AAE Russell is a digital artist and experience focused designer based in West Michigan and a graduate of Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD). Their work integrates art, design, and nervous system awareness to support wellbeing in healthcare, therapeutic, and mindfulness centered environments.

Through their ongoing practice of Visual Meditation Art©, Russell creates visual systems intended to promote calm, presence, and emotional regulation. Their work is informed by meditation practice, an interest in neuroscience and somatics, and a deep sensitivity to how environments are experienced in the body.

Russell’s work has been exhibited in galleries and public spaces and is increasingly focused on application within hospitals, recovery spaces, and other high-stress environments where visual design can meaningfully support healing and care.

My work is focused on creating visual experiences that support presence, calm, and nervous system regulation. Using digital tools and photography, I design simple, intentional imagery that reduces visual noise and invites the body into a state of ease.

In 2019, I began developing Visual Meditation Art©, a practice informed by meditation, somatic awareness, and an interest in how visual environments affect the human nervous system. This work explores rhythm, repetition, color, and stillness as tools for grounding and emotional regulation.

I am especially interested in how visual environments can support healing and well being in spaces such as hospitals, therapy offices, recovery centers, movement studios, mindfulness-based environments, and private homes. My photography captures quiet moments in time—offering viewers a pause, a breath, and an opportunity to reconnect with themselves and their surroundings.