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Resistance

Challenging audism and institutional barriers through powerful visual narratives.

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Affirmation

Celebrating Deaf culture, ASL, and the inherent beauty of Deaf identity.

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Liberation

Visualizing a future of equality, accessibility, and cultural empowerment.

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Artist Statement

Nancy Rourke is an internationally recognized Deaf American artist whose paintings center on the Deaf experience. Associated with the De'VIA movement, her work uses bold visual language to explore themes of oppression, resistance, affirmation, and liberation.

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Nancy Rourke artwork