HOWDY!

Simon Jones, also known as VJ Outlaw, was born a profoundly deaf Creative Digital Artist and British Sign Language user.

All his work is always shown on the projector, mapping, large-scale visual installations, flat-screen displays, laser installations, and live VJ performances. His speciality is blending visual storytelling with music to create engaging immersive visual experiences, live multimedia performances, and digital environments.

Alongside his expertise in live visual performance, Simon has strong skills in graphic design and three-dimensional motion graphics. He creates promotional materials, poster designs, flyers, digital content, and marketing assets, ensuring a distinctive and consistent visual identity across platforms and events.

Simon has extensive experience working with Deaf Rave in London, where he first developed and showcased large-scale visual installations designed to be fully accessible for deaf audiences, including people with Usher syndrome and other disabilities. His work focuses on creating inclusive experiences for festivals, stages, dance performances, and live events. He wants to translate sound into visual energy, allowing audiences to “see” and physically feel vibrations, rhythms, and atmosphere. Through this work, he helps deaf people to deeply understand the music better.

Since 2019, Simon’s work has been recognised by MBE Troi Lee, Director of Deaf Rave, who has supported and guided his development as a pioneering deaf artist. He is currently mentored by Shaun of Prickimage Inc, who continues to support the advancement of his skills in VJ software.

Simon’s first project, called 'Deaf PLUR' (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect), was inspired by 1990s  sign language music culture and adapted to share a project to make it a more accessible and immersive experience. Through his innovation and dedication, he is emerging as one of the world's first deaf people to do the Video Jockeys in 2019.