“Dreams” by Colombian-American artist, Santiago Medina is now permanently housed in the main lobby of the Stanford University Lucille Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California. This honor culminates a list of recent installations of Medina’s sculptures into the permanent collections of some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions.

“Dreams” was selected for the Stanford Children’s Hospital because of its highly reflective mirror finish which allows oneself to be seen in a funny distorted fashion. The purpose is to provide a momentary distraction from the burden of disease to which many of the hospital’s pediatric patients endure. Patients and families are encouraged to share ‘selfies’ on social media and since the sculpture is on a pin, people can rotate it and find their favorite viewing angle. Mirror finish stainless steel is unique because it changes with different lighting and the source (such as a person’s clothing) that if reflects.

Medina’s "Red Dreams,” the same sculpture, but made with transparent, red stainless steel can be found at Etra Fine Art in Wynwood.

For over 30 years, Medina has combined his unique expertise in art with advance medical imaging. He has been a pioneer in the use of advance medical imaging such as Computerized Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to scan his sculptures and subsequently enhance the volumetric appeal, artistic message and sculptoric form. He has also done research in functional brain imaging to better understand the crucial areas of the brain involved in the creation of sculptures.

Santiago Medina has studios in Miami, USA; Pietrasanta (Tuscany), Italy and Medellin, Colombia. His work can be found in both public and private collections, and exhibited at major art fairs worldwide such as at Art Basel Week Miami, Wynwood Art Fair, Houston Art Fair, Palm Beach International Art Fair, Arte Sinfonia Bogota, Miami International Art Fair MIA, Sculpt Miami and Arte America.

Medina’s vision of academic excellence are made tangible through elegant, stainless steel and bronze sculptures. Recent additions into academic institutions include: “Flame of Excellence” dedicated to the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and “Infinity” located at the Tisch Library at Tufts University in Greater Boston. Medina is the only Colombian-American sculptor to have a permanent monumental sculpture at Harvard University. In October, 2016 Medina’s sculpture “Wisdom” was admitted to the permanent collection of the Taplin Gallery at Miami Country Day School.

The Stanford installation is part of Medina’s international multi-city exhibition tour in galleries in Medellin-Colombia, Miami, Naples (FL), and Boston.

For more information about Santiago Medina, visit www.medinafineart.com.