Pauline Alexander
Multi-media Artist
Pauline Alexander studied Fine Art at Kent Institute of Art & Design Maidstone and has a Diploma in Fine Art with Distinction at Hastings College of Art & Design.
Pauline says: "I am a deafened visual artist and my own recent discrimination experiences have catapulted me into a completely different approach to my artistic practice moving me forward to work in new ways which integrate the deaf and disabled perspective and the strong force of deaf and disability arts. This is an exciting area where I can bring alive my passion for people, personal introspection and development, psychotherapy, Buddhism, equality, diversity, vibrancy, and colour."
In 2007 Pauline won an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts Research and Development award to creatively explore aspects of her own and other's disability discrimination in employment. She collaborated with two disabled artists and they have produced a multi-media art piece.
The project evolved from a series of drawings she created using one piece of paper for the entire series; making a charcoal image, taking a photo then erasing the drawing, making another image, taking a photo and then erasing the drawing and so on; a parallel process of the 'wiping out' of the person when discrimination occurs. The drawings are personal, evocative and diverse and, perhaps, an unconscious attempt on her part to demonstrate her diversity and that she is not the 'limitations' that some others might project onto her.
The completed artwork was launched in June 2008 at an Employers Forum on Disability event, hosted by Lloyds TSB with sponsorship by Merill Lynch. The art piece is innovative and thought provoking and creates an opportunity for people to think and explore the subject of discrimination and its consequences from different perspectives. It does not 'finger point' nor patronize but opens possibilities to reflect in a fresh and unusual context.
Pauline plans to tour the art piece through the corporate and public sector delivering workshops and seminars to stimulate discussion, educate and inform, and invite people to understand the concept of discrimination.
For Pauline, her art is a way to reflect on human and social issues and a way of building bridges.
Pauline Alexander studied Fine Art at Kent Institute of Art & Design Maidstone and has a Diploma in Fine Art with Distinction at Hastings College of Art & Design.
Pauline says: "I am a deafened visual artist and my own recent discrimination experiences have catapulted me into a completely different approach to my artistic practice moving me forward to work in new ways which integrate the deaf and disabled perspective and the strong force of deaf and disability arts. This is an exciting area where I can bring alive my passion for people, personal introspection and development, psychotherapy, Buddhism, equality, diversity, vibrancy, and colour."
In 2007 Pauline won an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts Research and Development award to creatively explore aspects of her own and other's disability discrimination in employment. She collaborated with two disabled artists and they have produced a multi-media art piece.
The project evolved from a series of drawings she created using one piece of paper for the entire series; making a charcoal image, taking a photo then erasing the drawing, making another image, taking a photo and then erasing the drawing and so on; a parallel process of the 'wiping out' of the person when discrimination occurs. The drawings are personal, evocative and diverse and, perhaps, an unconscious attempt on her part to demonstrate her diversity and that she is not the 'limitations' that some others might project onto her.
The completed artwork was launched in June 2008 at an Employers Forum on Disability event, hosted by Lloyds TSB with sponsorship by Merill Lynch. The art piece is innovative and thought provoking and creates an opportunity for people to think and explore the subject of discrimination and its consequences from different perspectives. It does not 'finger point' nor patronize but opens possibilities to reflect in a fresh and unusual context.
Pauline plans to tour the art piece through the corporate and public sector delivering workshops and seminars to stimulate discussion, educate and inform, and invite people to understand the concept of discrimination.
For Pauline, her art is a way to reflect on human and social issues and a way of building bridges.
