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Josephine Yu Jia Guan (she/her)

Josephine is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Tkaronto. She graduated from the MDes program in Inclusive Design at OCAD University, where she won a 2022 OCAD University Medal for her Major Research Project, Drawing from experience: Exploring identity with individuals healing from brain injury. In her art practice, Josephine uses multi-media/assemblage methods, and this approach further influences her use of multi-modality to facilitate accessibility and inclusion in her work in the areas of qualitative research and education. Josephine’s current art practice is centred on resting as a productive act through taking care of her physical and emotional body. 

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Disability Arts and Crip Cultural Practices Illustrations

Josephine created original illustrations in response to the content of the Disability Arts and Crip Cultural Practices learning module.

Click into the gallery below for more information about each piece.

A collage illustration including hands signing "access" in ASL.
A brightly collage-style illustration by Josephine Guan featuring hands signing “access”; a talking mouth; a body that misfits with the environment; a cursor hovering over a photo to reveal its image description; seating inside an art gallery; and a quotation by Petra Kuppers that reads, “We wait while the speech paragraph we’ve just given is typed out.”
An illustration of a quote by Petra Kuppers.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, featuring a quote by Petra Kuppers that reads, “We wait while the speech paragraph we’ve just given is typed out.” This version is shown in shades of pink.
Illustration of a dreaming woman.
Illustration by Josephine Guan of a sleeping woman with curly, pink hair and light brown skin. She is dreaming, with multiple thought and speech bubbles floating like clouds above her head. One of her hands is open and a red rose rests on her palm. To the left of the image in a blue panel are symbols of fire, a melting glacier, and a rain cloud.
An illustration of hands signing access, drawn in shades of blue.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, featuring hands signing the word “access” in ASL. This version is shown in shades of blue.
An illustration of a fire and a melting glacier, in shades of blue.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, featuring a melting glacier and a fire, shown in shades of blue.
Illustration of a dreaming woman, drawn in shades of blue.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, focusing on a dreaming woman with curly hair, a rose resting in the palm of her hand. This version of the image is in shades of light and dark blue.
An illustration of hands signing access, drawn in shades of pink.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, featuring hands signing the word “access” in ASL. This version is shown in shades of pink.
An illustration of a person speaking into a microphone, while someone examines them under a magnifying glass.
An illustration by Josephine Guan of a person with tan, dark green and bright pink skin, blue eyelashes, and long yellow and orange curly hair. The person speaks into a microphone while a hand holds a magnifying glass up to their ear, examining them.
An illustration of a fire and a melting glacier, in shades of pink.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, featuring a melting glacier and a fire, shown in shades of pink.
An illustration of a hand holding up a magnifying glass to examine a person with curly hair.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, showing a hand holding up a magnifying glass to examine a person with curly hair. This version of the image is presented in shades of blue.
An illustration of a quote by Petra Kuppers.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, featuring a quote by Petra Kuppers that reads, “We wait while the speech paragraph we’ve just given is typed out.” This version is shown in shades of blue.
An illustration of a person speaking into a microphone.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, of a person with curly hair speaking into a microphone. This version of the image is shown in shades of blue.
An illustration of a hand holding up a magnifying glass to examine a person with curly hair.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, showing a hand holding up a magnifying glass to examine a person with curly hair. This version of the image is presented in shades of pink.
Illustration of a dreaming woman, drawn in shades of pink.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, focusing on a dreaming woman with curly hair, a rose resting in the palm of her hand. This version of the image is in shades of light and dark pink.
An illustration of a person speaking into a microphone.
A detail from a larger illustration by Josephine Guan, of a person with curly hair speaking into a microphone. This version of the image is shown in shades of pink.
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