David Bobier is a hard of hearing and disabled media artist whose creative practice is researching and developing vibrotactile technology as a creative medium and language of expression. In 2012 he established VibraFusionLab, a creative multi-media, multi-sensory centre that has gained a reputation as a leader in accessibility for the Deaf and disability arts movement across Canada and internationally.
As a practicing artist his exhibition career includes 18 solo and over 30 group exhibition projects across Canada and in the United States, France, Costa Rica and the UK. Bobier’s independent work as an artist and as Director of VibraFusionLab has received funding from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Grand NCE (National Centres of Excellence), Province of Quebec and British Council Canada, QC-UK Connections, Farnham Maltings, the High Commission of Canada in the UK, Stimuleringsfonds Begroting Grant, Amsterdam.
Bobier has served in advisory roles in developing Deaf and disability arts Equity programs for Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and was an invited participant in the Canada Council for the Arts – The Arts in a Digital World Summit and a panel presenter at the Global Disability Summit in London, UK. He has recently been nominated by the Canada Council for the Arts for a Governor Generals Innovation Award.
As a practicing artist his exhibition career includes 18 solo and over 30 group exhibition projects across Canada and in the United States, France, Costa Rica and the UK. Bobier’s independent work as an artist and as Director of VibraFusionLab has received funding from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Grand NCE (National Centres of Excellence), Province of Quebec and British Council Canada, QC-UK Connections, Farnham Maltings, the High Commission of Canada in the UK, Stimuleringsfonds Begroting Grant, Amsterdam.
Bobier has served in advisory roles in developing Deaf and disability arts Equity programs for Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and was an invited participant in the Canada Council for the Arts – The Arts in a Digital World Summit and a panel presenter at the Global Disability Summit in London, UK. He has recently been nominated by the Canada Council for the Arts for a Governor Generals Innovation Award.