Devon Sinead

I am a paper alchemist, a collector of bones & whispers, turning forgotten things electric. My work is a letter to the beautifully grotesque, the bits of ourselves we’re told to tuck away. With a trusty blade & an eye for the uncanny, I give old stories new teeth, new tongues, & fresh ways to grin.

I take vintage anatomical illustrations & fragments of the forgotten, then craft them into figures that writhe, smirk, & demand attention. My work is a dance with perception: Am I too much? Too little? Too femme, too masc? Too raw, too polished? Too young. too old? These creatures of mine hold up a mirror, reflecting the glorious absurdity of existing. Whispering sweet everything’s in your ears. Little white lies, it’s harmless “guys.”

My work is a waltz between the delicate & the brutal. It is playful, provocative, & unapologetically queer. I create because the vultures won’t get off my back. Because art is rebellion, visibility is power, & playing with paper brings me peace within the chaos magick, activism & shadow work. Hope you have fun, it is supposed to be fun, right? Now in all seriousness would you prefer pink or blue, for your chloroform soaked swaddle?

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I owe it all to you.

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Here are my imps : as unbalanced as a clean slate, as sharply supple as an hourglass, and as genre’d as the experience of being female.

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I want to embrace recognition & repel peace of mind.

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I aim to create work that is beautifully uncomfortable.

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Eat your heart out.

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My technique includes hours of “Harvesting” images from vintage books, “Sorting” these pieces by topic or color, “Rearranging” those pieces to evoke something, and finally I use a “Weaving and Slicing” method until the work feels coherent.

I am a very poor speller for a writer… for that I am sory

I have cut the full thousand pages of Gray’s Anatomy three additional times since I finished the vulture in August. I look forward to the work it will become.

I have a few large pieces and a collaboration or two churning along currently. The sorting of the pieces is complete. Watch out 2019… I’m going to weave like a Butterfly and slice like a Bee.

Bring it on Barbie

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Available for Watercolor and Collage works

For commission consultations write me below