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Issues and Theories in Art Education
Miriam Pare
Eighteen years after her violent injury, painting by mouth has become second nature for Mariam, who now proudly possesses painting skills tantamount to that of any able-bodied counterpart. She exhibits her work in galleries both nationally and locally as well as in numerous private collections
http://www.mariampare.com/
Riva Lehrer
Riva Lehrer is an artist, writer and curator whose work focuses on issues of physical identity and the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people with impairments, and those whose sexuality or gender identity have long been stigmatized. Ms. Lehrer’s work has been seen in venues including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, the United Nations, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Arnot Museum, the DeCordova Museum, the Frye Museum, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the State of Illinois Museum.
https://www.rivalehrerart.com/
Niam Jain
At the age of 15, Niam Jain has achieved a level of respect and recognition in North American art circles typically reserved for much older artists. His early and current work is acknowledged as significant contributions to Gestural Abstract Art and Abstract Expressionism.
https://niamjain.com/
E. Brooke Lanier
Lanier’s work has always alluded to medicine and science. However, it was not until her own retinal detachment at age 22 that her work began to directly refer to her disability. Lanier’s “eye art” played a great role in helping her process the experience of an artist going blind. She characterizes her artistic method as “very laborious and methodical, qualities that lead to a meditative state of mind.”
https://www.accessliving.org/360
Chuck Close
Chuck Close is an American painter, artist and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Close often paints abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Close also creates photo portraits using a very large format camera. Even though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint.
http://chuckclose.com/
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