Rebecca Burgess is a comic artist and illustrator working in the UK. They have both written and illustrated several award winning YA and children’s books, and are particularly passionate about sharing their own personal experiences of autism in the form of fun and emotional stories. Outside of drawing and cuddling their cat, Rebecca also loves playing RPGs with friends, going on deep dives into history and growing vegetables in their humble Bristol flat. 

Rebecca felt drawn to Speech Bubbles due to both their personal experiences with autism, and their professional work around communicating difficult inner feelings through art.

https://www.rebeccaburgess.co.uk/

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Amelia Bird is a Designer and Director specialising in visual theatre. 

Amelia is a freelance artist, previously working with London Bubble Theatre on their programme of socially engaged theatre projects for children. Prior to that she was the Artistic Director of touring theatre company Gomito Productions.

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Liz Atkin is an artist and educator. She has been a Speech Bubbles practitioner since 2017 teaching in London and Kent and was commissioned to create an artwork for the programme. Her own work reimagines her Compulsive Skin Picking and anxiety into drawings, photographs and performances. Liz is a mental health advocate and raises awareness for the disorder around the world. She has exhibited and taught in the UK, Europe, Australia, USA, Singapore and Japan. Her work is permanently held in the Wellcome Collection, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Derby Museum, and Bethlem Gallery Collection supported by the Peter Sowerby Foundation and National Lottery Heritage Fund. She is an ambassador for The Big Draw, the world’s largest drawing festival, focusing on the role of creativity for health and wellbeing. Liz received the People’s Choice Award and the Judge’s Favourite Award with the Contemporary Art Academy Award at the inaugural exhibition of Contemporary Kent Artists.

www.lizatkin.com 

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