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Bryan Tingey

Bryan designed the set for the 2009 production of Tom the loneliest. He has been an exhibiting visual artist since 1983.

He is a member of numerous professional artists' associations, has had work purchased for six public collections, has been winning awards since 1994, has shown in dozens of group and solo exhibitions, and identifies as a disabled artist.

I have been diagnosed with a disability called Spastic Ataxia, which affects motor control and brain-eye-limb co-ordination. The most notable and most frustrating area of my disability is verbal communication. Because of the importance our society places on verbal communication, it is this that has the greatest impact on me socially, leading to incredible frustration, and providing the greatest influence on my Art practice. Although I am lucky enough not to be severely physically disabled, I have found empathy with the physically disabled, especially those confined to wheelchairs, who are disadvantaged due to non-accessibility, and fit neatly under the umbrella of "the disadvantaged". The disadvantaged tag is also me.

His art ethos, and main influences are Dadaism, Pop Art, Surrealism, Art Brut, Graffiti and Archaeology.