Nina Ayin Reimer is the original medical illustrator for the acclaimed book, Our Bodies, Ourselves (Simon & Schuster.) A medical illustrator at University of California early in her career, she later took a Bachelor of Science degree in Art and Health at SUNY, and teaching certification in Health Education. Ms. Reimer is a Usui Reiki Master, sculptor, painter and author of several books. Her first non-fiction book, Artist as Healer, Stories of Transformation and Healing, (seen at the 2007 New York Book Expo, reviewed in Art Doll Quarterly, summer, 2007, and sold at independent bookstores, online at www.dollsforthesoul.net and at her workshops),  tells the story of the her own journey as a healing artist. It includes case histories of lives transformed by her healing art, a description of her unique intuitive gifts and full color pictures. Through connection with the author and her healing art entity, Dolls For The Soul, hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds, including doctors, nurses, alternative healers, teachers, therapists, writers, artists and many others—can attest to her intuitive gifts, modality and her ability to transform consciousness through the healing power of creativity.
 

Since 1998, Nina has been teaching workshops (see workshop page) around the United States. She has been a regular workshop director at the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG.com) summer conference at Skidmore College from 1998-2009 and will be at Brown University in 2010. All of her workshops include instruction in anatomy, sculpting with polymer clay, costuming/fiber arts, as well as training and practice of higher consciousness, and meditation for healing, transcending loss and grief, unblocking creative energy, and discovering one’s path through the creative element. Her Dolls For The Soul Manual, published in 2009, is written and illustrated by the artist and available at each workshop. 

Exhibitions of Art
  Bloodroot Café Gallery, CT, 1998
  Guilford Healing Center, CT, 1998
  Westport Handcraft Fair, CT, 1999
  Compassion In Action Conference, MA, 1999
  New York Toy Fair, Art Doll Showcase, NYC, 2000
  Skidmore College Gallery, NY, 2000
  Center for Positive Living, CA, 2002
  San Francisco Open Studios, CA, 2005
  San Francisco Festival of Craftswomen, CA, 2005/2006
  Feminine Mystique Art Gallery, AZ, 2007/2008

Articles
  Branford Review, 1996
  CT Jewish Ledger, 1997
  Light Voices, 1998
  DOLL Magazine NY, May/June, 2001
  Grace Magazine, 2003
  Bay Area Business Women’s News, 2004
  ART DOLL Quarterly (summer and fall, 2007
  Pure Inspiration Magazine (winter, 2009

Workshops/ Speaking Engagements 1998-2009
Arizona (Tucson); Connecticut (Branford, Guilford, Milford, Madison, New Haven);
New York (Saratoga Springs, New York City); California (San Francisco/Bay Area,
Palm Springs, San Diego); Texas (San Antonio), Ohio (Kent)
Please see 2010 Workshop Schedule at Dolls for the Soul  workshop page.