26th Jul, 2018
Promising New Artwork for the Quadram Institute by Artist Vicki Johnson
The new Quadram Institute is soon to be the home of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Endoscopy Department. The Clinical Research Trials Unit will also be based within this building.
Environmental Arts has worked closely with the specialist architectural firm NBBJ, and in particular the architect Nora Claudio Familiar, as well as our hospital staff to complete the artistic finishing of furniture and window cladding for the these two newly established buildings. Artist Vicki Johnson has been commissioned to create unique window designs which will be used throughout to provide a beautiful and appropriate feature for our patients, staff and visitors as well as providing important privacy screening for patients undergoing any procedure or investigation. The colours featured in the artworks have been matched to work with the unique and fresh interior design of the building. The John Innes Centre kindly donated a series of drawings from their unique archive of plants and herbs commonly used by humans to promote gut health. Staff in the Endoscopy Department selected the drawings that they felt were the most appropriate. These were then forwarded to Vicki Johnson as part of a full brief to commission the work. Vicki has transformed these into modern, soft and yet vibrant artworks which will be used within the cladding. The designs reflect patient need, the interior design and the identity of the Quadram Institute.
The three botanical illustrations above are examples donated by the John Innes Centre to the staff of the new NHS Endoscopy Department. They are in order 'Dill', 'Chamomile' and 'Thyme'.
The artist and printmaker Vicki Johnson has a personal professional website which can be found here: http://cargocollective.com/VickiJohnson/Vicki-Johnson Further information can be found here, and you can keep up to date with her current and future projects as well as finding examples from her previous exhibitions. Vicki is an artist and printmaker based in Norwich, specialising in screen printing and cynanotype. Vicki's work often combines digital and traditional printmaking techniques making it adaptable for illustration, graphic design and interior commisions. She is also co-founder of 'Print to the People', described as 'an artist led social enterprise dedicated to the production and promotion of traditional printmaking techniques'. 'Print to the People;' provide a varied course programme and Vicki is herself one of the tutors. More information can be found here: http://www.printtothepeople.com/home
The Quadram Institute was developed in partnership between the Insitute for Food Research (IFR), the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, as well as the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The vision for the institute combines the spirit of all these allied organisations, and it is exciting to think that this new building will be the home for the NHS Endoscopy Department at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
