A solo presentation
GS Artists are delighted to announce –
A Solo presentation of Rubbena Aurangzeb-TariqEvil Eyes:Protected by Veil
Curated by Caitlin DaviesOpening night 2nd of May, 2025, 6.30-8.30pm
Exhibition continues 03/05- 14/06/25
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.
Mae GS Artists yn falch iawn o gyhoeddi –
Cyflwyniad Unawd Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq
“Llygaid Drwg: Gwarchodedig gan Veils”
Curadur gan Caitlin Davies
Noson agoriadol 2 Mai, 2025, 6.30-8.30pm
Arddangosfa yn parhau 03/05- 14/06/25
Mae Rubbena Aurangzeb -Tariq yn artist a hwylusydd o Lundain y mae ei waith yn ymwneud â diwylliant, hunaniaeth fyddar ac, fel menyw Fyddar o dreftadaeth Pacistanaidd, natur amlochrog bod yn ‘leiafrif o fewn lleiafrif’.
Mae Rubbena wedi gweithio’n helaeth gyda’r curadur Caitlin Davies ar yr arddangosfa hon, ac mae Caitlin yn ysgrifennu amdani-
Mae Rubbena wedi bod yn creu fel artist ers dechrau’r 90au, gan greu gweithiau ar gynfas a gosodwaith yn bennaf. Mae’n tyfu a gwella ei sgiliau a’i hymarfer yn barhaus. Mae ei gwaith yn canolbwyntio ar hunaniaeth, ac mae’n defnyddio nifer o symbolau i gynrychioli ei hun; lliw, llinellau, gridiau, gwallt, dwylo a dyfeisiau clywed. Ers graddio o Central St Martins yn 1995 mae wedi dod yn wraig, yn fam, yn ymgyrchydd, yn hwylusydd, therapydd celf a thywysydd teithiau BSL; mae pob peth mae’n ei wneud yn rhan o’i hymarfer. Llwydda i osod ei gwaith mewn cyfadrannau (yn well na’r mwyafrif!). Mae amrywiaeth ei gwaith a’i theimladau oll yn dod ynghyd o fewn ei gwaith celf.
Mae Rubbena yn byw ac yn gweithio yn Llundain, tra’n arddangos yn eang ar draws y DU, UDA, Canada, Ffrainc, Sweden a De Korea. Mae hi hefyd yn seicotherapydd Seicodynamig Celf cymwysedig sy’n ymarfer yn y DU ers 2005. Yn ymgyrchydd hirsefydlog, mae’n ymgyrchu dros y ‘Deaf Ethnic Women’s Association’ (DEWA) a sefydlodd ‘Deaf Visual Artist UK’ (DVAUK) yn 2020, i ddarparu lle diogel a chefnogol i artistiaid B/byddar feithrin eu datblygiad personol a phroffesiynol.
Gyda diolch mawr i Celfyddydau Cymru am gefnogi’r arddangosfa hon.
Exhibitions
03 May 2025 – 14 June 2025
Evil Eyes: Protected by Veils
Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq
Launch: 02/05/25, 6:30-8:30pm
Open: 03/05/25 – 14/06/25, Wednesday-Saturday / 12-4pm
Exhibition Curated by Caitlin Davies, at the invitation of GS Artists.
19 Jan – 17 May 2024
Matchlight: Illuminating Deaf Identity, Mental Health, & the Therapeutic Process of Art
Dyer Arts Center 52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York USA
April 2020
Film: Lightwave
Trellis 2 Commissioned Public Art (UCL East London) – Online Launch
1 Feb – 19 Feb 2011
Unheard Until Marriage Installation
Sport Community Arts Gallery, London, UK
Commissioned by Art Council of England Pub.
21 Nov – 18 Dec 2004
Room Full of Memories Installation
Queens Park Art Centre, Aylesbury
Commission by Art Council of England
15-22 Feb 2004
Art, Culture Et Tourisme Internationaux des Sourds (ACTIS), Paris
1st May 2017 – 31st May 2017
Audiovisability, (Art & Music), 12th Deaffest, Lighthouse, Wolverhampton
Artist Talk: 13th May 2017
6th – 10th March 2017
Audiovisability, The Music of the East, The Arab British Centre, London, UK
Pub: The British Council via global news item through Waseem Koutub composed
‘Magic of the East’ for string quartet which Rubbena listened and painted.
Nov – Dec 2016
Audiovisability, (Art & Music) Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury UK, ACE funded
Sept 2014
International Deaf Artists Exhibition, South Korea
2013
Sunset & Sunrise, Deaf Cultural Centre
April 1998 – April 2017
Open Studio Show, Redlees Art Gallery, London (twice a year)
November 2008
Brady Art Centre, Whitechapel, London
October 2008
‘Feminism’ Art, Culture Et Tourisme Internationaux des
Sourds, Paris
Pub: Paris Time Out magazine
April 2008
Creative Hands, Deaf Cultural Centre, Birmingham
October 2007
Deaf Cultural Centre, Birmingham
March 2006
Woburn Gallery, London
June 2005
Redlees Art Gallery, London
22 – 23 Oct 2004
Decibel Snapshot Madejski Gallery, Reading
4 – 7 June 2004
Open Studio Show, Redlees Art Gallery, London
14-22 May 2004
Deaf Arts Now, Stockholm, Sweden
19 Jun – 2 Jul 2003
Whitehead Gallery, Goldsmith College, Uni. of London
Yatra – a journey
5 Mar- 29 Mar 2003
Cranleigh Arts Centre, Cranleigh, Surrey
6 Feb- 1 Mar 2003
Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey
8 Jan – 2 Feb 2003
The Robert Phillips Gallery, Riverhouse, Walton on Thames, Surrey
Deafway II
July – Sept 2002
Millennium Arts Centre, Washington D.C, USA
Washburn Art Centre, Gallaudet University, Washington D.C, USA
Pub: Deaf Arts UK & USA wide
