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?
Curriculum Vitae
A.K.A. Whimsical stuff I am happy to be a part of.
(Featured Artist) Therapicasso, Unraveling the Soul Art Exhibition, San Gabriel, 2025
(Poet + Artist) Poetica LA, live performance & zine art, Los Angeles, 2025
(Host + Instructor) Senseology: the Science of Cocktails, Pasadena, 2023
(Student) Sake School of America: Sake Navigator, Los Angeles, 2022
(Artist) ARC Gallery, RESPIRATION(S) NOW! Digital, 2020
(Artist) Come As You Are Gallery, Side Street Studio Arts, Digital, 2020
(Artist) Artist for Illinois Grant, 3 Arts, 2020
(Instructor) Art Festival, Northern Lake County Conference, 2019
(Artist) Small Works Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2018
(Artist) Language of the Voiceless, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2018
(Artist + Co-Curator) Object + Image, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, 2018
(Instructor) Collaborative Collisions workshop, C.C's Art Garage & Gallery, Chicago, 2018
(Artist + Co-Curator) Emerging Artists: Collaborative Collisions, C.C's Art Garage & Gallery, Chicago, 2018
(Artist) Reunion II, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2017
(Member) National Disability Rights Network, 2017
(Recipient) Awarded Departmental Honors in History May 2017
(Student) Roosevelt University, Bachelor’s of History & Business. Chicago, 2017
(Recipient) Newberry Research Library Fellow, 2017
(Instructor) Whiskey Wizard Tastings, 2015-2017
(Member) Gay Liberation Front, Chicago, 2015
(Host) Private Dinner Parties and Pairings, Chicago, 2014-2017
(Student) Cicerone Certification: Chicago, 2013
(Member) Human Rights Campaign Chicago, 2007
Everyone is forgotten, and I’ll be forgotten more.
Thank you for sticking around till the end.
Let it roll under your tongue and I’ll look forward to hearing from you
<3 Devon