#devinbjohnson

[sbowen]

Devin B. Johnson

is one of Fountainhead’s March’s artists-in-residence. More #devinbjohnson

[supportblackart]

Devin B. Johnson @devinbjohnson 🔥 The Wrath of Eco, 2019 oil, oil stick, spray paint on linen 70 x 80 in 177.8 x 203.2 cm #supportblackart #devinbjohnson #dbj #melodyofamemory #nicodimgallery https://www.instagram.com/p/CBk9tUYhREg/?igshid=kh1gitm16vop

[houselites]

February 2018 IG: @_kwees

[artsology]

“Portrait of a Yung Bull,” 2020, by Devin B. Johnson, at the Nicodim Fallery booth at The Armory Show. #painting #portrait #devinbjohnson #nicodimgallery #thearmoryshow #nyc #artfairnyc (at Pier 94) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9c5J-nlV7U/?igshid=fqmashw7c2b

[bellus-spiritus]

A MUST SEE Congratulations 🙌🏽@devinbjohnson his first solo @nicodimgallery DEVIN B. JOHNSON: MELODY OF A MEMORY #DevinBJohnson approaches the canvas like a musician. You hear his work as much as you see it. His rhythm is architectural and expressive w a heavy textural backbeat. He’ll spray plaster on the substrate to pump up the bass through the subsequent layers. It pulses beneath the spray paint, stains, stamps, drips, acrylic, oil, and oil sticks that put the meat on his figures, riffs, and hooks. His subjects have been through things by the time they emerge, you can hear it in their voices. Johnson paints fr improvised, freestyle digital collages sourced from personal & historical imagery arranged into fictional, sentimental situations. Each portrait and tableau is a love song to these intimate, yet universally relatable experiences. The surreal narratives are a visual, emotional onomatopoeia of individual and inherited memories, a vibrant dream journal of the collective consciousness. Johnson’s chiaroscuro is as much #ErnieBarnes and #HelmutNewton as it is #Caravaggio. ‘Melody of a Memory’ is a concept album, melodies of the things Johnson sees sung on out now. Existing between figuration & abstraction, the work is a metaphysical bridge that connects the subjective experience to the ubiquitous. You relate to the work because his music is imprinted in your DNA, your genetic memory. ________ Devin B. Johnson (b. 1992, Los Angeles) obtained his BA in Fine Arts fr the California State University of Channel Islands (2015) and received a Masters of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute (2019). He is one of sixteen artists fr around the world selected for the inaugural year of the @BlackRockSenegal residency, and was featured in the Northeast & MFA issue of New American Paintings (2019). DEVIN B. JOHNSON: MELODY OF A MEMORY #BlackExcellence #RepresentationMatters #Blkcreatives #blackbeauty #friezela #friezeweek #oscars #NicodimGallery #GaleriaNicodim #DBJ #PrattMFA #blackrocksenegal #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackFutureMonth #blackart #contemporaryart #blackcontemporaryart #blackrenaissance #blackness #blackpower #blackportraiture #blackwomeninthearts #artcuration (at Nicodim Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cEAi1F5Ek/?igshid=o13lx3pgchs9

[dogandcatcomics]

Credit;  @devinbjohnson Devin B. Johnson (Brooklyn, New York, USA, b. Los Angeles, California, USA, 1992-).  Deck, 2020, il, oil stick, and spray paint on linen, 80 x 70 in, 203.2 x 177.8 cm.  Exhibited in spring 2021 at @friezenewyork via @nicodimgallery.  https://www.frieze.com/event/devin-b-johnson-melody-memory.  Courtesy of the artist and Nicodim Gallery.  

[coloredboysmakeyousmile]

IG: @ DevinBJohnson

- Devin 🌹

[guidicommunity]

GUIDI signature 992 derby shoes 📸 @devinbjohnson thanks #guidi #shoes & #bags https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca9_P-2AQVC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[trascapades]

🎨🎙#ArtIsAWeapon #ArtTalks @artsy Webinar: The Black Experience Thursday, August 13th, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EDT). Reposted from @everette I was originally inspired to work in the world of art due to the inequities I experienced navigating the space as a black art collector. Join @Artsy and I this Thursday (8/13), for a live conversation around “the black experience” in the art world w/ @devinbjohnson @richardbeaversgallery @mikhailesolomon @galeriemyrtis @neemagallery Tune in to learn how you can help build a more diverse and fair art world. Come with an open heart and mind + the willingness to make change. (Link in bio to register) From Artsy.net Join us live ... as Artsy’s Chief Marketing Officer, Everette Taylor, moderates a conversation between #MyrtisBedolla of Galerie Myrtis, Prizm Art Fair director #MikhaileSolomon #MeishaJohnson of Neema Art Gallery, #RichardBeavers of Richard Beavers Gallery, and artist #DevinJohnson on the Black experience in the art world. Topics of discussion: The Black Lives Matter movement and its impact on the art world The role community plays in supporting Black creatives Understanding and addressing systemic racism in the arts #BlackArt #BlackArtists #BlackCreatives #BlackArt Galleries #BlackArtCurators #BlackArtLovers #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CD0bhyqAqjd/?igshid=1hwkdg9nxz11f

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We won the GOLD at the Shorty Awards on a film I made for @plannedparenthood called #IDEFY. The #IDEFY campaign seeks to end hateful speech through collective awareness. Over a 100 years as a health provider for many, Planned Parenthood now facing a unprecedented threat as the Trump administration seeks to band Medicaid. The Shorty Awards honor the best content creators and producers on social media. THANK  YOU TO MY BRILLIANT TEAM. With big hearts we dedicate this win to B who’s dancing and energy brought us all life. We miss you. RIP @lauramerians @tool @yessikasalgado@penelopegazin @lostboyillustrations  @sandoner @Domonique_echeverria @andreapippins @bryan.yonki @devinbjohnson

[metchaofficial]

“Sometimes I wanna get dressed kinda nicely but I go to studio n I f* n get 𝖕𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊” adding signed @devinbjohnson black lthr pants to our xmas wishlist [𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬] metcha.com ⠀⠀⠀ #leatherpants #bandana #metchaoriginals #artbasel #miami #artbaselmiami #artbasel2019 #miamiart #artbaselweek (at Miami Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_nxpkA5nt/?igshid=1cuujd8s25fec

[extendedsyllablesbook]

This Wednesday, December 4th The Corners • @thecornersbk 395 Nostrand Avenue btw Madison and Putnam Bedstuy. Brooklyn. 9 pm Suggested Donation: $10 @angelisbadass on the congas @johnnyfelic on the bass @airvince1 on the video. @devinbjohnson on the artwork I’m back on the mic. I introduced Extended Syllables at the @bowerypoetry in January 2016. Wednesday, after doing many interactive readings at many places, I have one more to do this decade. It’s been fun to work with many musical talents. On Wednesday, pull up! #nycpoet #brooklynpoet #nycmusic #bedstuy #poetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iRhvoF7sp/?igshid=1nyd91vngq2r1

[supportblackart]

@devinbjohnson 🖤 “Black Madonna,”2019. @nicodimgallery 🎨 ‘Sing to me, oh, sparrow come around Come around, why don't you come around? Sing about melody, oh, melody About the things you see Anything you want to sing about Just sing it on out now, sing it on out’ - Marvin Gaye, Sparrow, 1978 Devin B. Johnson approaches the canvas like a musician. You hear his work as much as you see it. His rhythm is architectural and expressive with a heavy textural backbeat. He’ll spray plaster on the substrate to pump up the bass through the subsequent layers. It pulses beneath the spray paint, stains, stamps, drips, acrylic, oil, and oil sticks that put the meat on his figures, riffs, and hooks. His subjects have been through things by the time they emerge, you can hear it in their voices. Johnson paints from improvised, freestyle digital collages sourced from personal and historical imagery arranged into fictional, sentimental situations. Each portrait and tableau is a love song to these intimate, yet universally relatable experiences. The surreal narratives are a visual, emotional onomatopoeia of individual and inherited memories, a vibrant dream journal of the collective consciousness. Johnson’s chiaroscuro is as much Ernie Barnes and Helmut Newton as it is Caravaggio. ‘Melody of a Memory’ is a concept album, melodies of the things Johnson sees sung on out now. Existing between figuration and abstraction, the work is a metaphysical bridge that connects the subjective experience to the ubiquitous. You relate to the work because his music is imprinted in your DNA, your genetic memory. ________ Devin B. Johnson (b. 1992, Los Angeles) obtained his BA in Fine Arts from the California State University of Channel Islands (2015) and received a Masters of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute (2019). He is one of sixteen artists from around the world selected for the inaugural year of the Black Rock Senegal residency, and was featured in the Northeast and MFA issue of New American Paintings (2019). Melody of a Memory is Johnson's first solo exhibition with Nicodim. DEVIN B. JOHNSON: MELODY OF A MEMORY opens in Los Angeles Saturday February 8, 4-7pm. #SupportBlackArt #DevinBJohnson https://www.instagram.com/p/B8H2poSBeP7/?igshid=czf2u2gb0t5r

[houselites]

IG: @_akkeem

[abdulnaby]

This Wednesday, December 4th The Corners • @thecornersbk 395 Nostrand Avenue btw Madison and Putnam Bedstuy. Brooklyn. 9 pm Suggested Donation: $10 @angelisbadass on the congas @johnnyfelic on the bass @airvince1 on the video. @devinbjohnson on the artwork I’m back on the mic. I introduced the poetry book Extended Syllables to the @bowerypoetry in January 2016. Wednesday, after doing many interactive readings at many places, I have one more to do this decade. It’s been fun to work with many musical talents. On Wednesday, pull up! #nycpoet #brooklynpoet #nycmusic #bedstuy #poetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iRXpslqwX/?igshid=11jgztwt4dvh2

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🗽🛫🚀 so peaceful up here... ☁️ 🌦⛈🌩🌥⛅️🌤☀️ Whatever is clouding your vision always know that there is a bright sun 🌞 behind those clouds! Keep the faith, Don’t give up! #DoTheRightThing You just have to keep pushing, you will break through and the clouds will scatter ... and if you feel you can’t do this by yourself reach out to someone that isn’t only by your side for the taking. This journey called life isn’t meant to be travelled alone. Let’s not only share our ups but also be there for each other through the dark valleys 🙏🏽❤️ #LA here we come #artlife #life #love #oscars #friezela @frieze #felixartfair Opening’s of #devinbjohnson @devinbjohnson @nicodimgallery #AugustSander #LucioFontana & #NicolasParty @nicolasparty @hauserwirth #OtisQuaicoe @otis_quaicoe @robertsprojects #VitoFarinola @vito_farinola @mblosangeles #CalidaGarciaRawles @calidagarciarawles @vsf and so much more #contemporaryart #contemporaryblackart #artlovers #artcollectors #artcuration #artadvisory https://www.instagram.com/p/B8STRK8lZdV/?igshid=e1hxou2h7q9n