Ishtiaq Hussain is from the Black Country, West Midlands. Ishtiaq is a Visual Vernacular artist and a British Sign Language teacher in the West Midlands. Ishtiaq is very passionate about BSL and loves meeting and socialising with Deaf people.
Ishtiaq attended Wolverhampton University to study Deaf Studies and Drama and is currently working with Creative Black Country initiating a successful Spirit of 2012 project developing creative workshops for the Deaf community.