Our Creators

Antje Kratz

Foot Artist | Germany

Antje Kratz was born on 25 September 1961 in Frankfurt am Main. She came into the world with no arms, side effect due to the drug Thalidomide. Very early on,...

Stanislaw Kmiecik

Foot Artist | Poland

Stanislaw Kmiecik was born without arms. Born on 2 November 1971 in Kleczany, he began to paint with his mouth and foot at the age of five. Over the following...

Kyriacos Kyriacou

Mouth Artist | Cyprus

As a young man, Kyriacos Kyriacou was very athletic and played rugby. Born on 4 November 1956 in London, he had a diving accident which left his hands and legs...

Jeffrey LaDow

Mouth Artist | Usa

Born on 2 February 1957 in Milwaukee, Jeffrey Allen LaDow worked as a car merchant after finishing school. In 1975, he suffered a diving accident which left him a quadriplegic....

Alison Lapper

Mouth Artist | Great britain

Alison Lapper was born without arms. Born on 7th April 1965 in Burton on Trent, she spent the first 17 years of her life in a hospital in Switzerland. She...

Paulus Ploier

Mouth Artist | Austria

Paulus Ploier was born on 4 November 1965 in Nussdorf am Attersee. In 1981, he was injured in a diving accident and became paralysed. Since his accident, he has not...

Jun -Wei Lee

Mouth Artist | China

Jun Wei Lee was born on 29 March 1965 in Taipei City. He was seriously injured in a motor accident in 1985. He suffered a fracture of the cervical vertebrae...

Changjiang Li

Foot Artist | China

Born on 26 March 1963 in Hegang city, Changjiang Li has been interested in fine arts since childhood. At the age of eleven, he touched a live electric pylon which...

Jen-Long Liu

Foot Artist | China

Jen Long Liu was born on 1 March 1968 in Taipei. At the age of thirteen, Jen-Long Liu’s kite got caught in a power line at play. When he tried...

Jingsheng Liu

Mouth Artist

Born on November 30, 1952, in Beijing, Jingsheng Liu has always loved painting. In 1978, he suffered an electric accident at work. As a consequence both his arms had to...

John Louw

Mouth Artist | South africa

John Louw was born on 26 January 1949 in Namaqualand. He had an accident in 1967, at the age of eighteen, while riding his mountain bike, resulting in paralysis of...

Lissu Lundström

Mouth Artist | Finland

Lissu Lundström was born on 19 April 1952 in Helsinki, with a severe disability. She attended a special school where she found that she was able to write holding a...

Mariusz Maczka

Mouth Artist | Poland

Mariusz Maczka was born on 21 April 1973 in Dobiegniew. In June 1988, he was involved in a grave car accident where he fractured his vertebra, resulting in paralysis of...

In-Suk Lim

Foot Artist | Republic of korea

Lim In Suk was born on 8 March 1970 in Pyong Tak. Eight months into birth he suffered a brain injury. Since then, he has been suffering from cerebral paresis...

Natalina Marcantoni

Mouth Artist | Italy

Born on 24 December 1961 in Verona, due to a polio vaccination Natalina Marcantoni became ill at the age of eleven months. The paralysis affected both lower limbs and, therefore,...

Theresa Helen Matthias

Mouth Artist | Canada

Born on 26 august 1962 in London, Theresa Helen Matthias was a thalidomide baby, and for this reason, she was born without arms and legs. Since her artistic talent was...

Justice May

Mouth Artist | South africa

Justice May was born on 1 March 1968 in Pretoria. He attended a technical college and subsequently started an apprenticeship as an electrician when his career plans were thwarted by...

Reinhard Melzer

Mouth Artist | Germany

Reinhard Melzer has lived with spasticity ever since birth, due to which his hands are almost completely disabled. Born on 8 September 1938 in Mark, he depends on a wheelchair...