Rockwell Reframed Lecture Series | A Closer Look with Devan Shimoyama
Schedule
Thu Feb 12 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
The Rockwell Museum | Corning, NY
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Open to the public | Members: Free, Not-Yet-Members: $15, Students: $5 | Advance registration encouraged Devan Shimoyama is a visual artist who works primarily in painting and self-portraiture, with works inspired by classical mythology, divination, fantasy, and science fiction. Through his depictions of the queer Black male form, Shimoyama navigates his own personal narratives amid larger cultural and political forces. In this lecture, he will unpack his process through recent work on themes of tarot, Black barber shops, and spontaneous memorials.
About Devan Shimoyama
Devan Shimoyama is a visual artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. He graduated from Penn State University in 2011 with a BFA in Drawing/Painting. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art in Painting/Printmaking in 2014. Shimoyama’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. His solo exhibition Cry, Baby was presented at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, in 2018. Other major recent exhibitions include When We See Us, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa; Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows, at FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, USA; Tell Me, at CAC Malaga, Malaga, Spain; and All the Rage, at Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany.
Generous support given in memory of Nat and Wilhelmina Wollin.
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The Rockwell Museum, 111 Cedar Street,South Corning, New York, Corning, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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