Images left to right: Persimmon Blackbridge, from Beetlekill series, 2021; from Speak No series, 2022.

Own a Piece of Disability Art History

June 18 – 27, 2025
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Now is your chance to own an original work by Persimmon Blackbridge, one of the most influential artists in the world of Disability Arts. With decades of impact across queer, disability, and mental health narratives, Blackbridge’s work is held in private and public collections. The works on auction were part of the the recent exhibition Speak No (emergency) at Richmond Art Gallery, BC. Thanks to a generous donation, select pieces are available through this limited-time benefit auction.

Images left to right: Persimmon Blackbridge:, from Beetlekill series, 2021; from Plastic (land) series, 2023.

Proceeds will be split between the artist and Tangled Art + Disability, a leading disability arts organization celebrating 25 years of transformative work and 10 years in the Tangled Art Gallery.

About Persimmon Blackbridge

For the past 40 years, Persimmon Blackbridge has worked as a sculptor, writer, curator and performer, as well as being a fiction editor, cleaning lady and very bad waitress. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award, the Ferro-Grumley Fiction Prize, the VanCity Book Prize, the VIVA award for visual arts and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Distinguished Alumni Award, Blackbridge’s art has been shown across Canada and the U.S., as well as in Australia, Europe, and Hong Kong. She currently lives on Hornby Island in British Columbia.

Images left to right: Persimmon Blackbridge, from Wild (fire) series, 2022; from Heat (death) series, 2024.

About Tangled Art + Disability

Founded in 2003, Tangled Art + Disability is dedicated to connecting professional and emerging artists, the arts community, and a diverse public through creative passion and artistic excellence. Our mission is to support Disabled, d/Deaf, chronically ill, neurodiverse, k/crip, Mad, sick & spoonie artists; to cultivate Disability Arts in Canada; and to increase opportunities for everyone to participate in the arts.

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Image Descriptions:

1. Two images of multimedia sculptures. On left: A smooth, human-like figure made from two pieces of beetle-killed pine wood. The top piece is a smooth head and torso, with no arms or facial features. The bottom piece makes up the hips, legs, and feet, with the toes pointing downward. The legs are crossed seductively. The wood shows natural lines and small holes caused by the beetles. On right: An abstract head made of a flat, metal plate with wires protruding like hair and a latch-like detail on the face.

2. Two images of multimedia sculptures: On left: A wooden humanoid form, smooth and polished with minimal facial features, elongated legs with barbie doll feet, and no arms. On right: a seated humanoid figure with a black shard of plastic for the head, lighter wood for the torso, a horseshoe shaped bone for the pelvis and upper thighs and plastic tubing for lower legs.

3. Two images of multimedia sculptures. On left: a dark, angular sculptural figure made from charred, branch-like wood. It has long, bent limbs and a sharply posed stance. Its head is formed from a bent metal disc, and between its legs a pointed shell juts out, suggesting genitalia. On right: three abstract human figures made from rough-cut clear plastic are mounted on a black wall. One reclines with bent, pointed legs. The largest consists of two simple shapes—one suggesting a torso and head, the other a pelvis and legs. The smallest has a head, outstretched arms, and jagged legs.