Third part of this series of three articles dedicated to Deaf artists of plastic arts.
Bernard Bragg
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| Bernard Bragg (photo: NAD) |
Actor, director, producer, playwright, teacher, poet and co-founder of the
National Theatre of the Deaf
theatre company in the United States but, most of all, he is considered the
pioneer of the visual vernacular and has even been called the 'father of the visual vernacular'. He died at the age of 90 in 2018 and his whole life has been connected
with art and culture, as he showed an interest in theatre from an early age.
You can find a lot of videos and information about Bernard on the Internet
and even his own website is still active, but the following is one of the
posthumous videos published in his memory, in which he performed, probably
for the last time, his famous 'The Eagle and the Squirrel':
Nancy Rourke
His
Neo-Expressionist
paintings are easily recognizable by the bright colours in red, yellow and
blue, the
primary colours. Nancy uses her art to represent the culture and Sign Language of the Deaf
community, often for social denunciation of discrimination.
However, Nancy has a huge artistic experience. She had her first exhibition
in 1979, at the
National Gallery of Art
in Washington, D.C., was a graphic designer at the multinational
Xerox, a palette designer at the powerful film production company
20th Century Fox
and a graphic designer at
Microsoft
designing Windows icons.
You can follow Nancy Rourke on any of her social media:
- Website: www.nancyrourke.com
David Ludwig Bloch
Born in Germany, emigrated to the United States and married to a deaf
Chinese woman, this deaf artist who died in 2002 went through the
Great Depression
and a Jewish concentration camp. His
woodcuts
were admired in China and he drew all the crockery for the White House of US
President
Richard Nixon. Some of his works are on display at the Centre for Jewish History at the
Leo Baeck Institute
in New York.
Jennifer Tandoc
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Jennifer Tandoc (photo:
Facebook page from Jennifer Tandoc) |
With great patience and detail, Jennifer Tandoc uses the pen or pencil to
create her abstract illustrations. She was born in the Philippines and moved
to the United States, where she graduated from
RIT
College in Rochester with a degree in computer art and design. For his works
he uses a pigmented ink that is chemically stable, waterproof and
light-resistant.
You can follow Jennifer Tandoc on any of her social media:
Carlisle Robinson
Carlisle was born in the United States and moved to
Toronto, Canada. He defines himself as a
queer
male
trans
cartoonist and illustrator, something that should be applauded, not only
for giving visibility in an honest way to this usually misunderstood
collective but also for using his work to educate society with stories
rarely told by minority groups, especially Deaf people.
If you don't know him yet, you will love him in the following video:
You can follow Carlisle Robinson on any of her social media:
