2026 Artist in Residence
June 3 - 28
David Bobier is a hard of hearing and disabled media artist whose creative practice is exploring multi-modal means of art making. His other focus is in developing accessible vibrotactile technology as an artistic and experiential medium that lead to the establishment in 2014 of VibraFusionLab, a multi-sensory creative research centre now situated in Hamilton that has an international reputation as a leader in accessibility for the Deaf and Disability Arts movement.
His career includes 27 solo and two-person exhibitions and over 30 group exhibitions in Canada and internationally. He has also been awarded two public art commissions and has been shortlisted for three others.
Bobier has served in advisory roles in developing Deaf and Disability Arts Equity programs for both Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, was an invited participant in the Canada Council for the Arts – The Arts in a Digital World Summit and a presenter at the Global Disability Summit in London, UK. He has also been an invited several time for both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and was recently nominated by the Canada Council for the Arts for a Governor General’s Innovation Award.