Artists

This is a list of professional Deaf and disabled artists, or disabled-led companies, who are actively seeking international partners and opportunities. Each artist or company currently has work ready to tour or for exhibition. We are proud to list companies from all over the world.

Search by art form, country, or by curated lists for a smaller selection of artists as selected by one of the named organisations or individuals.  

We are eager to add new artists and companies to this global list. If you are a company which would like to be included, please contact us.

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Filip Pawlak

Filip Pawlak is a professional producer, performer and social debater.

  • Theatre
  • Poland

Fingersmiths

Bold choices in creating a unique theatre form, connecting with audiences through a multi-layered approach to language and physical expression.

  • Theatre
  • England
  • DaDaFest

Fittings Multimedia Arts

Disability-led national organisation that makes popular theatre characterised by directness, comedy, music, emotion and immediacy, working with material, performers and artists, reflecting the UK's diverse cultures.

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Film
  • Live Art
  • Music
  • Spoken Word / Live Literature
  • Theatre
  • Visual Arts
  • England
  • DaDaFest
  • Unlimited

Folk in Motion

Wheelchair dance company which has developed and performs an adapted form of English folk dancing, 'wolk'. Disabled folk musicians appear as guest artists.

  • Dance
  • England

hand in a splint is holding a transparent box with dream written on it

gobscure

writer - performer - artist - creative resister - internationally, collaboratively, virtually

  • Spoken Word / Live Literature
  • Theatre
  • Visual Arts
  • England
  • UK
  • DaDaFest
  • Disability Arts Online

Graeae Theatre Company

A force for change in world-class theatre, breaking down barriers, challenging preconceptions and boldly placing disabled artists centre stage; championing accessibility and providing a platform for new generations of Deaf and disabled talent.

  • Theatre
  • England
  • British Council
  • DaDaFest
  • Unlimited

Heart & Sold

Heart & Sold supports creative people who happen to have Down syndrome. Its aim is to educate, inspire, raise awareness and prove that these individuals can do or be whatever they want to be.

  • Visual Arts
  • England

Heart n Soul

Award-winning creative arts company which provides creative spaces for disabled and non-disabled artists to develop and share their ideas.

  • Live Art
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • England
  • DaDaFest
  • Unlimited

Heidi Latsky Dance

Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD) is an internationally recognized physically integrated dance company from New York City.

  • Dance
  • Film
  • USA
  • DaDaFest

Hijinx Theatre

Creating utterly absorbing theatre performed by actors with and without learning disabilities. Touring to theatres, festivals and communities in the UK and Europe.

  • Theatre
  • Wales
  • Unlimited

Ich bin O.K.

Combining contemporary dance and hip hop dance, Ich bin O.K. has invented an innovative form of inclusive dance-theatre, where young artists with and without disabilities perform on equal terms

  • Dance
  • Theatre
  • Austria

Iddo.act

Iddo.act is a Tel-Aviv based company; led by Iddo Gruengard with international participants. Iddo.act's work uses the prism of disability to challenge different subjects, observing disability as the new avant garde.

  • Architecture
  • Live Art
  • Theatre
  • Israel

Indepen-dance

Established and highly respected inclusive dance development company with a unique place within the dance community in Scotland.

  • Dance
  • Scotland

Two people in a rehearsal studio. James Paddock (Artist) in a grey t-shirt and Amber Weyman (performer) with pink hair..

James Paddock

James Paddock uses mixed media, video, installation and conceptual art to focus on overlooked matters in contemporary society

Jo Verrent

‘Different’ is delicious not divergent. A speaker, writer and activist, who also creates, produces and curates art.

  • Film
  • England
  • British Council
  • DaDaFest
  • Unlimited

A female performer with one leg and crutches stands on a stage of hanging clothes

Joanna Pawlik

Joanna Pawlik is an artist based in Krakow. Her work explores her personal experience of disability, with the creative process being as important as any finished outcome.

  • Film
  • Live Art
  • Poland

Joe Jack & John

Joe Jack and John is a collaborative live art company based in Montreal, Québec. We use artivism, to reinvent the world one creation at a time!

  • Theatre
  • Canada

Juan delGado

Works across a range of media including installation and photography to producing work that explores themes of trauma, landscape, disability, dislocation and gender.

  • Film
  • Visual Arts
  • England
  • Spain
  • Unlimited

A white female dancer with red hair moves gracefully on stage

Julia Hauserman

Meet artist Julia Hausermann, a learning disabled performer, dancer and creator with Theater Hora. Julia was invited to co-lead the first Europe Beyond Access artist laboratory in Hamburg at Kampnagel.

  • Theatre
  • Switzerland

Kaite O’Reilly

Kaite O’Reilly is a UK-based playwright and theatre maker who works internationally in disability arts and culture and so-called ‘mainstream’ culture.

  • Dance
  • Literature
  • Theatre
  • DaDaFest

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