illmarks

this is what long covid feels like [CW: body horror illustration, occasional art nudity]

Exhibits & More

Artist Statement, Bio, and information about exhibit pieces available by request ( illmarks @ nyxmir . com )

Where to see illmarks, my visualizing long covid project, in real life:

Upcoming Workshops

Bookmarks on the Body
2025 August 27
6 – 9 pm
N95 or comparable respirators (masks) required
The Fishbowl, Seattle WA
not a hybrid event, but i am working on a virtual-first, disability-focused workshop!

Current Exhibits

Note to Self
2025 August 1 – August 29
The Fishbowl
Seattle, WA

announcement image for the art exhibit "Note To Self" at The Fishbowl in Seattle. 27 artists are listed by name.
(I’m Nyx Mir)


Ebb & Flow: Virtual Art Exhibition
Ten Moir Gallery
2025 July 12 – July 31

HERALBONY Art Prize Exhibition:
Virtual Tour of the HERALBONY Art Prize 2025 Exhibition

view of a contemporary art gallery. Blue walls with art and descriptions contrast with warm wood tones. Ahead on the left is the illmarks medical chArt
HERALBONY Art Prize 2025 Exhibit in Tokyo

Upcoming Exhibits

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Past Exhibits


And Still it Remains: A Long COVID Exhibition
2025 May 9 – June 28 at Artworks Center for Contemporary Art in Loveland Colorado
Opening Reception: 2025 May 9 6-9pm Colorado Time
Artist Talk: 2025 June 14 1-3pm Colorado Time
Medical Panel: 2025 June 1, 1-3p Colorado Time

Articles about the exhibit I’m quoted in:

bookmarks framed and on display in a gallery. There are three rows of seven bookmarks. the first row is mostly visualizing physical symptoms like migraines and spodylitis, the second row grows to include cognitive symptoms including shame and summer depression, and the third tow grows to include socio-political effects, such as failing support systems and for-profit health insurance companies. it is framed with what looks like clinical brush aluminum on a white matte which makes the manila of the bookmark backgrounds pop. to the right is a typical gallery plaque with piece information, but also an artist statement and accessibility summary.
illmarks: twenty-one views of long covid

Heralbony Art Prize Exhibition:
2025 May 31 – June 14
in Tokyo at the Earth Garden on the 1st floor of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building
(Address: 1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Virtual Tour of the HERALBONY Art Prize 2025 Exhibition

an analog paper medical chart is pinned to a bulletin board. The chart has 3 bookmarks on the front page, on top of medical paperwork. the chart is designed to be interactive and is full of different pages of medical information and illmarks. In this example it is in a protective UV acrylic case on a light blue wall, with a small bilingual placard of art information.
medical chArt interactive (displayed in non-interactive format)

Recognition:

Homiens Art Prize: Winner Summer 2024 for ILLMARKS Symptom: Grief, International

HERALBONY Art Prize 2025 Finalist, International

TEN MOIR Gallery, Ebb & Flow, Finalist

LAMINATOR Volume 2 by Artists on the Lam (Upcoming: Summer 2025), International

This is what it feels like: Artist visualizes Long Covid symptoms by The Sick Times, International

One Year of the Sick Times Zine by The Sick Times, International

People Making Creative Projects About ME/CFS by Andrew Gifford, UK

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