Opulent Mobility

Ms. Brody founded and curates Opulent Mobility.
These exhibits re-imagine Disability as opulent and powerful.

For full details and to submit your artwork for the next group exhibit, go to www.opulentmobility.com

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Wheelborne Venus is the artist Gini's version of a classic Botticelli painting

Interview with A. Laura Brody on Frances Anderton's radio program DnA, 2015. Image of "Wheelbourne Venus" by Gini.

A mobility scooter is dressed as an Art Nouveau peacock. The peacock is blue, green, and gold, and he stares out at us from the back of the scooter.

Article by Anthony Tusler about Opulent Mobility, 2016. Photo of the "Jazzy Peacock Scooter" by Heidi Marie Photography.

A woman holds the arms of a colorful representation of the goddess Kali. Kali is made of multicolored leather, and her red tongue sticks out at the camera.

Member spotlight of Opulent Mobility on Fractured Atlas, 2019. Photo of the artist and the "Kali Walker" by Heidi Marie Photography.

In front of a brick wall covered in framed pictures is a wheelchair with a padded seat of red, orange, and gold tendrils. Art lovers gather in the background.

Numotion Foundation feature on Opulent Mobility 2019 at Arts Unbound. Image of "The Firebird" by A. Laura Brody.

A black and white photo of a man seated in a wheeled cart piled high with toys and a rocking chair. The man is large and white with a dark bushy beard. He wears modern casual clothes and has a helmet on his head. His right hand holds ropes that drape down from the cart to the left and become reins for a small, lizard-like creature made of sticks.

Article on Opulent Mobility on the Improvised Life, 2016. Image of "Wheel Chair of Babel" by Michael Garlington.

The back of a wheelchair reupholstered to look like an Edwardian throne with golden fringe, black and purple upholstery, and studded hubcaps.

A. Laura Brody's mobility artwork in CREATE! Magazine, 2018. Photo by Heidi Marie Photography.

how it began

I became interested in adaptive technology after a former partner had a stroke. I was intrigued by the devices that helped people get around, but horrified by their cold and clinical designs.
I didn't have medical device training, but my years of costume craft gave me the skills to re-imagine my first mobility artworks. When I found it difficult to get accessible spaces to show the work, I started asking other artists to bring in their ideas.
Curating Opulent Mobility created something much bigger than I had imagined. It started as a tiny group exhibit in 2013, is now in its sixth year, and includes artists from around the world.

opulent mobility 2019

The 2019 Opulent Mobility artists are:
Aurora Berger
A. Laura Brody
Becca Cerra
Yaron Dotan
David Isakson
Jewel Lin
Cheryl Nickel
Larissa Nickel
Penny Richards
Annelies Slabbynck
Dianna Temple
Emily Tironi
Jenni-Juulia- Wallinheimo-Heimonen

submit work for om 2020

I challenge you to imagine a world where mobility, disability, and access are not merely functional, but opulent.

Submissions for OM 2020 are now open. The deadline is extended to August 31, 2020 at 5 PM PST.

Opulent, adjective
1. Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence: lavish, lush, luxurious, palatial, plush, rich, sumptuous
2. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: Extravagant, exuberant, luxuriant, prodigal, profuse, riotous, superabundant
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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