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Limitless: Celebrating Artists with Disabilities at Bedford Gallery


  • Bedford Gallery 1601 Civic Drive Walnut Creek, CA, 94596 United States (map)

April 12 – June 22, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 12 pm – 2 pm

Recognizing the indelible contributions of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities working in the visual arts, this exhibition challenges conventional narratives and broadens our understanding of creativity, innovation, and expression. Since Creative Growth’s opening in 1974 and the subsequent launch of NIAD in 1982 and Creativity Explored in 1983, these institutions have been at the forefront of creating visibility for artists with disabilities in the Bay Area. We are honored to present 65 artists—with practices at these organizations—in a comprehensive survey that includes media from ceramics and textiles to figurative and abstract painting and drawing. 

 
 

Maribel Guzman, The Wedding, 2023, mixed media on tapestry, 24 x 14.50 inches.


 
 

Creativity Explored 

  • Ming Choi

  • Ada Chow

  • Peter Cordova 

  • Samedi Djimguero

  • Maribel Guzman

  • Isaac Haney-Owens

  • Andrew Li

  • John Patrick McKenzie

  • Hiro Medina 

  • Jason Monzon

  • Joseph Omolayole

  • Ethel Revita 

  • Lance Rivers

  • Tranesha Smith-Kilgore

  • Calvin Snow

  • Miyuki Tsurukawa

  • Kathy Wen

  • Gerald Wiggins

  • Marilyn Wong

NIAD

  • Saul Alegria

  • Jeremy Burleson

  • Miguel Chacon*

  • Deatra Colbert*

  • Dre'An Cox

  • Julio Del Rio*

  • Luis Estrada*

  • Sylvia Fragoso

  • Felicia Griffin*

  • Raven Harper

  • Shana Harper

  • Nathan Lam

  • Donzell Lewis

  • Julie MacDonald

  • Jean McElvane

  • Richard Naranjo

  • Halisi Noel-Johnson

  • Michael Nuñez

  • Maria Radilla

  • Robin Rakoczy

  • Dorian Reid

  • Carlota Rodriguez

  • Xiomara Rosales

  • Alice Sampson

  • Esmeralda Silva*

  • Guadalupe Soto

  • Jonathan Valdivias

  • Christian Vassell*

*NIAD Community Mural artist

Creative Growth

  • Kristian Cheek

  • Lawrence Choy

  • Lauren Dare

  • James Davis

  • Rosena Finister

  • Zina Hall

  • John Hiltunen

  • Cedric Johnson

  • John Martin

  • Brian Nakahara

  • Stephanie Nguyen

  • Latifa Noorzai

  • Anthony Pedemonte

  • William Scott

  • Dinah Shapiro

  • Lulu Sotelo

  • Nicole Storm

  • Christine Szeto

  • William Tyler

  • Monica  Valentine

  • Ron  Veasey

  • Alice Wong

  • Ying Ge  Zhou

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