David Mendelsohn is an interdisciplinary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne who works in the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, digital technologies and embroidery. His methodology is one of multiple layering: portraits, drawings, information, personal writing, data— a mixture of image, text, colour and textures. As a neuro-diverse artist, David draws on his personal experiences of hospitalisation and concepts based in scientific paradigms. His ongoing project is grounded in science: chemistry, physics, medicine, microbiology, mathematics.  More recently, David has been sourcing his own CT scan images to detail the inner workings of his brain. Due to the injury caused to his brain, circa 1988, these scan images reference his condition: hypoxic brain damage due to loss of oxygen over an extended period of time (coma 14 months, 3 year’s hospitalisation). David's process is intuitive and experimental, and revels in the meander. 

Images: Courtesy of the artist

David Mendelsohn working on Mithu-isms at ACCA, Melbourne.