Devin N. Morris
Devin N. Morris (1986, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) lives and works in New York.
He studied Fashion Merchandising at University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2009 and graduated from Towson University, Maryland, USA in Journalism and New Media in 2010. The artist is interested in abstracting American life and subverting traditional value systems through the exploration of racial and sexual identity in mixed media paintings, photographs, writings and video. His works prioritize displays of personal innocence and acts of kindness within surreal landscapes and elaborate draped environments that reimagine the social boundaries imposed on male interactions, platonic and otherwise. Memory subconsciously roots itself in the use of familiar household materials and fabrics, while symbolically he arranges it. He has been in numerous exhibitions at institutions and galleries including: Deli Gallery, New York, New York, USA (2021); Lyles & King, New York, New York, USA (2021); PPOW Gallery, New York, New York, USA (2020); San Diego Arts Institute, San Diego, California, USA (2019); Hales Gallery, New York, New York, USA (2019); The New Museum, New York, New York, USA (2018); AC Institute, New York, New York, USA (2017); Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2017); MoMA PS1, New York, New York (2016); Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (2016); George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA (2016), among others. Devin N. Morris is the recipient of the 2019 New York Artadia Award. His 2017 solo show at Terrault Contemporary was listed in Artforum as the “Best of 2017,” and he was named by Time Magazine in 2017 as one of “12 African American Photographers You Should Follow.” Devin is also the editor of the great collaborative effort 3 Dot Zine, which is an annual publication that celebrates the futurity of minorities.
Devin N. Morris (1986, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) lives and works in New York.
He studied Fashion Merchandising at University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2009 and graduated from Towson University, Maryland, USA in Journalism and New Media in 2010. The artist is interested in abstracting American life and subverting traditional value systems through the exploration of racial and sexual identity in mixed media paintings, photographs, writings and video. His works prioritize displays of personal innocence and acts of kindness within surreal landscapes and elaborate draped environments that reimagine the social boundaries imposed on male interactions, platonic and otherwise. Memory subconsciously roots itself in the use of familiar household materials and fabrics, while symbolically he arranges it. He has been in numerous exhibitions at institutions and galleries including: Deli Gallery, New York, New York, USA (2021); Lyles & King, New York, New York, USA (2021); PPOW Gallery, New York, New York, USA (2020); San Diego Arts Institute, San Diego, California, USA (2019); Hales Gallery, New York, New York, USA (2019); The New Museum, New York, New York, USA (2018); AC Institute, New York, New York, USA (2017); Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2017); MoMA PS1, New York, New York (2016); Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (2016); George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA (2016), among others. Devin N. Morris is the recipient of the 2019 New York Artadia Award. His 2017 solo show at Terrault Contemporary was listed in Artforum as the “Best of 2017,” and he was named by Time Magazine in 2017 as one of “12 African American Photographers You Should Follow.” Devin is also the editor of the great collaborative effort 3 Dot Zine, which is an annual publication that celebrates the futurity of minorities.

- Devin N. Morris, What Lead You to Newfound Innocence, 2021Suiting, found door
213.4 x 76.2 x 40.6 cm
84 x 30 x 16 in
