Carlisle Robinson (they/them) is a Deaf Queer Canadian-American comic creator, illustrator, and project manager based in Tkaronto, serving as Deaf Arts Director for the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf. A Gallaudet University alum with an MFA from The Center for Cartoon Studies, Carlisle uses art to advocate for Deaf and marginalized communities, exploring themes of self-discovery, decolonization, and identity. Their work includes projects for Marvel,
Disney-Hyperion, and Deafverse, and has been exhibited internationally. An active artist and advocate, Carlisle also delivers workshops on Audism, De’Via, Deaf Arts, and 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, and has served on multiple Deaf community boards.
“I am excited to be working together in Sync’s accessible space to improve accessibility in the arts so that the well-known slogan in our communities, ‘The future is accessible,’ can become ‘The present is accessible.’”
