Jamila Prowse

Jamila Prowse

Jamila Prowse is an artist and writer, propelled by curiosity and a desire to understand herself through making. Informed by her lived experience of disability, mixed-race ancestry and the loss of her father at a young age; her work is research-driven and indebted to Black feminist and crip scholars. Self-taught, Jamila is drawn to experimenting with a multitude of mediums in order to process her grief and radical hope. 

Crip Quilt, 2023

A large-scale patchwork textile quilt translating the individual and collective experience of disabled artists. With quotations, thoughts and experiences of disabled artists from National Disability Art Collection and Archive, five new collated oral histories with disabled artists of colour and the artist’s own lived experience; each square in the patchwork relays an experience in a disabled artist’s journey.

Image: Jamila Prowse, Crip Quilt, 2023; image courtesy of the artist.

Gallery: TULCA Gallery, Hynes Building, St Augustine St, Galway
Dates: 4-19 November | Mon-Sun 12-6pm (Thurs 8pm)
Tickets: Free

Access: TULCA Gallery is a step-free venue, which has accessible toilet facilities. There are three accessible parking spots located on Saint Augustine Street opposite the TULCA Gallery.