Sal Marx artist, patient innovator
I utilize design leadership, patient advocacy, and creative solutions to reach measurable impacts on patient care. By partnering with patients, doctors, caregivers, and other stakeholders, my work synthesizes stories into powerful tools for connection and positive change within medicine. My background has prepared me well to lead narrative projects featuring patient storytelling and powerful video content. Most often, I conduct qualitative + quantitative research, connect the dots, and work to make a story visible.
I have a M.S. degree in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Public Policy, Psychology, and Media Studies from Pomona College. Above all, I work to empower patients and promote health justice in the biomedical sphere.
As a multimedia artist, Sal's work has been shown in Literature & Medicine at Johns Hopkins (2024), at Columbia University, NY, NY (2022); The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2019); MF Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2019); Pomona College Studio Art Hall, Claremont, CA (2018). Their storytelling work has been featured on different platforms, including Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal (2021); Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine (2020); Health Union (2020); Intima (2020); The Global Healthy Living Foundation (2019); WebMD (2019); Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Athletics (2018); Spondylitis Plus Magazine (2014), and The Bainbridge Review (2013, 2014).
"Haunting sequential art by Sal Marx, a non-binary artist, opens this theme issue, and conveys the burden and repetitive struggle to endure and communicate pain, as well as moments of solidarity and beauty that can emerge despite constraining systems."
-------------- Sara Wasson, Editor, Literature & Medicine at Johns Hopkins (2024)
