The Migraine Art Concept
Early Pictorial Representations of Visual Migraine Aura
Migraine sufferers have long since used paintings and drawings to represent and communicate various symptoms of a common disorder which has afflicted mankind since the beginning of history.
Derek Robinson’s Migraine Art Concept
Migraine Art denotes the idea that pictorial representational art provides an adequate and sometimes the best suited medium to express and communicate the peculiar experiences of a migraine sufferer.
Published with permission. © 2007 Migraine Action Association and Boehringer Ingelheim
Entry to one of the four Migraine Art contests, 1980-1987. © 2007 Migraine Action Association and Boehringer Ingelheim
The Migraine Art Competitions
Four national Migraine Art competitions were performed between 1980 and 1987 in the UK, jointly sponsored by the British Migraine Association (now the Migraine Action Association) and Boehringer Ingelheim UK Limited.
Podoll & Robinson, Migraine Art - The Migraine Experience from Within, 2009. © 2009 North Atlantic Books (see here).
Publications on Migraine Art
Migraine Art pictures have been used to illustrate articles in the lay press and general medical press and to elucidate a variety of phenomenological aspects of “the migraine experience from within”.
Migraine Art Exhibitions
Selected works from the Migraine Art collection, which now consists of 562 pieces, were displayed in numerous exhibitions both in the the UK and abroad.
Further Competitions Inspired by the Migraine Art Concept
The concept of Migraine Art inspired a number of subsequent art contests organized by various parties in the United States and the UK.
Migraine Art in the Internet
A search for Migraine Art in the Internet offers the opportunity to study not only paintings and drawings submitted to Migraine Art contests, but also migraine-related artworks produced for the general art market.
Elective affinities between migraine-inspired artists
The notion of elective affinities between migraine-inspired artists relates to the idea that the passion and interest that one artist may take in the work and life of another artist may be governed or regulated by their sharing of the experience of migraine aura as artistic inspiration.
Documents
The original texts collected on this website provide a record of the history of the Migraine Art project, a story which is yet unfinished.