Sienna Morris Explained

Sienna Morris (; born November 17, 1983) is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. She is an illustrator best known for her drawing technique, Numberism. This technique is similar to stippling or pointillism, but uses numbers and equations in place of dots.^{[1] [2]}

Nominations and Publications

In 2013, Morris's Numberism drawing Schrodinger's Cat was featured on the cover as well as in the content of the German Physics book, Faszinierende Physik: Ein bebilderter Streifzug vom Universum bis in die Welt der Elementarteilchen.^[3]

In 2014, Evolution Expo licensed the Universal Proprioception drawing as their logo for their convention (June 27-29) celebrating the connection between science and science fiction.^[4]

Morris was nominated for the 2014 Geekie Awards in arts and crafts.^[5]

She was voted runner up for Best Visual Artist in the Willamette Week Best of Portland Readers' Poll in 2015.^[6]

The article Numberism: exploring science through Art was published about Morris's work in the summer 2016 issue of Physiology News magazine.^[7]

External links

• Sienna Morris official website
• Sienna Morris shop on Etsy
• Article in 1859 Magazine
• Article in Wired
• Oregonian Article
• Article in The Nerdist
• The Sienna Morris Numberism Collection is Fascinating (TrendHunter)
• Stephen Colbert drawn entirely with numbers (Lost at E Minor)
• MACFest artist works in pen and pencil (AZ Central)
• Sienna Morris and Numberism (Brett Bernhoft Exploring Media)

Notes and References

1. Edidin . Rachel . Building Better Einstein Fan Art—Using His Greatest Equations . May 6, 2014 . New York, NY . Wired . June 9, 2015.
2. Web site: House . Kelly . Portland artist's 'numberism' technique is part art, part math . December 15, 2011 . Portland, OR . . OregonLive . January 5, 2012.
3. Book: Bahr . Benjamin . Resag . Jörg . Riebe . Kristin . Faszinierende Physik: Ein bebilderter Streifzug vom Universum bis in die Welt der Elementarteilchen . October 7, 2013 . de . Berlin . Springer . 978-3-662-58412-5.
4. Web site: Evolution Expo . Science Fiction Entertainment . June 10, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610091354/http://evolutionexpo.net/ . June 10, 2015.
5. Web site: Sienna Morris . thegeekieawards.com . dead . May 5, 2014 . June 10, 2015 . April 20, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420161205/http://www.thegeekieawards.com/sienna-morris/ .
6. Web site: Best of Portland Readers' Poll . [Scroll down to "Best Visual Artist"] . July 14, 2015 . March 13, 2023.
7. Numberism: exploring science through art . London . www.physoc.org . The Physiological Society . Summer 2016 . 103 . March 13, 2023.