BIO

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Mariam Paré is a visual artist and self-taught mouth-painter. She became a quadriplegic at age 20 after surviving an act of gun violence. She later re-trained herself to paint by holding brushes in her mouth, and continued to develop herself as a "mouth-painter".

 

Today Paré is a prolific artist celebrated for her skillful mouth painting technique and thought-provoking multi-media works. In addition to painting, she also makes digital, and multimedia art often touching on facets of the disability experience

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Paré is creator of Tres Fridas Project, a highly reviewed exhibition that "re-imagines art through the disability lens". She is a 3Arts Fellow, works in collaboration with UIC (Chicago) Disability Culture Leadership Initiative, and is a member of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Worldwide.

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Notable commissions include Pierce Brosnan, Kathie Lee Gifford, University of Utah Rehabilitation Hospital, Craig H. Nielsen Foundation, Omorose Cosmetics, LifeWTR, Refinery 29.