Joe Devera, Rocinante, 2020
Joe Devera, Rocinante, 2020
Joe Devera
Rocinante, 2020
Paper Size: 26x20
Image Size: 18 x 24
Serigraph , Edition of 60
This edition is somewhat a divergence from most of my work as it explores the four-color process (CMYK) versus my usual mediums of painting and installation. The imagery, which thematically relates to my ongoing series dealing with the concept of beasts of burden (in the military sense), is from a large oil painting that I converted into a digital medium, then transferred to print.
Atelier Statement:
A transition can be an emotional, mental, and or even physical passage from one point or state to another. For this atelier, SHG invited a multigenerational group of military veteran artists whose paths led them to transition from civilians to soldiers to artists. The seven artists will address themes already embedded in their practice or explore new concepts through a Serigraph print. While SHG has always been a home to a community of veterans who sought the arts to manage PTSD or connect to a community of artists, Transitions will be the first veteran-focused suite of serigraphs printed at SHG.
Artists include Joe Devera, Fanny Garcia, Gina Herrera, Leo Limon, Yvette Pino, Pedro Rios Martinez, and Peter Tovar.
Artist Biography:
Given his past enlistment in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 to 2008 (serving two combat deployments), and in addition to having been born in the Philippines during a time of political turmoil and violence, Joe deVera’s work are often attempts to make sense of the absurd theaters of human tragedy; exploring the possible relationships between historiography and art objects, while simultaneously investigating the cultural networks of mass conflict.
His exhibition record includes solo and two-person shows in Philadelphia, Connecticut and Southern California, as well as an inclusion in a publication New American Paintings (Issue 111, April 2014). He has been awarded the Joshua Tree Highlands Art Residency (2015), The Terra American Art Foundation Summer Fellowship (2016) and the Cloud Projects Prize (2016). In addition to his art practice, deVera also served as the curator for Aftermath, a four-artist exhibition that ran from November 2 to December 5, 2016 in Santa Ana, CA, which examines the resonance of war through the artist as a lived body (Santora Building, Santa Ana, CA). Joe DeVera received his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art (2014) and his BFA in Painting from California State University, Fullerton (2011), where he also served as an adjunct lecturer for several years.