Abigail DeVille
Abigail DeVille | |
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Born |
1981 (age 35–36) New York, New York |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Pratt Institute, New York Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Yale University, Connecticut |
Known for | Large sculptures and installations |
Awards |
Joan Mitchell Foundation (2012) Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust (2012) Creative Capital (2015) |
Abigail DeVille (b. 1981) is an artist who creates large sculptures and installations, often incorporating found materials from the neighborhood around the exhibition venue.[1][2] DeVille's sculptures and installations often focus around themes of the history of racist violence and gentrification.[3][4][5][6]Her work often involves a performance element that brings the artwork out of its exhibition space and into the streets; DeVille has organized these public events, which she calls "processionals", in several U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New York City.[7][8]
Life
DeVille was born in New York and lives and works in the Bronx, New York. She attended Pratt Institute (2000) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2007), earning a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology (2007) and an MFA from Yale University (2011). She has attended residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2013–14) and the International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn (2012).[9][10]
Awards
DeVille has received awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation (2012), the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust (2012), and Creative Capital (2015).[11][10]
Exhibition History
DeVille's work has been featured in the following exhibitions:
- Only When It's Dark Enough Can You See The Stars, The Contemporary (2016)
- Revolution in the Making, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (2016)
- Rites of Spring, Contemporary Art Museum Houston (2014)
- Guts, Abrons Art Center, New York (2013)
- Black in the Abstract, Contemporary Art Museum Houston (2013)
- Invisible Men: Beyond the Veil, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris (2013)
- Gastown Follies, Artspeak, Vancouver (2013)
- Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum (2013)
- Future Generation Prize Exhibition, the 55th Venice Biennial (2013)
- They might as well have been remnants of the boat, Calder Foundation, New York (2013)
- Fore, Studio Museum, New York (2012)
- Future Generation Prize Exhibition, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev (2012)
- First Among Equals, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2012)
- The Ungovernables, New Museum Triennial, New York (2012)
- Bosh Young Talent Show, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2011)
- The (S) Files 2011, El Museo del Barrio, New York (2011)
- Planet of Slums, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University (2010)
- Dark Star, Recess Gallery, New York (2010)
- Gold Mountain, Marginal Utility, Philadelphia (2010).
She has designed sets for theatrical productions—directed by Peter Sellers and Charlotte Brathwaite—at venues such as the Stratford Festival (2014), JACK (2014), and Joe’s Pub (2014).[12]
References
- ↑ The Stuff of Life, Urgently Altered, Holland Cotter, 28 August 2014, New York Times, Retrieved 15 April 2016
- ↑ "Abigail DeVille". Art21. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup/films/abigail-devilles-harlem-stories/
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/25/arts/design/if-you-leave-me-can-i-come-too-a-show-whose-subject-is-death.html
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/design/are-all-women-shows-good-or-bad-for-art.html
- ↑ http://www.artmattermagazine.com/abigail-deville-america/
- ↑ Kaplan, Isaac (2016-08-01). "Abigail DeVille Aims to Disrupt Centuries of New York Gentrification". Artsy. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ↑ McGlone, Peggy; McGlone, Peggy (2014-09-12). "A piece of D.C.’s 5x5 public art festival panned by local residents". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ↑ Studio Museum in Harlem Announces 2013–2014 Artists in Residence, ArtForum, Retrieved 15 April 2016
- 1 2 "Abigail DeVille | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University". www.radcliffe.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ↑ http://creative-capital.org/grantees/view/764/project:824
- ↑ http://www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup/artists/abigail-deville/
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