
Mischievous Troll Alert (detail) by Jill Hayman
(In)visible: Belonging
An online exhibition of d/Deaf, Hard of Hearing (HOH) and disabled artists
Curated by Penelope Pollard
3 December 2020 – 31 January 2021
(In)visible: Belonging presents 49 artworks by 26 artists in an online exhibition that considers disability as a multi-layered experience. The exhibition serves to create a sense of shared identity and belonging, and give disability a positive, vibrant and visible presence. Congratulations to all the artists for creating a diverse range of engaging and beautiful artworks which promote dialogue about the presence of disability in our lives and create positive alternatives to the widespread negative perceptions of what it means to live with disability.
Belco Arts want to promote dialogue about the presence of disability in our lives and create positive alternatives to the widespread negative perceptions of what it means to live with disability. Many people in the community have found themselves ‘socially, culturally and politically isolated, ignored, invisible and silent’ (Shout Out Report, 2009).
Artists from throughout Australia who identify as disabled, d/Deaf, HOH, chronically ill, neurodiverse or who have lived experience of mental health issues have considered what disability means to them as individuals and as a community in their works for (In)Visible: Belonging.

Adam Bell
The blank tape is not silent. Magnetic tinnitus in mono.
Buy Now

Nyulla Safi
Acrylic on paper
Barely here and barely there. You will find me in my kingdom.
Buy Now

Jonathan Thompson
Pencil on paper
Me and Patrick basically grew up together, he's nearly the same age as me. He's a really good dad.
Buy Now

Dannielle Thorman
A5 monoprint collage on A4 watercolour paper
When I was little I hated my hearing aids. Now as an adult they help me feel free.
Buy Now

Nyulla Safi
Acrylic on paper
There was a time when love lived here.
Buy Now

Larissa MacFarlane
linocut
I practice handstands as part of my brain injury journey. But sometimes this makes my hidden disability even more invisible. And so I make art.
Buy Now

Larissa MacFarlane
linocut
I practice handstands as part of my brain injury journey. But sometimes this makes my hidden disability even more invisible. And so I make art.
Buy Now

Megan Munro
Digital Drawing
I'm like a shadow. You don't always see me, or notice me, but open your eyes and I'm there.
Buy Now

Jonathan Thompson
Pencil on paper
She's my host mum, I've known her about 30 years. In the picture she's holding her granddaughter.
Buy Now

Megan Munro
Digital drawing on paper
No one would know the problems in my gut. However, my gut intuition still works.
Buy Now

Larissa MacFarlane
linocut
I practice handstands as part of my brain injury journey. But sometimes this makes my hidden disability even more invisible. And so I make art.
Buy Now

Sarah Lumley
Watercolour pencil on paper
I danced with the flowers through the lonely lockdown while my days slipped by unseen.
Buy Now

Dannielle Thorman
A5 monoprint collage on A4 watercolour paper
When I was little I hated my hearing aids. Now as an adult they help me feel free.
Buy Now

Melissa Hammond
Acrylic
Disabilities from a car accident rendered me invisible. I was made to feel like I didn’t belong anymore - even in conversations about my own health.
Buy Now

Dannielle Thorman
A5 monoprint collage on A4 watercolour paper
When I was little I hated my hearing aids. Now as an adult they help me feel free.
Buy Now

Jonathan Thompson
Pencil on paper
She's been my carer for 7 years. I went to see her get married. She gave me a photo of her and me.
Buy Now

Alejandra Fearon
Old canvas, acrylic paint.
The soothing tentacles of an almost invisible jellyfish produces calm.
Buy Now

Sarah Lumley
Watercolour pencil on paper
As the glorious sunset hides the coming darkness, so a smiling face conceals the grief beneath.
Buy Now

Sarah Lumley
Watercolour pencil on paper
Spring awakens hope and joy, dystonia hides completely in these blooms
Buy Now

Nyulla Safi
Acrylic on paper
It takes and it takes.
Buy Now