Simon Mckeown (born 1965) is a British artist, and lecturer at the
University of Teesside. On 4 December 2010, he was named
DaDaFest
DaDaFest is a disability arts organisation based in Liverpool, UK. It delivers an international, biennial festival and organises other events to promote disability and deaf arts from a variety of cultural perspectives. Alongside the festival and e ...
Artist of the Year for 2011. In 2012, he was part of the Paralympic Cultural Festival (or
Unlimited Festival), as part of a focus on Disability Arts. His work was also shown at the 2013 Liberty Festival to help celebrate the anniversary of the
London 2012 Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Game ...
.
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Interview with the BBCRadio 2 arts showMotion DisabledAll for Claire
an animation by Simon Mckeown
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1965 births
Living people
Academics of Teesside University
Alumni of Teesside University
People from Middlesbrough
British artists with disabilities
Scholars and academics with disabilities
21st-century British male artists