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Happy to be launching my puzzle collaboration with @kinstler_co today! My 2022 painting, Tempérance is featured on this puzzle and is available for folks to take home and put together. (Link in bio)

In Tempérance, I portray myself as a winged angel, which in the Pamela Colman Smith deck seems female or androgynous, pouring liquid from one chalice into another. Here the angel is blue, with a golden bejeweled Afro crown of hair and seated with one foot on water and one foot on land, which symbolizes balance between the physical world and the emotional realm.

Words from Kinstler and @wood26son ::
“Shimoyama approaches painting as a form of world-building, riffing on personal experiences, mythology, spiritual traditions, drag culture, classical composition, and queer iconography. His unique visual language supports a wild matrix of media—everything from fur to feathers, glitter, rhinestones, and sequins.

Tempérance is of course a virtue, a reminder to maybe never get too high or too low- to stay kind of chill- but Tempérance the painting, or at least the materials used in it throughout-, the jewels, the glitter et al have precious little chill. And that’s why we love it.

Anyway, enough words. Get this puzzle because it’s awesome! Puzzle link in bio! Grab one!”

Happy to be launching my puzzle collaboration with @kinstler_co today! My 2022 painting, Tempérance is featured on this puzzle and is available for folks to take home and put together. (Link in bio)

In Tempérance, I portray myself as a winged angel, which in the Pamela Colman Smith deck seems female or androgynous, pouring liquid from one chalice into another. Here the angel is blue, with a golden bejeweled Afro crown of hair and seated with one foot on water and one foot on land, which symbolizes balance between the physical world and the emotional realm.

Words from Kinstler and @wood26son ::
“Shimoyama approaches painting as a form of world-building, riffing on personal experiences, mythology, spiritual traditions, drag culture, classical composition, and queer iconography. His unique visual language supports a wild matrix of media—everything from fur to feathers, glitter, rhinestones, and sequins.

Tempérance is of course a virtue, a reminder to maybe never get too high or too low- to stay kind of chill- but Tempérance the painting, or at least the materials used in it throughout-, the jewels, the glitter et al have precious little chill. And that’s why we love it.

Anyway, enough words. Get this puzzle because it’s awesome! Puzzle link in bio! Grab one!”

Happy to be launching my puzzle collaboration with @kinstler_co today! My 2022 painting, Tempérance is featured on this puzzle and is available for folks to take home and put together. (Link in bio)

In Tempérance, I portray myself as a winged angel, which in the Pamela Colman Smith deck seems female or androgynous, pouring liquid from one chalice into another. Here the angel is blue, with a golden bejeweled Afro crown of hair and seated with one foot on water and one foot on land, which symbolizes balance between the physical world and the emotional realm.

Words from Kinstler and @wood26son ::
“Shimoyama approaches painting as a form of world-building, riffing on personal experiences, mythology, spiritual traditions, drag culture, classical composition, and queer iconography. His unique visual language supports a wild matrix of media—everything from fur to feathers, glitter, rhinestones, and sequins.

Tempérance is of course a virtue, a reminder to maybe never get too high or too low- to stay kind of chill- but Tempérance the painting, or at least the materials used in it throughout-, the jewels, the glitter et al have precious little chill. And that’s why we love it.

Anyway, enough words. Get this puzzle because it’s awesome! Puzzle link in bio! Grab one!”

Happy to be launching my puzzle collaboration with @kinstler_co today! My 2022 painting, Tempérance is featured on this puzzle and is available for folks to take home and put together. (Link in bio)

In Tempérance, I portray myself as a winged angel, which in the Pamela Colman Smith deck seems female or androgynous, pouring liquid from one chalice into another. Here the angel is blue, with a golden bejeweled Afro crown of hair and seated with one foot on water and one foot on land, which symbolizes balance between the physical world and the emotional realm.

Words from Kinstler and @wood26son ::
“Shimoyama approaches painting as a form of world-building, riffing on personal experiences, mythology, spiritual traditions, drag culture, classical composition, and queer iconography. His unique visual language supports a wild matrix of media—everything from fur to feathers, glitter, rhinestones, and sequins.

Tempérance is of course a virtue, a reminder to maybe never get too high or too low- to stay kind of chill- but Tempérance the painting, or at least the materials used in it throughout-, the jewels, the glitter et al have precious little chill. And that’s why we love it.

Anyway, enough words. Get this puzzle because it’s awesome! Puzzle link in bio! Grab one!”

Happy to be launching my puzzle collaboration with @kinstler_co today! My 2022 painting, Tempérance is featured on this puzzle and is available for folks to take home and put together. (Link in bio)

In Tempérance, I portray myself as a winged angel, which in the Pamela Colman Smith deck seems female or androgynous, pouring liquid from one chalice into another. Here the angel is blue, with a golden bejeweled Afro crown of hair and seated with one foot on water and one foot on land, which symbolizes balance between the physical world and the emotional realm.

Words from Kinstler and @wood26son ::
“Shimoyama approaches painting as a form of world-building, riffing on personal experiences, mythology, spiritual traditions, drag culture, classical composition, and queer iconography. His unique visual language supports a wild matrix of media—everything from fur to feathers, glitter, rhinestones, and sequins.

Tempérance is of course a virtue, a reminder to maybe never get too high or too low- to stay kind of chill- but Tempérance the painting, or at least the materials used in it throughout-, the jewels, the glitter et al have precious little chill. And that’s why we love it.

Anyway, enough words. Get this puzzle because it’s awesome! Puzzle link in bio! Grab one!”

Happy to be launching my puzzle collaboration with @kinstler_co today! My 2022 painting, Tempérance is featured on this puzzle and is available for folks to take home and put together. (Link in bio)

In Tempérance, I portray myself as a winged angel, which in the Pamela Colman Smith deck seems female or androgynous, pouring liquid from one chalice into another. Here the angel is blue, with a golden bejeweled Afro crown of hair and seated with one foot on water and one foot on land, which symbolizes balance between the physical world and the emotional realm.

Words from Kinstler and @wood26son ::
“Shimoyama approaches painting as a form of world-building, riffing on personal experiences, mythology, spiritual traditions, drag culture, classical composition, and queer iconography. His unique visual language supports a wild matrix of media—everything from fur to feathers, glitter, rhinestones, and sequins.

Tempérance is of course a virtue, a reminder to maybe never get too high or too low- to stay kind of chill- but Tempérance the painting, or at least the materials used in it throughout-, the jewels, the glitter et al have precious little chill. And that’s why we love it.

Anyway, enough words. Get this puzzle because it’s awesome! Puzzle link in bio! Grab one!”

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Hey all, my first collaboration with @avant.arte, Le Mat, launches on November 6.
Based on an original work from my Tarot series of paintings, the print edition explores identity and mysticism through decoration and colour – making use of rhinestones, gold foil embossing and glitter inks.
Link in bio to find out more! 🧡✨

Stunning new Devan Shimoyama in our focused exhibition Space @devanshimoyama @kravetswehbygallery opening tonight, May 7 at 6 PM

Some D&D 🎲character self portrait drawings I made in 🇬🇧London, and some fun pics in the studio by @serskaten 📸

Some D&D 🎲character self portrait drawings I made in 🇬🇧London, and some fun pics in the studio by @serskaten 📸

Some D&D 🎲character self portrait drawings I made in 🇬🇧London, and some fun pics in the studio by @serskaten 📸

Some D&D 🎲character self portrait drawings I made in 🇬🇧London, and some fun pics in the studio by @serskaten 📸

Some D&D 🎲character self portrait drawings I made in 🇬🇧London, and some fun pics in the studio by @serskaten 📸

So excited to see this beauty! Honored to have my work featured in Rainbow Dreams: Color and Light in Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon, now sold worldwide.
@phaidonpress @rainbowcontemporary
Editors @valentineuhovski @rubyrei

Page of Wands is one of the only minor arcana cards I’ve painted, but my 🌈⭐️MAJOR ARCANA 🌈⭐️limited edition print sale still live through April 10th, 🔗link in bio🔗

So excited to see this beauty! Honored to have my work featured in Rainbow Dreams: Color and Light in Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon, now sold worldwide.
@phaidonpress @rainbowcontemporary
Editors @valentineuhovski @rubyrei

Page of Wands is one of the only minor arcana cards I’ve painted, but my 🌈⭐️MAJOR ARCANA 🌈⭐️limited edition print sale still live through April 10th, 🔗link in bio🔗

So excited to see this beauty! Honored to have my work featured in Rainbow Dreams: Color and Light in Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon, now sold worldwide.
@phaidonpress @rainbowcontemporary
Editors @valentineuhovski @rubyrei

Page of Wands is one of the only minor arcana cards I’ve painted, but my 🌈⭐️MAJOR ARCANA 🌈⭐️limited edition print sale still live through April 10th, 🔗link in bio🔗

So excited to see this beauty! Honored to have my work featured in Rainbow Dreams: Color and Light in Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon, now sold worldwide.
@phaidonpress @rainbowcontemporary
Editors @valentineuhovski @rubyrei

Page of Wands is one of the only minor arcana cards I’ve painted, but my 🌈⭐️MAJOR ARCANA 🌈⭐️limited edition print sale still live through April 10th, 🔗link in bio🔗

Hey 👋🏾 I am releasing a limited edition run of affordable prints from my Major Arcana series, with the print sale officially kicking off now. ⭐️LINK IN BIO⭐️

This release includes four different prints, each available in 3 different sizeswith framed and unframed options. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

The print sale is up now, April 4th at 5PM EST and will run through April 10th, so if you’ve had your eye on any of these tarot works of mine go get a print! 🌍🩷🛺🪽

Hey 👋🏾 I am releasing a limited edition run of affordable prints from my Major Arcana series, with the print sale officially kicking off now. ⭐️LINK IN BIO⭐️

This release includes four different prints, each available in 3 different sizeswith framed and unframed options. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

The print sale is up now, April 4th at 5PM EST and will run through April 10th, so if you’ve had your eye on any of these tarot works of mine go get a print! 🌍🩷🛺🪽

Hey 👋🏾 I am releasing a limited edition run of affordable prints from my Major Arcana series, with the print sale officially kicking off now. ⭐️LINK IN BIO⭐️

This release includes four different prints, each available in 3 different sizeswith framed and unframed options. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

The print sale is up now, April 4th at 5PM EST and will run through April 10th, so if you’ve had your eye on any of these tarot works of mine go get a print! 🌍🩷🛺🪽

Hey 👋🏾 I am releasing a limited edition run of affordable prints from my Major Arcana series, with the print sale officially kicking off now. ⭐️LINK IN BIO⭐️

This release includes four different prints, each available in 3 different sizeswith framed and unframed options. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

The print sale is up now, April 4th at 5PM EST and will run through April 10th, so if you’ve had your eye on any of these tarot works of mine go get a print! 🌍🩷🛺🪽

Hey 👋🏾 I am releasing a limited edition run of affordable prints from my Major Arcana series, with the print sale officially kicking off now. ⭐️LINK IN BIO⭐️

This release includes four different prints, each available in 3 different sizeswith framed and unframed options. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

The print sale is up now, April 4th at 5PM EST and will run through April 10th, so if you’ve had your eye on any of these tarot works of mine go get a print! 🌍🩷🛺🪽

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

“[The body] gave me a container, a boundary to play within…”

Devan Shimoyama’s work considers beauty, glamour, and their illusions alongside ugliness, treating each as a generative force in composition and meaning.

Beginning with figure drawing and expanding through an increasingly multimedia approach, Shimoyama brings together fabrics, beads, and other mixed media to explore how materials coalesce, communicate, and evoke bodily presence. Over time, these investigations became more deliberate, using materials with greater purpose and meaning.

Shaped by the visual language of, and experiences within chapels, churches, nightclubs, and the Queer community, Shimoyama connects adornment, light, and atmosphere as transformative forces capable of elevating both space and body into something luminous, sensual, and transcendent.

@devanshimoyama on view in Let There Be Light, now through September @cannonballarts

Pictured: Spray, 2025, mixed media on panel, 24 x 18 x 2.5 inches & Spill, 2025, mixed media on canvas stretched over panel, 40 x 30 x 2.5 inches

Photo by @wiseknave
Interview by @rare.joolz

#lettherebelight #ltbl #devanshimoyama #cannonballarts #anthonywhite

Huge thanks to everyone who attended last night’s event presented by the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas ‘Devan Shimoyama in conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller’

Devan Shimoyama is no stranger to excess. The artist crafts his own Black, queer mythology in bright colours and lavishly embellished surfaces. Within his visual lexicon, Shimoyama employs materials like building blocks to construct a space of queer transcendence: glitter, rhinestones, sequins, and fabric.

In his first public talk in the UK, Shimoyama discussed a range of work that weaves together popular culture, mythological archetypes, and personal narrative. Shimoyama’s Barbershop Project invited members of the public to have their hair cut in a joyous space surrounded by paintings of himself, loved ones, and imagined portraits that reframe the hyper-masculine spaces of his youth. His swing sculptures and hoodies are tributes to victims of racialised gun violence and use silk flowers to evoke spontaneous memorials, celebrating life between permanence and impermanence. The Tarot Series reimagines the twenty-two Major Arcana and takes the artist and the viewer on a “Fool’s journey” via the divinatory cards.

These works seek a through-line between spiritual traditions encompassing his Baptist Christian upbringing, hybrid Black diasporic religions, Egyptian mythology, and more. Nods to popular culture suffuse Shimoyama’s fantasy world, from music (the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah), to poetry (the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair), to anime (the television series and manga Sailor Moon). Through these references, he transforms sites of pain into spaces of reverence and remembrance. From folklore to fantasy world-building, Shimoyama amplifies Black queer joy.

Organised by Professor Jo Applin, Alex Bispham, and Dr Pia Gottschaller, as part of the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas.

Huge thanks to everyone who attended last night’s event presented by the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas ‘Devan Shimoyama in conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller’

Devan Shimoyama is no stranger to excess. The artist crafts his own Black, queer mythology in bright colours and lavishly embellished surfaces. Within his visual lexicon, Shimoyama employs materials like building blocks to construct a space of queer transcendence: glitter, rhinestones, sequins, and fabric.

In his first public talk in the UK, Shimoyama discussed a range of work that weaves together popular culture, mythological archetypes, and personal narrative. Shimoyama’s Barbershop Project invited members of the public to have their hair cut in a joyous space surrounded by paintings of himself, loved ones, and imagined portraits that reframe the hyper-masculine spaces of his youth. His swing sculptures and hoodies are tributes to victims of racialised gun violence and use silk flowers to evoke spontaneous memorials, celebrating life between permanence and impermanence. The Tarot Series reimagines the twenty-two Major Arcana and takes the artist and the viewer on a “Fool’s journey” via the divinatory cards.

These works seek a through-line between spiritual traditions encompassing his Baptist Christian upbringing, hybrid Black diasporic religions, Egyptian mythology, and more. Nods to popular culture suffuse Shimoyama’s fantasy world, from music (the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah), to poetry (the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair), to anime (the television series and manga Sailor Moon). Through these references, he transforms sites of pain into spaces of reverence and remembrance. From folklore to fantasy world-building, Shimoyama amplifies Black queer joy.

Organised by Professor Jo Applin, Alex Bispham, and Dr Pia Gottschaller, as part of the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas.

Huge thanks to everyone who attended last night’s event presented by the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas ‘Devan Shimoyama in conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller’

Devan Shimoyama is no stranger to excess. The artist crafts his own Black, queer mythology in bright colours and lavishly embellished surfaces. Within his visual lexicon, Shimoyama employs materials like building blocks to construct a space of queer transcendence: glitter, rhinestones, sequins, and fabric.

In his first public talk in the UK, Shimoyama discussed a range of work that weaves together popular culture, mythological archetypes, and personal narrative. Shimoyama’s Barbershop Project invited members of the public to have their hair cut in a joyous space surrounded by paintings of himself, loved ones, and imagined portraits that reframe the hyper-masculine spaces of his youth. His swing sculptures and hoodies are tributes to victims of racialised gun violence and use silk flowers to evoke spontaneous memorials, celebrating life between permanence and impermanence. The Tarot Series reimagines the twenty-two Major Arcana and takes the artist and the viewer on a “Fool’s journey” via the divinatory cards.

These works seek a through-line between spiritual traditions encompassing his Baptist Christian upbringing, hybrid Black diasporic religions, Egyptian mythology, and more. Nods to popular culture suffuse Shimoyama’s fantasy world, from music (the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah), to poetry (the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair), to anime (the television series and manga Sailor Moon). Through these references, he transforms sites of pain into spaces of reverence and remembrance. From folklore to fantasy world-building, Shimoyama amplifies Black queer joy.

Organised by Professor Jo Applin, Alex Bispham, and Dr Pia Gottschaller, as part of the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas.

Huge thanks to everyone who attended last night’s event presented by the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas ‘Devan Shimoyama in conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller’

Devan Shimoyama is no stranger to excess. The artist crafts his own Black, queer mythology in bright colours and lavishly embellished surfaces. Within his visual lexicon, Shimoyama employs materials like building blocks to construct a space of queer transcendence: glitter, rhinestones, sequins, and fabric.

In his first public talk in the UK, Shimoyama discussed a range of work that weaves together popular culture, mythological archetypes, and personal narrative. Shimoyama’s Barbershop Project invited members of the public to have their hair cut in a joyous space surrounded by paintings of himself, loved ones, and imagined portraits that reframe the hyper-masculine spaces of his youth. His swing sculptures and hoodies are tributes to victims of racialised gun violence and use silk flowers to evoke spontaneous memorials, celebrating life between permanence and impermanence. The Tarot Series reimagines the twenty-two Major Arcana and takes the artist and the viewer on a “Fool’s journey” via the divinatory cards.

These works seek a through-line between spiritual traditions encompassing his Baptist Christian upbringing, hybrid Black diasporic religions, Egyptian mythology, and more. Nods to popular culture suffuse Shimoyama’s fantasy world, from music (the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah), to poetry (the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair), to anime (the television series and manga Sailor Moon). Through these references, he transforms sites of pain into spaces of reverence and remembrance. From folklore to fantasy world-building, Shimoyama amplifies Black queer joy.

Organised by Professor Jo Applin, Alex Bispham, and Dr Pia Gottschaller, as part of the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas.

Huge thanks to everyone who attended last night’s event presented by the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas ‘Devan Shimoyama in conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller’

Devan Shimoyama is no stranger to excess. The artist crafts his own Black, queer mythology in bright colours and lavishly embellished surfaces. Within his visual lexicon, Shimoyama employs materials like building blocks to construct a space of queer transcendence: glitter, rhinestones, sequins, and fabric.

In his first public talk in the UK, Shimoyama discussed a range of work that weaves together popular culture, mythological archetypes, and personal narrative. Shimoyama’s Barbershop Project invited members of the public to have their hair cut in a joyous space surrounded by paintings of himself, loved ones, and imagined portraits that reframe the hyper-masculine spaces of his youth. His swing sculptures and hoodies are tributes to victims of racialised gun violence and use silk flowers to evoke spontaneous memorials, celebrating life between permanence and impermanence. The Tarot Series reimagines the twenty-two Major Arcana and takes the artist and the viewer on a “Fool’s journey” via the divinatory cards.

These works seek a through-line between spiritual traditions encompassing his Baptist Christian upbringing, hybrid Black diasporic religions, Egyptian mythology, and more. Nods to popular culture suffuse Shimoyama’s fantasy world, from music (the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah), to poetry (the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair), to anime (the television series and manga Sailor Moon). Through these references, he transforms sites of pain into spaces of reverence and remembrance. From folklore to fantasy world-building, Shimoyama amplifies Black queer joy.

Organised by Professor Jo Applin, Alex Bispham, and Dr Pia Gottschaller, as part of the Courtauld Centre for the Art of the Americas.

PRINT GIVEAWAY : reminder to sign up via link in bio by March 18th. 🩷
So happy to have my work curated into Let There Be Light, a group show by @culturalcrisis , open now at @cannonballarts in Seattle! Please see this in person if you’re in the area. And big thank you and congrats to Anthony for this huge feat of making this exhibition happen 🫶🏾✨
Painting info:
Spill
40”x30”
Mixed media on canvas stretched over panel
2025

PRINT GIVEAWAY : reminder to sign up via link in bio by March 18th. 🩷
So happy to have my work curated into Let There Be Light, a group show by @culturalcrisis , open now at @cannonballarts in Seattle! Please see this in person if you’re in the area. And big thank you and congrats to Anthony for this huge feat of making this exhibition happen 🫶🏾✨
Painting info:
Spill
40”x30”
Mixed media on canvas stretched over panel
2025

PRINT GIVEAWAY : reminder to sign up via link in bio by March 18th. 🩷
So happy to have my work curated into Let There Be Light, a group show by @culturalcrisis , open now at @cannonballarts in Seattle! Please see this in person if you’re in the area. And big thank you and congrats to Anthony for this huge feat of making this exhibition happen 🫶🏾✨
Painting info:
Spill
40”x30”
Mixed media on canvas stretched over panel
2025

PRINT GIVEAWAY : reminder to sign up via link in bio by March 18th. 🩷
So happy to have my work curated into Let There Be Light, a group show by @culturalcrisis , open now at @cannonballarts in Seattle! Please see this in person if you’re in the area. And big thank you and congrats to Anthony for this huge feat of making this exhibition happen 🫶🏾✨
Painting info:
Spill
40”x30”
Mixed media on canvas stretched over panel
2025

Welcome @asifhoque and @devanshimoyama to PLOP ✨

#PLOP #AsifHoque #DevanShimoyama

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

Welcome to PLOP Devan Shimoyama@devanshimoyama! 👋

🎨 Visually scintillating
🏳️‍🌈 Politics of queer culture
✨ Magical and joyous
🖼️ Pictorial collages
💎 Glitter and jewels

This month, Devan will be working alongside Asif Hoque @asifhoque

#DevanShimoyama #PLOP #Residency #London

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Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛

Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛

Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛

Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛

Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛

Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛

Hey y’all, I am launching a newsletter! ✍🏾Sign up by March 18th at the link in my bio for a chance to win this signed Giclée print of ‘Tempérance’ by me! 🪄✨I’ve been closing in on the final few Major Arcana tarot paintings and thought this would be a great opportunity to find ways to share them with more people, as I’ve always envisioned these works as being turned into something where many folks could live with them. I chose ‘Tempérance’ as the piece to giveaway, as it is a particularly special work in the series as a Sagittarius, reminding me to slow down with intention and find balance while exploring and expanding.

The newsletter is a way for me to communicate directly with you on my upcoming affordable print releases, exhibitions, programs, and projects I have in the works. So please sign up! I really appreciate it, and looking forward to sharing more of what I’ve been working on. Enjoy these process shots from the studio while making this painting. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🖼️🐈‍⬛