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 Biographies of
Utah Deaf Artists


Benjamin Davis

PictureBenjamin Davis
Based on Benjamin Davis' website, he is Deaf and he also has mild cerebral palsy. His artistic work began when he was a toddler of three.  His father brought home reams of scrap paper from work on which Ben used pencil, crayons and toy watercolor sets to create voluminous works of art. He did not let his disabilities prevent him from developing his art talent. He has used art as means of expression.  Benjamin has shown remarkable ability in any medium including oil, watercolor, acrylics, colored pencil, and charcoal. 





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Benjamin’s amazing Web Art Gallery can be found in: http://www.benjamindavis.net/index.html

Biography of Benjamin Davis (PDF) 


Stephanie Gomes Belshe 

PictureStephanie Gomes Belshe




Erik Jensen 
PictureErik Jensen
According to Erik Jensen's website, he is a Deaf artist. He graduated from Utah Valley University with a BS in Art Education in 2017. He started doing art with computer keyboard keys in 2013, started doing it as a business in 2017 and went to be a full-time artist in 2018. 

Erik started doing art when he was first able to pick up things. His mother was (and still is!) awesome and allowed him to be free in his creativity, even it if meant big messes. This played a big part in Erik’s success throughout his life. In high school, his ceramics teacher supported him through every assignment and more. She even put in her own money so Erik could continue to develop his incredible art skills. His art has won several awards throughout his art career, in high school, college and art shows and festivals. In college, Erik had a couple pieces in the annual student art show. Both are what started his designs for what he has begun this art business with–computer key art.
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​Erik has a magnificent website of his artwork here: https://www.erikjensenart.com