Louie Fermor is a neurodivergent, disabled artist and writer of Anglo-Scottish descent living in Moh’kins’tsis on Treaty 7 territory (Calgary). They have exhibited, published, and been in residence with programs across Canada like the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Feminist Art Collective, Momus, and New York University. They regularly volunteer and collaborate with diverse advocacy groups such as the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, the Calgary Climate Hub, Disability Pride Alberta, and the Dyke and Trans March. They have won multiple awards for both their painting and writing.
Via themes of history, naturalism, queerness and disability, Louie uses art to explore portraiture and storytelling, including both the stories we’ve committed to the pages and the stories we tell ourselves.
Sync Canada provides coaching and shared spaces for Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent people with like-minded leadership goal, including one like my own: to become a strong and earnest voice in the Canadian arts landscape, advocating for and celebrating autistic voices. I am thrilled to be joining.