Microsculpture
Discover the intricate beauty of insects on the museum’s outdoor Science Plaza.
Explore the astonishing complexity and beauty of insects.
The intricate beauty of insects is often invisible to the naked eye. Now, the hidden world of these tiny creatures is brought to life in breathtaking detail in the outdoor poster exhibit, Microsculpture: The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss.
Created by renowned photographer Levon Biss from the collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Microsculpture reveals the astonishing complexity of insects through a series of high-magnification portraits.
This exhibition features large-format, high-resolution images that offer an unprecedented view of the microscopic structures, colors, and shapes that make each insect a marvel of nature. From the tiniest antennae to the most delicate wing scales, Microsculpture allows audiences to explore the details usually hidden from human eyes.
Each portrait in Microsculpture was painstakingly composed from over 8,000 individual images taken with microscope lenses over the course of four weeks. The results are awe-inspiring large-scale prints, with insects just millimeters long magnified to as much as 9 feet tall. This combination of artistic vision and scientific precision gives viewers a rare and intimate look at the insect world.
Microsculpture is free to the public and open daily on the museum’s outdoor Science Plaza.
About the Artist
Levon Biss is an award-winning British photographer. His work has covered a wide range of photographic genres, from portrait to documentary and sport. Levon’s portrait subjects have included Quentin Tarantino, President Emmanuel Macron, and Usain Bolt, with his work appearing on the covers of TIME, The New York Times, GQ, and Sports Illustrated. His work has been exhibited all over the world and is housed in numerous private and museum collections.
Microsculpture: The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss from the collections of Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
