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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Although many of the companies and artists listed here are artists with international experience, we cannot vouch for every company in this global list.
All companies are encouraged to update their profiles with information about new works, exhibitions, tours or performances. Not all of that work has been seen or can be recommended.
Disability Arts International takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information listed by individual companies or artists.
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Fingersmiths
Bold choices in creating a unique theatre form, connecting with audiences through a multi-layered approach to language and physical expression.
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.
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.
gobscure
writer - performer - artist - creative resister - internationally, collaboratively, virtually
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.
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.
Heart n Soul
Award-winning creative arts company which provides creative spaces for disabled and non-disabled artists to develop and share their ideas.
Heidi Latsky Dance
Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD) is an internationally recognized physically integrated dance company from New York City.
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.
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
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.
Indepen-dance
Established and highly respected inclusive dance development company with a unique place within the dance community in Scotland.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.