

2019 De'VIA Art Gallery


What is De’VIA?
Deaf View/Image Art, also known as De’VIA, is art genre that examines and expresses the Deaf worldview and experience from a cultural, linguistic, and intersectional point of view. De'VIA is also a form of Artivism.
About the De’VIA February Challenge
2019 was the fifth Year that the De'VIA Central Facebook page held their February Challenge. This De’VIA challenge was started by renowned Deaf Artist, Nancy Rourke.
Rules to the challenge are basic – must use the motif of the day and complete the De’VIA genre artwork with the said motif within 24 hours. Hence, each of the 29 art productions below were made in a day’s work – including the thoughts put into the narratives to explain the meaning behind each piece of work. Completing all 28 days of art in February was an achievement in itself.
NOTE: the narratives are authentic to what was posted in the Facebook group challenge - no corrections were made after the challenge in order to reflect the actual thinking within the 24 hours allowed. The vlog below explains a little bit about my journey with the art challenge.
click on the artwork images to read the titles and narratives


























SOLD OUT! For serious art collectors. In 2019, only twenty (20) rare limited edition museum quality compilation of artist Kim Anderson's watercolor The Rainbow De'VIA Genre Collection art book was made available for purchase. Twenty books were numbered, autographed and included a personal note from the artist. Read more . . .