Through subtle colors and an abstract, expressive use of line and geometric forms, Mark Pomilio conveys ideas about the building blocks and energetic properties of the natural world over a career spanning more than two decades. His meditative, cerebral drawings in charcoal and paintings on canvas possess a masterful capacity to suggest the aesthetic and symbolic potential of rhythm, repetition, and the elemental through both brushstroke and calligraphic line. “Expressing the fact that nature, both on a molecular level and grand scale, is in a perpetual state of change has become a basis for all my work,” Pomilio writes. “This is what is at the core, is the essence of my pursuit.” Pomilio’s carefully composed images evoke scientific principles inherent in various states of energy and the laws governing forces of attraction, and the properties of cellular structure. In layered, organic forms and undulating lines, Pomilio builds visual illustrations of these forces and geometries essential to the architecture of the natural world. Mark Pomilio received his Master’s Degree in Painting from the University of Michigan in 1995. He is Professor of Painting and Drawing at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Pomilio lectures on art and mathematics and the role of visual arts in understanding the social ramifications of advances in the life sciences. His art has been exhibited in museums nationally and internationally, including Luxehill Museum in Chengdu, China, Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China in Beijing, the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salapetriere in Paris, France, and Art Resources Transfer in New York City.