Devan Shimoyama
Devan Shimoyama
Spill, 2025
Acrylic, Oil, ink, colored pencil, glitter, sequins, Swarovski Crystal rhinestones and jewelry on canvas stretched over panel
30 x 40 inches
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Spray, 2024
Acrylic, Oil, ink, colored pencil, glitter, sequins, Swarovski Crystal rhinestones and jewelry on canvas stretched over panel
18 x 24 inches
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Devan Shimoyama is a visual artist who works primarily in painting and self-portraiture, with works inspired as much by classical mythology as by the culture of his youth. Through his depictions of the queer black male form, Shimoyama investigates the politics of queer culture while navigating his own personal narratives. Shimoyama graduated from Penn State University in 2011 with a BFA in Drawing/Painting. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art in Painting/Printmaking in 2014. Shimoyama’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. His solo exhibition Cry, Baby was presented at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, from October 13, 2018-March 17, 2019. Other major current and recent exhibitions include Devan Shimoyama in The Regional, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, USA; When We See Us, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa; Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows, at FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, USA; All the Rage, at Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany, Shimoyama’s debut European solo museum exhibition. He lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.