Emily Akerman

Tears Speak

Illustration

2026

Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media

9 x 12

OCAD Major Works Exhibition, Toronto

Tears Speak imagines the eye as it weeps, its tears falling not as tears, but as lips. A quiet portrait of the strain that comes from a world of mouths to follow, and the exhaustion held within that effort.

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2026, GradEX 111

OCAD University

Work by

Emily Akerman aka. Poofy

Illustration, Visual Storytelling, Deaf Visual Image Art (De'VIA)

“Beyond Hearing is series of works exploring the Deaf experience and an individual’s agency in a hearing-centered world. ...” [More]

Emily Akerman

Tears Speak

Illustration

Tears Speak imagines the eye as it weeps, its tears falling not as tears, but as lips. A quiet portrait of the strain that comes from a world of mouths to follow, and the exhaustion held within that effort.

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2026, GradEX 111

OCAD University

Work by

Emily Akerman aka. Poofy

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“Beyond Hearing is series of works exploring the Deaf experience and an individual’s agency in a hearing-centered world. ...” [More]