Photograph: Alex Veis
Photograph: Barbara Robertson
'Jennifer, the model for this pastel, is currently going through breast cancer treatment. Since her cancer was diagnosed, we have been working together on a series exploring the human and personal aspects of her disease and treatment. This one was done in the middle of the chemotherapy phase in February'
Photograph: Chris Brobeck
'The work that I started in Japan depicts circles, the default shape of the universe. Electrons revolve around neutrons as stars spin around star systems. Life could also be described as circular'
Photograph: Emily Haston
Photograph: Giuseppe de Piero
Photograph: John A Walker
Photograph: Julie Fletcher
Photograph: Philip Longstaff
'Two fish meet and find desire in the heart of a pathogen, creating a viral feedback loop'
Photograph: Rick Lieder
Photograph: Robert Lever
'From the view of medicine and health, a piece made from my facial radiotherapy shell'
Photograph: Sami Teasdale
'Based on the Cern Large Hadron Collider and the concept of spaghettification'
Photograph: Stephen Feather