Multimedia
The web is our playground. We bring together traditional art and animation aesthetic with cutting edge technology to provide incredible media experiences.
- All media
- Illustration
- Animation
- Design
- Interactives
- Data graphics
- Anatomy
- Medicine
- Biology
- Society
- Ecology
- History
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Language
- Culture
- Music
Creative media to support learning and discovery
Myriam Studios provides visual media and brand design for organizations working at the frontiers of science, medicine, law, and education. With over 20 years in visual communications, biomedical illustration, and interactive design, we bring a uniquely interdisciplinary skillset at the intersection of sciences, arts, and technology. Our work supports biotech innovators, med‑legal professionals, EdTech platforms, and research publishers seeking to communicate complexity with clarity. We build experiences to be accurate and memorable, captivating and rooted in empathy for the audience. From the traditional arts we bring a human touch and a sensitivity to nuance, enabling our clients to cut through the noise of the attention economy and let their work be distinctly heard in competitive fields.
Master of Arts in Medical
and Biological IllustrationBefore launching Myriam Studios, Mariya Khan received her graduate degree in biomedical illustration from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Two years in the research hospital provided intensive training in visual services for healthcare and science communities and included studies in molecular modeling, surgical illustration, instructional design, animation, and dissection anatomy.
Mariya's thesis work on optimizing data-driven animation workflows was supported by the Vesalian Scholar grant.MALOFIEJ 24 Gold Award
Amazonia: Vital and FragileAs graphic artist for the National Geographic Magazine, Mariya had the honor of working under the art direction of Fernando Baptista, Manuel Canales, Monica Serrano and Jason Treat. Among other projects, she contributed illustrations, research, and data graphics to the NatGeo Magazine award-winning feature supplement and interactive experience about the Amazonian forests.
Copyright National Geographic, used with permission for portfolio use only.Professional associations
Myriam Studios partners with an extensive network of specialists in science art, healthcare communications, data visualization, software development, animation, and editorial illustration. We've contributed design and graphics to the Association of Medical Illustrators and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators publications.
Healthcare communications & software design
Mariya worked as Sr. Visual Designer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard—the global nexus of genomics research. She provided design services and publication figures to research groups in the Cancer Program, and led UX and design system development for a suite of data-visualization software tools for computational biology research.
Fine arts roots
keen eye
Our services
Educational media &
science communication
Myriam Studios provides illustrations, design and instructional media for academic publication, science journalism and museums, K-12 learning programs, as well as commercial and government LMS.
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Awards
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Workshops & talks
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Exhibits
Our process and specialties
Audience
We work with your message and brand through the nuances of user experience, emotional design, and learning theory to build clear communication and a lasting connection with your viewers.
Research
For us, accuracy is a matter of pride. We specialize in research-intensive projects, translating complex ideas into clear and engaging visual experiences. Drawing from background in biomedical science communications, we apply the same rigor to visualizations across educational fields.
Let us craft your story.
Draw your audience in. Explain a complex topic in a simple and memorable way. Engage viewers across the web, video, print, and mobile. This is the work we excell at. With our creative vision, dedication to accuracy, and technical expertise, your message will come to life.