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Adero J Knott (she/her) is a curator She is a prosthetics designer and the
and artist, who debuted at Museum of founder of AK Prosthetics, a robotics
Contemporary Art of Chicago, curating startup making customized prosthetics
"Disability and Perspective", one of four and adaptive wearables accessible
exhibitions belonging to the Commons and inclusive. AK Prosthetics is
Artist Project of Norman Teague + currently developing the AK Creator
Folayemi Wilson's blkHaUS studios. app, that empowers amputees to
Accessibility and intersectional Scan, Create and Print customized
identities are at the heart of her prosthetics from the comfort and
curatorial practice. Often exploring safety of their homes.
ways artists and curators have the
power to innovate making art Adero has been featured in Forbes,
accessible to everyone, such as adding Chicago Sun-Times and American
captions to videos, using ramps and not Inno for her innovative work in the
stairs leading to installations, image community of Chicago. Adero recently
descriptions and sensory experiences. received the ADA 25 Advancing
Leadership Fellow of 2020 award and
Adero is a congenital amputee who a SoGal Foundation Black Founders
understands from experience just how Grantee of 2020.
uncomfortable and inaccessible
prosthetic limbs of today are.
Adero J Knott poses in front of french doors wearing Lingua Nigra jewelry at the South Shore Cultural Center
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