Where Energy Meets Matter
November 20, 2025 - February 20, 2026
Exhibition Has Ended.
Where Energy Meets Matter invites artists to explore the dynamic interplay of art and science, celebrating the cutting-edge research and innovation happening at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research and throughout Frederick. This exhibition seeks work that captures the essence of energy and matter—whether through explorations of physics, biology, or the unseen forces that shape our universe.
Where Energy Meets Matter takes place in two locations: the YAAC Building at 115 E Church St, Frederick (open to the public) and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (available to their staff and visitors).
See the inspirational case studies from the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research here
Susan Aldworth
Entangled Self #4
etching on paper
201425 x 31 cm
on display at ATRF
$1184
Susan Aldworth
Passing Thoughts 1
archival digital print
37 x 27 cm
on display at YAAC
2013
$600
Susan Aldworth
Passing Thoughts 2
archival digital print
37 x 27 cm
2013
on display at YAAC
$600
Erik and Martin Demaine
Glass Hugs
8x5x10in
Mi-Teintes watercolor paper and hand-blown glass
on display at ATRF
$4,500
Erik and Martin Demaine
Helix of Helices
10× 10 × 13 in
Mi-Teintes watercolor paper
on display at YAAC
$6,000
Shannon Beatty
SLICES OF LIFE
kiln-fired glass
four pieces each 4x 4 in stacked high
on display at ATRF
2015
$500
Shannon Beatty
TOOLS OF THE ALCHEMIST
digital photograph
8 x 12 in
Chromaluxe print on aluminum
on display at YAAC
2020
$400
Karin Birch
Subterranean Secrets
Hand embroidery, beadwork and acrylic paint on linen
13×14 in
on display at ATRF
$4,800
Karin Birch
Radiation Sky
14″ x 13″
Hand embroidery, beadwork and acrylic paint on linen
on display at YAAC
$4,800
Robert Birkenes
Cytoskeleton Lattice
14 x 11 in
Collagraph print
on display at ATRF
$260
Mitosis Variants
14” x 11” in
Collagraph print
on display at YAAC
$260
Gabriella Boros
A Hug After a Long Day
woodblock print
15 x 9 in
on display at ATRF
$800
Gabriella Boros
Showering After a Workout
Woodblock Print
115 x 9 in
on display at ATRF
$800
Jack Bradshaw
Particle-Trajectories
Digital Painting (Procreate)
12.64 x 18.09 in
on display at ATRF
$150
Jack Bradshaw
Wave-Particle Duality
Digital Painting (Procreate)
12.64x 18.09 in
on display at YAAC
$150
Katherine Burke
THEORY
acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 in
on display at ATRF
$3,600
Irene Cavagna and Irene Giardina
Dynamical evolutions of a starling flock
Credit: PNAS/Andrea Cavagna
1:02
Murmuration: Read the article here
Chris Combs
Genomic Signal Generator
Wood instrument enclosure, vintage indicators, knob, circuitry
7 x 7 x 5 in
2024
on display at YAAC
$1,795
Chris Combs
Impressions
Custom circuit
boards, green LEDs, computer, camera, algorithms, PLA, hardware
5 x 5 x 3in
2019
on display at ATRF
$1,795
Luc Fiedler
Bipolar
cast bronze
Bipolar, 20 x 6 x 7 in
on display at ATRF
$1,200
Luc Fiedler
Quark
forged and machined steel, and polished granite
24 x 24 x 17
on display at YAAC
$1,500
Laura Gee
Vital Flux: Cells in Harmony
watercolor
6 x 10 in (unframed, but displayed framed)
displayed at YAAC
$150
Laura Gee
Where Energy Heals Matter
watercolor
9 x 12 in (unframed, but displayed framed)
displayed at ATRF
$175
Elliott Hamilton
Calvert Cliffs During Storm
acrylic on canvas
37 x 27 in
on display at ATRF
$130
Elliott Hamilton
Sligo Creek Vernal Pool
acrylic on canvas
31 x 25 in
on display at YAAC
$90
Scott Homolka
Higgs Coupling Value / Sea Lion
Acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal, and collage on panel
4 ½” x 6”
on display at ATRF
Scott Homolka
Pi Meson Cascade Sequence / Rabbit
Acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal, and collage on panel,
4 ½” x 6”
on display at YAAC
Amelia Jones
Viva Las Vagus I
5.5 x 9 in
watercolor
on display at ATRF
$75
Amelia Jones
Viva Las Vagus
watercolor
9 x 12 in
displayed at YAAC
$80
Seth Kalish
Geometric Fusion Experiment
maple plywood construction
5 x 5 in
on display at ATRF
$95
Seth Kalish
Oxygenesis
mixed media plywood construction
11 x 11 in
on display at YAAC
$395
Julia Laug
Untitled
Cyanotype on fabric
7 pieces, each varying around 6 x 6 in
on display at YAAC and ATRF
sold separately $20/per piece
Beckie Laughlin
Naut
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in
on display at ATRF
$2,600
Beckie Laughlin
Awakening
acrylic on canvas
58 x 46 in
on display at YAAC
$3,800
Jocelyn Lee
Wedding Flowers
Archival Digital Print
30 x 40 in
on display at YAAC
$5,000
Jocelyn Lee
Dark Matter
Archival Digital Print
17 x 22 in
on display at YAAC
$2,500
Jocelyn Lee
Dark Matter
Archival Digital Print
17 x 22 in
on display at ATRF
Jocelyn Lee
NewFoundland
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 40 in
on display at YAAC
$5,000
Jocelyn Lee
Feast
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 40 in
on display at ATRF
$5,000
Daniele Lorio
Intimate View
Acrylic on Wood board
8 x 8 in
on display at YAAC
$500
Daniele Lorio
On Examination
Acrylic on Wood panel
8 x 8 in
on display at ATRF
$500
Dana Major
Eclipse
Glass, Steel, Wire, LEDs
18 x 8 x 10 in
on display at YAAC
$4,800
Dana Major
Temperance
Glass, Steel, LED, concrete
13 x 5 x 5 in
on display at ATRF
$4,800
Julie Maynard
The Aesthetics of Technology
paper collage
20 x 50 in
on display at YAAC
$900
Julie Maynard
Shapeshift
paper collage
20 x 25 in
on display at ATRF
$450
Andrea McCluskey
Trippy Day
Monotype
19.5 x 25.5 in
on display at ATRF
$500
Andrea McCluskey
Double Dutch
Monotype
19.5 x 25.5 in
on display at YAAC
$500
Emily Mooney
Human Natural Killer Cell Study
watercolor
5 x 7 in
on display at ATRF
$200
Emily Mooney
Environment
watercolor
8 x 10 in
on display at YAAC
$250
Andrea Polli
Power Drop
In a single second Niagara Falls moves over 52 billion drops of water. Power Drop expresses that staggering power through a single, computer-animated water droplet projected in light. Through deformation and phase transformation, the droplet visualizes actual infrasound wave data.
Janet Seifert
Universe Rearranging Itself
acrylic painting on archival paper
38 x 30 in
on display at ATRF
$1,800
Janet Seifert
Stardust No. 14
acrylic painting on archival paper
16 x 20 in
on display at YAAC
$650
Lisa Sheirer
Blakeian Portal
Ink and watercolor on Yupo and mat board
24 x 24 in
on display at ATRF
$1,200
Lisa Sheirer
All the Energy that Surrounds Us
Birmingham Inks, and Gel Pens on Yupo,
30″ x 36″
on display at YAAC
$1,300
Jon Sutter
Viral Coal
high anthracite and steel
10 x 10 x 4 in
on display at ATRF
$235
Jon Sutter
Macro-Plastics in the Body
wood, plastic, metal, paint
7 x 45 x 6 in
on display at YAAC
$2,800
Scott Thorp
Presence 2
Oil on panel
36 x 25 in
on display at ATRF
$1,200
Scott Thorp
Leptano 3
Oil on panel
36 x 24 in
on display at YAAC
$1,200
Angelo Varisano
Kiss
Mixed medium
77 x 66 in
on display at YAAC
$2,000
Angelo Varisano
Theory of everything
Mixed medium
65 x 66 in
on display at YAAC
$1,200
Negin Vatanian
Microscopic Anatomy of Salivary Gland Cancer Cells
watercolor on YUPO paper
8 x 10.5 in
on display at ATRF
$450
Negin Vatanian
Microscopic anatomy of Brain Cancer Cells
watercolor on YUPO paper
8 x 10.5 in
on display at the ATRF
$450
Yoshiko Ratliff
Neuro #2
Acrylic
30 x 40 in
on display at YAAC
$3,000
Robert Strasser
Beneath the Ice
Ceramic, with glazes, underglazes, and embossed expressions of ice, sea creatures and sea plants
12 in diameter
on display at YAAC
$895
Richard Weiblinger
inner sanctum
archival digital print
30 x 20 in
on display at YAAC
$400
Richard Weiblinger
organic geometry
archival digital print
30 x 20 in
on display at ATRF
$400
Aynex Mercado
Waiting for Better Times
fiber
35 x 30 in
on display at YAAC