Sacred Passages-Balance

Vara Kamin’s Impressions of Light® provides innovative visual support enhancing environments for well-being.

VKI has been providing innovative visual support enhancing environments for well-being since 2000.

Kamin’s original works of art have been selected for replication, primarily as backlit installations, and placed in hospitals and healing centers in a wide variety of both adult and pediatric clinical care settings as well as corporate, commercial, educational and healing spaces.


“Within the arts lies a powerful, but largely untapped force in healing. The arts and science are two sides of the same coin which is our shared humanity. Our ability to live fulfilling, healthy lives depend on bringing these two forces together.” — Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the US
Artist, Author, and a graduate of Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing in Boston, Vara Kamin is a former Public Health Nurse. Her broad range of creative self-expression and artistic experiences reflect her background in healthcare as well as her lifelong interest and studies in art, color, design, literature, philosophy, and meditative practices. Vara Kamin has been a pioneer and thought leader in the field of Art and Healing for over 25 years. In 2012, she received the designation of an Arts and Health Distinguished Fellow for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the field. Kamin’s original works of art have been commissioned by various healthcare, commercial, and residential clients throughout the United States.
“Creating the potential for a passageway for the innate healing capacity of the body to follow, Vara Kamin's art provides a bridge into the realm of active imagination while inviting the body to engage the relaxation response.” — Joan Borysenko , Ph.D., President of Mind-Body Health Science, Inc., Boulder, CO
“Crossing the bridge from decorative art to healing art, Vara Kamin’s Images are powerful, therapeutic tools that move the human body into a healing state of equilibrium, harmony, and balance.” — Mary Rockwood Lane, RN, Ph.D., Co-Founder of the Arts in Medicine Program, University of Florida

Selected Installations

  • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children’s Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Baltimore, Maryland
  • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Our Lady of Mercy Hospital; Seoul, Korea
  • Hennepin County Medical Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Cooks Children’s Hospital Palliative Care Room; Fort Worth, Texas
  • Harriet Tubman Women and Children’s Shelter; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Vanderbilt University Hospital-Spring Hill; Nashville, Tennessee
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, Massachusetts
  • UM Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Vanderbilt University Hospital-Spring Hill; Nashville, Tennessee
  • Mayo Clinic Health System – Northland Clinic; Rice Lake, Wisconsin
  • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Children’s Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Baltimore, Maryland
  • University of Minnesota Ambulatory Care Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Sinai Hospital; Baltimore, Maryland
  • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Our Lady of Mercy Hospital; Seoul, Korea
  • M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital; Edina, Minnesota
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, Massachusetts
  • Holy Redeemer Hospital; Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Columbus, Ohio
  • LifeDiagnostics Imaging/HFA Interventional Pain Clinic; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Karner Blue Education Center; Blaine, Minnesota
  • Children’s Hospital; Cincinnati, Ohio
  • University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • University of Minnesota Ambulatory Care Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Gillette Children’s Specialty Medical Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Jackson Memorial Hospital; Miami, Florida
  • Houston Water Works; Houston, Texas
  • Coborn Cancer Center; St. Cloud, Minnesota
  • Health Partners Specialty Center; St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Hennepin County Medical Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • National Art Services; Houston, Texas
  • Mount Airy Spa and Resort; Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
  • St. Paul Heart Clinic; St. Paul, Minnesota
  • VA Medical Center; Fargo, North Dakota
  • River’s Edge Hospital; St. Peter, Minnesota
  • Madelia Community Hospital; Madelia, Minnesota
  • Arkansas Children’s Hospital; Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Mille Lacs Health System; Onamia, Minnesota
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Hoag Hospital; Newport Beach, California
  • Bethesda North MediCenter Diagnostics; Cincinnati, Ohio
  • St. John’s Hospital Heart Clinic; St. Paul, Minnesota
  • St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Youngstown, Ohio
  • Hillsboro Area Hospital; Hillsboro, Illinois
  • Marquette General Hospital; Marquette, Illinois
  • The Holy Cross Hospital; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  • Independence Regional Health Center; Independence, Missouri
  • AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • St. Francis Medical Center; Shakopee, Minnesota
  • Ridgeview Medical Center; Waconia, Minnesota
  • Children’s Hospital; Birmingham, Alabama
  • CentraCare Health System, Monticello Cancer Center; Minnesota
  • St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Beaumont, Texas
  • Upper Delaware Valley Cancer Center; Milford, Pennsylvania
  • St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital; Houston, Texas
  • Ridgeview Medical Plaza; Chaska, Minnesota
  • Health Partners Specialty Center; St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Advanced Shielding Technologies; Milford, Pennsylvania
  • Patterson Dental/Steven C. George, DDS; Fargo, North Dakota
  • Grand Senior Living Community; Phoenix, Arizona
  • The Goodman Group Offices; Chaska, Minnesota
  • Village Health Care Center; Billings, Montana
  • The Commons on Marice; Eagan, Minnesota
  • Maramont Pointe; Clackamas, Oregon
  • The Katella Senior Living Community; Los Alamitos, California
  • Inova Schar Cancer Institute; Falls Church, Virginia
  • Cooks Children’s Hospital Palliative Care Room; Fort Worth, Texas
  • Harriet Tubman Women and Children’s Shelter; Minneapolis, Minnesota