dsdj Deaf Studies Digital Journal (DSDJ) 8424 04_05_221_ref.rtf 10.3998/dsdj.8424 Artist: Kyle Hoffer Hoffer Kyle 192014 40 CC BY 4.0

Hoffer shows his journey as the only deaf individual living in Alaska through an IEP plan, that many deaf individuals have growing up. He is able to combine his deaf identity and culture together to express the hardships, and dark journey he has had, as well as understanding himself and his identity by himself.

 Deaf ArtSculptureDrawingOkinawan COLLECTION:

“IEP Cover”

Other

A short story in the comic version called IEP. This is a story about me when I was a deaf teenager living in Alaska.

“ASL SHISA (back)”

Sculpture

25lbs iron sculpture.

ASL pride in the Okinawan culture. This is a sculpture of Shisa lion-dog with flying hands on the body. This ASL Shisa signs, "roaring" with the right hand and the left hand signs, "I love you."

“IEP Part 1”

Other

A short story in the comic version called IEP. This is a story about me when I was a teenager living in Alaska as a deaf person.

“ASL SHISA (front)”

Sculpture

25lbs iron sculpture.

ASL pride in the Okinawan culture. This is a sculpture of Shisa lion-dog with flying hands on the body. This ASL Shisa signs, "roaring" with the right hand and the left hand signs, "I love you" symbol.

“Self-Portrait”

Medium unkown

A self-portrait in 18 X 24 mirror drawing with the use of soft charcoal and vine charcoal. The right side of my face from looking at the mirror showed my pain I have suffered a from cochlear implant opposed to my left side of face.

“IEP Part 2”

Medium unkown

A short story in the comic version called IEP. This is a story about me when I was a deaf teenager living in Alaska.

“ASL SHISA (left)”

Sculpture

25lbs iron sculpture.

ASL pride in the Okinawan culture. This is a sculpture of Shisa lion-dog with flying hands on the body. This ASL Shisa signs, "roaring" with the right hand and the left hand signs, "I love you" symbol.

“ASL SHISA (right)”

Sculpture

25lbs iron sculpture.

ASL pride in the Okinawan culture. This is a sculpture of Shisa lion-dog with flying hands on the body. This ASL Shisa signs, "roaring" with the right hand and the left hand signs, "I love you" symbol.

“ASL SHISA (side 2)”

Sculpture

25lbs iron sculpture.

ASL pride in the Okinawan culture. This is a sculpture of Shisa lion-dog with flying hands on the body. This ASL Shisa signs, "roaring" with the right hand and the left hand signs, "I love you" symbol.