On Saturday May 31st, at 2pm, booking is essential – see here-
BSL tour of Rubbena Aurangzeb- Tariq’s solo presentation-
‘Evil Eyes:Protected by Veils’
Curated by Caitlin Davies
Tour delivered by Kate Evans
Rubbena Aurangzeb -Tariq is a London-based artist and facilitator whose work concerns culture, Deaf identity and, as a Deaf woman of Pakistani heritage, the multi-faceted nature of being a ‘minority within a minority’.
Rubbnena has worked extensively with the curator Caitlin Davies on this exhibition, and Caitlin writes about her-
‘Rubbena has been a practicing artist since the early 90’s, she predominantly works on canvas and in installation. She is continually growing her practice and upskilling herself. Her work focuses on her identity, she has many symbols that she uses to represent herself, colour, lines, grids, hair, hands and hearing devices. Since graduating from Central St Martins in 1995 she has become and a wife, a mother, an activist, a facilitator, an art therapist and a BSL tour guide; everything she does is part of her practice, however she compartmentalises (better than most), the one place all of this knowledge and all of these feelings come together are within her art.’
Rubbena lives and works in London, while exhibiting widely across the UK, USA, Canada, France, Sweden and South Korea. She is also a qualified Art Psychodynamic Psychotherapist practising in the UK since 2005. A long-standing activist, she campaigns for the ‘Deaf Ethnic Women’s Association’ (DEWA) and established ‘Deaf Visual Artist UK’ (DVAUK) in 2020, to provide a safe and supportive space for D/deaf artists to nurture their personal and professional development.
With huge thanks to Arts Wales for supporting this exhibition.
