Petites Small Works Show at Beréskin Art Gallery - Bettendorf, IA, 2019
- The Anatomy of Clinical Research at Quality Clinical Research - Omaha, NE, 2018
Education
- University of Illinois at Chicago, MS in Biomedical Visualization Program - Chicago, IL,2012
- Marquette University, Advertising Major and Biological Sciences Minor - Milwaukee, WI,2008
Press Accolades
- Quad City News - Feature Article "Bettendorf Artist Reveals Complexity, Beauty of the Human Body" - March 2020
- Living Local - On the News for Upcoming Show - February 2020
- Rock Island Art Guild First Place Award - February 2020
- 2018 Wall of Success Recipient, Sun Prairie HS - October 2018
- “Guide to Preventing Disease”, Prevention Magazine, 8 Illustrations, vol. 90 - April 2018
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists Journal, Cover, vol. 88 - January/February 2017