FORECAST2021 Artist Talk with Nykelle DeVivo
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00 - 7:00 PM PST
On Tuesday, February 15th, SF Camerawork welcomed FORECAST2021 Juror’s Choice Award Winner Nykelle DeVivo for an artist talk about their practice. DeVivo describes their practice as a “personal meditation on the space between our world and that of spirit.” Their ethereal images and self portraits are filled with light and reflection that are both sensual and meditative. FORECAST Juror Marcel Pardo Ariza said of DeVivo’s exhibition entries, “This work makes me think of shaping a new future while exploring the possibilities of becoming. Nykelle DeVivo's work has a lot of energy and textural depth, I hope they use this momentum to keep developing a very strong practice.”
Image by Devyn Sinclair.
ABOUT NYKELLE DEVIVO
In using photography as language to understand their evolving sense of self, Portland based artist Nykelle DeVivo finds their voice referring to histories of Afro spiritualism and expressions of Black queer joy. Photographing ethereal bodies of light, sensual self portraits and quiet moments of prayer, their images act as a portal between timeless states of being and the physical world they inhabit. Nykelle studied critical theory & photography at the San Francisco Art Institute before going on to be published in articles such as Aint-Bad & I-D, displaying in group shows across the country, and assisting journalists for projects in The New York Times, The California Sunday Magazine and more. Their work can be viewed at nykelledevivo.com
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