ARtist Statement

Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Kalin Devone is a multidisciplinary artist who focuses on the ideas of societal influence and social culture. She is known for her use of realism to reflect popular themes from her culture and childhood in the 90’s and early 2000’s. She studied at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she received a BFA with a concentration in painting in 2015. Her work displays a technique of using layered short brush strokes to add a sense of movement to her work. This Kalin’s work mainly focuses on portraiture, she also creates abstract pieces that combine the themes of fluidity and flux of space. Kalin curated her first solo exhibition in 2019: (Perpetual). Her most recent exhibitions include Local Street, (2021 and 2022) and the Brooklyn Collective; ‘The Renaissance of Brooklyn’ (2023).