Our Creators

Dennis A. Francesconi

Mouth Artist | Usa

Dennis A. Francesconi was born on 1 March 1963 in California. In 1980 Dennis had a water-skiing accident which left him paralyzed. Nine years later he taught himself how to...

Tranquillo Fregoni

Mouth Artist | Italy

Born on 26 May 1956 in Monza, Prof. Tranquillo Fregoni suffers from a congenital deformity of arms and legs, making him unable to use them. Despite his disability, he attended...

Vojko Gašperut

Mouth Artist | Slovenia

Vojko Gasperut was born on 24 December 1949 in Sedlo. In 1967 he had a diving accident which left him a tetraplegic. After the accident, he spent a long time...

Michel Guillemette

Mouth Artist | Canada

Michel Guillemette was born on 27 March 1947. At the age of nineteen, he who led a life like most teenagers had a diving accident where he broke his spinal...

Heinz Halwachs

Foot Artist | Austria

Heinz Halwachs was born without arms on 18 August 1961 in Loipersdorf. The cause of this disability was the thalidomide drug prescribed for his mother during pregnancy. He made his...

Anja Hämäläinen-Numminen

Mouth Artist | Finland

Born on 8 November 1936 in Koski, Anja Hämäläinen–Numminen contracted polio in 1951 and lost the use of her arms. It took Anja, who had always enjoyed embroidering, knitting and...

Mi-Soon Han

Mouth Artist | Korea

Born on 4 February 1955 in Buyou, Mi-Soon Han attended correspondence courses and worked in an office for several years. In 1981 she was injured in a traffic accident which...

Demetrio Herrera-Olivares

Foot Artist | Mexico

Demetrio Herrera-Olivares was born on 14 May 1932 in Pachuca. He was born without arms. From childhood, he had to perform certain tasks with his feet. In 1950, he started...

Raymond Hickey

Mouth Artist

Born on 29 October 1941 in Auckland, Raymond Hickey suffered an injury to the spinal column in a road accident, leaving him completely paralysed, at the age of twenty-five. He...

Lars Höllerer

Mouth Artist | Germany

Lars Höllerer was born on September 27, 1969, in Uberlingen. In 1991, three months after completing his military service, he suffered a serious motorbike accident and has been paralysed from...

Kun-Shan Hsieh

Mouth Artist | China

Born on 21 June 1958 in Taidong, Kun-Shan Hsieh grew up in poverty and had to support himself by working in a factory after leaving primary school. At the age...

Peter William Van der Hulst

Mouth Artist | New zealand

Peter was born on 16 September 1956 in Venray. Only two years after his birth, his family emigrated from the Netherlands to New Zealand in search of a better life....

Triantafillos Iliadis

Mouth Artist | Greece

Born on 10 September 1950 in Xanthi, Triantafillos Iliadis has suffered from a serious disability in his hands and feet since he was born, obliging him to use his mouth...

Marthe-Angele Janssens

Mouth Artist | Belgium

Marthe Angele Janssens was born tetraplegic. She was born on February 21, 1937, in Heikruis. She nevertheless attended primary school, where she learnt to draw with a pen in her...

Keith Jansz

Mouth Artist | Great britain

Keith Jansz was born on 8 September 1961 in London. After completing his education, Keith Jansz could look back on a very successful career. Aside from his job as a...

Hee-Jeong Kim

Mouth Artist | Republic of korea

Kim Hee-Jeong, born on 2 August 1961 in Seoul, led a well educated and achieved life till 1981. In 1981, her further training plans were thwarted when she suffered a...

Myoung Ki Kim

Foot Artist | Republic of korea

Born on 20 March 1956 in Busan, Myoung Ki Kim lost both arms at the age of six through an electric shock. In 1975, after elementary and middle school he...

Hiroko Kimura

Foot Artist | Japan

Born on 1 October 1937 in Manchuria, Hiroko Kimura became paraplegic when she was two years old. Since then she has used her left foot to carry out all her...