Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq (born 1971) is a British Muslim artist based in London. She is deaf and a British Sign Language user.
Early life and education
Aurangzeb-Tariq was born in 1971; her family had previously settled in England from Pakistan.[1][2] She graduated from Central Saint Martins in London with a BA in 1995. She was awarded an MA in fine art from the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in 1996.[1] She also holds an MA in art psychotherapy from Goldsmiths University and an additional MA in psychodynamics.[2]
Career
Artistic practice
Aurangzeb-Tariq's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1992, in solo shows (London and Oxford) and in group exhibitions (London, Montreal, Paris and Birmingham).[3] Her work concerns deaf identity and explores the idea of belonging to a "minority within a minority" and the intersection between deafness, Muslim culture and feminism. In 2007, she collaborated with architects at the University of Northumbria to examine how deafness, accessibility and building design affect one another.[4]
In 2013, she created new work sponsored by Arts Council England which examined marriage traditions within Asian families and the emotional impact on women.[5] She works in a variety of media, such as painting (mainly abstract and conceptual art), sculpture (for example casts of her hands) and installations with lights and colours.[3] She was the lead artist for the "Translating the Deaf Self" project, a joint academic and artistic project exploring deaf people's lived experience of being represented through translation.[6] In it she developed a range of paintings exploring deafness and colour.[7] As an artist and BSL user, she has worked with the Royal Collections Trust to deliver experiences for deaf visitors.[8]
Psychotherapy
In her art psychotherapy practise, Aurangzeb-Tariq works particularly with children and adults who have experienced a wide range of mental, emotional and behavioural issues.[9] As an expert in sexual and relationship education for deaf people, she provides consultancy and training to deaf young people and professionals in the field. She currently[when?] works as a consultant and trainer on health education for the charity Deafax and the NHS, and she has been part of a team developing the Signly app, aimed at improving accessibility for deaf people by translating English into British Sign Language.[10]
She is a founder member of the Deaf Ethnic Women's Association (DEWA)[11] and sits on the board of trustees of Deaf Aspirations[12] and BSL Zone.[13]
Media
Aurangzeb-Tariq has appeared on television a number of times, including on the BBC's See Hear[14] and on ITV in the 2019 series Create.[15] In 2020, she was a speaker at the Women of the World Festival in London.[16]
Awards
- Deaf Explorers Arts Award.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Close up: Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq". BSL Zone.
- ^ a b "Deaf Aspirations » Directors". Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "With artist Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq". Ruth Mongomery website. 6 January 2014.
- ^ Boys, Jos. "Making Discursive Spaces: a collaboration between disabled and deaf artists and interior architecture students", 2007.
- ^ Westwood, Jill. "Finding a voice, making your mark (International Art Therapy Conference Exhibition)", 2013.
- ^ "Trellis: Public Art 2020-21". UCL CULTURE. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- "Translating the Deaf Self: understanding the impact of mediation". Translating the Deaf Self: understanding the impact of mediation. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- Young, Alys; Napier, Jemina; Oram, Rosemary (2 October 2019). "The translated deaf self, ontological (in)security and deaf culture". The Translator. 25 (4): 349–368. doi:10.1080/13556509.2020.1734165. ISSN 1355-6509. - ^ "Artists and Researchers - ArtviaTDS - The Translated Deaf Self". ArtviaTDS. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Special visit: Splendours of the Subcontinent: BSL tour". Royal Collections Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Our Team". Deafax.
- Charlie Swinbourne (5 December 2012). "Communication barriers in sex education put deaf people at risk". The Guardian. - ^ "Synchronous, in-vision, sign language translations on any webpage for any deaf sign language user". Signly.
- ^ "Board, Trustees and Staff". Deaf Ethnic Women's Association.
- "See Hear: How slave couple preyed on a girl's deafness". BBC News. 4 June 2014.
- Vicky Gayle (24 June 2020). "We need to talk about racism in the UK Deaf community". Gal-Dem. - ^ "Directors". Deaf Aspirations.
- ^ "BSL Zone Trustee Board". BSL Zone.
- ^ "See Hear-Deaf Arts special". BBC. 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq". ITV. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, Heroda Berhane, Gü Dopran and Justine Durno at WOW London 2020 - Ellie Kurttz". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
External links
- Personal Website
- Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq Video interview
- Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, Heroda Berhane, Gü Dopran and Justine Durno at WOW London 2020 Photograph
This page was last edited on 27 September 2023, at 03:21