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Devan Shimoyama

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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! 🧡✨ by @devanshimoyama

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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🔗 by @devanshimoyama

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What a surprise and an honor! RetCanon Collective (@devanshimoyama, @terry__boyd, and I) are top 5 finalists for @artprize! The people have voted and they want more anti-colonial space roleplay! If you’re around Grand Rapids, the exhibition at @resonantgallery (Western Michigan University Grand Rapids campus) has a closing reception on Friday from 5-7pm! Come join me and my fam as we say goodbye to RetCanon Collective’s first exhibition of “The Future of the Hive” - an actual play / game performance, costumes, video media design, and newly designed book! Major thanks to @ericsouther for supporting this installation version and inviting us to finally exhibit this performance for video we made over a year ago. Thanks to @joshuakosker for platform design!!

Presented by RetCanon Collective (Devan Shimoyama, Angela Washko, and Terry Boyd), The Future of the Hive is a live theatrical performance and tabletop roleplaying game that takes place in an alternative galaxy where a colonizing force is beginning to expand its reaches. Seven player-performers take on the roles of members of unusual species and improvisationally play and perform - exploring space ecologies, multi-species commons, intersectional solidarity and collaboration, conflicting stakes on land, and collaborative worldbuilding through the
wild facade of a space travel adventure game.

Participating artists & collaborators
Production Design: RetCanon Collective
Game Design: Angela Washko
Costume Design: Devan Shimoyama
Set Design: Terry Boyd
Media Design: @jts3k
Game Master (GM): Angela Washko
Player-Performers: Devan Shimoyama, Quinn Alexandria Hunter, Nica Ross, Peter Burr, Thomas Hughes, Terry Boyd
Production Assistants: Darren Spirk, Maeson Linnert
Photogrammetry: Stephanie O’Malley, Duderstadt Center Visualization Studio at University of Michigan

Performed at Duderstadt Center Video Studio, University of Michigan with production support from their staff:
Associate Director: Stephen Eberle
Managing Producer (Video Studio): Patterson McKinney
Managing Producer (Audio Studio): Matt Girard
Assistant Video Studio Manager: Catherine Miller
Assistant Audio Studio Manager: Jim Roll taken in Western Michigan University - Grand Rapids by @devanshimoyama

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Thanks @arsenalcontemporary for having me! Was in Montreal for the month of July and made two paintings now on view at @blouindivision through August 29th with works by Oli Epp, Rae Klein, Justin Liam O’Brien and Harrison Pearce. If you’re wondering, he’s an Eladrin elf, lives in Waterdeep, wild magic sorcerer, recently multi-classed as a fighter after a traumatic loss of a dear friend who was a college of swords bard. I’ll share install images later since they’re all horizontal. Bless 🫰🏾✨
Dual Wielder
60”x40”
2026
Mixed media on canvas stretched over panel taken in Arsenal Contemporary Art Contemporain by @devanshimoyama

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Devan Shimoyama is a multimedia artist based in Pittsburgh and a recipient of a 2025 Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grant for an exciting, upcoming tabletop RPG game that he’s making under the working title “Pleasure and Fear.”

“Worldbuilding and fantasy are an important part of my artistic practice, and this is a way to make art that can be more participatory and generative,” Shimoyama says about the project.

The game, which was inspired by Octavia Butler’s “Book of Martha” and Nnedi Okorafor’s “Who Fears Death, Pleasure and Fear” will feature magic of deific proportion and real historical references for players to engage with.

“Players will problem solve in a variety of situations including having to enact a heist, exposing a militant political leader’s dark secrets, and assisting in an abolitionist movement,” he added. “My game reinterprets these ideas to create an allegory for self-discovery, queer and POC identity and self-love.”

You can view more of Devan’s art on his website: https://www.devanshimoyamastudio.com/ by @devanshimoyama

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Devan Shimoyama (b. 1989) (he/him) @devanshimoyama

As Pittsburgh-based artist Devan Shimoyama explains, “I make paintings and sculptures that explore magic, transformation and identity. I celebrate Black queer identity using both traditional and unconventional painting materials, with emphasis on vibrant colors, textiles, glitter and rhinestones.” (text from the artist) His use of saturated colors and his balance of beauty and macabre have allowed the artist to create a unique style that acts as a voice for many marginalized communities. taken in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by @devanshimoyama

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🔗Link in Bio for my Major Arcana II Print Drop! Included is La Maison Dieu. Last slide is me when I see that card drawn for me. 🫣

Three more limited edition affordable giclée prints will be available for purchase through June 28th.
The three available prints are L’Etoile ⭐️, Page of Wands🪄 and Le Maison Dieu 🏰. There will be three different size options for each print, and two frame options. by @devanshimoyama

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Pride Month Print Drop! Thursday, June 18th at 5PM EST, three more prints from my MAJOR ARCANA limited edition affordable giclée prints series will be available for purchase through July 1st. Link in Bio 🔗
This time, I’ve included one Minor Arcana because Page of Wands is very dear to me of the tarot paintings I’ve made. 🌈🪄✨🦎
The three available prints are L’Etoile ⭐️, Page of Wands🪄 and Le Maison Dieu 🏰. There will be three different size options for each print, and two frame options.

The winner of my Page of Wands print giveaway will have their print shipped out this week! 🥳 by @devanshimoyama

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

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

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6 months ago

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! 🌍🩷🛺🪽 by @devanshimoyama

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“[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 taken in Seattle, Washington by @devanshimoyama

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