Chuck Braid

 

 

 

Art No. 2, 1994. Acrylic Paints 24" x 30"   According to the website www.deafart.org Chuck Braid was in 1948 deaf in Kansas. He attended the School for the Deaf in Kansas. He was educated in art from Grace Bilger, a famous watercolorist. He earned a BFA from Gallaudet University . His first exhibition was at the World Federation of Deaf Conference in Washington DC in 1975. He now lives in Phoenix Arizona with his wife Claudia and their pets. "The Deaf theme in my work relates to my own experiences as a deaf human being: my genre is De'Via"                                                    - Chuck Braid



 

Betty G. Miller

 

"Ameslan Prohibited"
  1972, ink on paper, 20" x 18"
Betty G. Miller was born in Chicago, she was a the third child and the only daughter. She was born Hard of Hearing. Here parents and two brothers were deaf, two other brothers were hearing. In the 1950's after several high fevers betty lost her hearing completely. She worked with other deaf people that had drug and alcohol abuse problems according to her obituary. (the link can be found below). She became known as the "Mother of DeVia" a style of art in the Deaf community. Besides being an artist she accomplished other great things. She because a professor Gallaudet University, she was the first woman to graduate from there as well. She also became the first woman to earn a Ed.D in the arts from Penn state University. i choose Betty because I thought her art was powerful and sent a message in most of her pieces. she connects to the theme because her deafness comes through in all the pieces she makes. She died December 3, 2012 from sepsis. 


"Much of my work depicts the Deaf Experience expressed in the most appropriate form of communication: visual art..."
-Betty G. Miller

http://bettigee.purple-swirl.com/

Ann Silver

Deaf Identy crayons:The and Now
1999
Mixed Media
20" x 16"

Ann Silver was born deaf in Seattle, Washington. She received a BA from Galluadet in Commercial art. she does all different types of art, from posters, greeting cards, graphic design to name a few. I choose her for this exhibit because I liked her work. She reminds me a little of Andy Warhol in the way she uses every day items and makes them interesting. Below you will find a quote in which she is giving her take on the piece above.



 

"Centuries ago we were a box of crayons, not human beings. Because pathological, medical and audiological viewpoints have prevented us from being seen in a linguistic-cultural context, archaic labels have been embedded in our language and literature—some of which still exist in this day and age." -Ann Silver

 

 

 
 

Keith Salmon

 

 

Snow, Rock and Water, Haris May
graphite on paper
2013
70 x 70cm


Keith Salmon is a blind artist. Born on December 9 1959. In 1989 his sight started to fade. He is legally blind but can still see a little. A little before this he earned his BA in Art at a college in England. he is an avid rock climber despite the fact that he is blind. Most of his paintings are from his walks in the Highlands in Scotland.   In 2009 he won the Jolomo award for Scottish landscape painting, according to The Amazing Art of disabled Artist website. I choose this artist because his paintings were so unique. This is just one, I would have liked to show many of his works. They intrigue me because for a second it looks abstract, then when I looked closer I realized it was a scenery piece. I think his take on what he sees is great and gives me a different look at nature.

"I hope that you, can connect with these paintings, and have as much fun viewing them as I had painting them."
-Keith Salmon

http://www.keithsalmon.org/about-keith-salmon/
 

Christophe Pillault

 

 

Imaginaire

Acrylic on Canvas

20.75" x 28.75"

1996

 

Pillault was born in 1982 in Iran. he is a savant and needs assistance in doing simple task such as walking or feeding himself, but he does excel in art. He started painting in 1993 when his teacher discovered his wonderful ability to paint. He is unable to speak, but does communicate through his paintings. I choose this artist because it is so wonderful to see what someone that utilize a different part of the brain can create. All of the info was found on the Henry Gregg Gallery page.

 

"Christophe Pillault: A remarkable artist"

-Henry Gregg



Ping Lian Yeak

 

 

10001 Sydney
Watercolor
60 x 102"
2009

Ping Lian was born Nov. 8, 1993. He is a child who is a savant. A savant is someone who suffers from social problems, usually can not perform some tasks such as getting dressed, preparing their own meals, etc with the help of another person, but are incredibly gifted in other areas to the level of genius in that area. Ping Lian was born in Malaysia and now lives in Austrila. His work is sold all over the world according to his page Savant Artist: Ping Lian Yeak

"Well done Ping Lian! For someone his age this is remarkable."
-Lee Yen





Conclusion

Through this process I have learned that the task of putting together an exhibition and organizing is really hard. It is hard to find the artist, accurate and info on the artist. The most challenging part for me was coming up with the idea of what the gallery was to be about. The easiest and most fun for my was looking at all the different pieces by different artist. I listed 10, but looked at probably a hundred. I really enjoy looking at art and so this was the part I really could appreciate.

 

As for how I feel about the job as curator, it is a job that I don't want to have. I like to look at the art, but not be the one to put everything together and gather all the information. One has to be incredibility organized and dedicated to have this job I would imagine. I discovered that when I picked the theme there were more artist in that category then I thought there was going to be. I thought it might be hard to do, but wanted to give it a shot anyways. It wasn't as hard to find the artist as I thought it would be. The part that was hard was unexpected because the hard part was getting all of the information and images together the way the information needed to be.