Watch our Expression Days docufilm and explore how people living with autoimmune diseases are expressing themselves through art

EXPRESSION DAYS DOCUFILM 

“Art gives me the power to express what others cannot see.”

For artists like Sinead, art is a way of expressing the physical and emotional challenges of their condition.

Expression Days. A showcase of powerful art created by people living with an autoimmune disease, expressing their unseen symptoms & struggles.

We celebrate their bravery, resilience to overcome challenges with their condition, and their inspiring creativity.

Watch our new Expression Days docufilm to hear firsthand from artists and key experts in art & health about what it is like to live with an autoimmune disease, the importance of art as a benefit to health, along with the transformation of top public-voted artworks from our virtual art gallery, from 2D pieces to larger-than-life figures.

This is their reality, their art, their expression.

Expression Days by Fresenius Kabi gives people with autoimmune diseases a new opportunity to raise awareness of how their conditions affect their lives and how it makes them feel, through art.

People living with autoimmune diseases from across the globe have taken part in Expression Days, bravely submitting artwork to our virtual gallery.

We’re humbled by the response, with inspirational artworks submitted from over 12 countries from people living with a range of autoimmune diseases, including but not limited to multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s, psoriasis, Sjögren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. We thank you!

WHAT IS EXPRESSION DAYS?

“Have courage, take the risk of vulnerability, tell your story through your art.”
– Michelle Wood, art therapist

WHAT ARE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES?

Autoimmune diseases are caused when the immune system, which helps to keep us healthy by fighting infections, attacks the body’s own cells. These diseases are chronic, often without a cure, and can make every day living difficult for patients.

They can affect different parts of the body, including the joints, skin and gut.

Autoimmune diseases are more than just physical diseases – they have emotional effects that can often go unnoticed by those around patients, including their doctors.

References

  1. Autoimmune diseases: Types, symptoms, causes and more, available at www.healthline.com/health/autoimmune-disorders [Accessed May 2025]

  2. Science Daily, Science News, 23 March 2015, available at www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150323105245.htm [Accessed May 2025]

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