Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See the Stars
An artist talk as part of the Distinguished Visiting Artist Program
This event is free and open to the public
Abigail DeVille (b. 1981 in New York) creates immersive and proliferating works and installations of post-apocalyptic appearance. Her work refers to displacement, migration, marginalization and cultural invisibility. Abigail DeVille undertakes intensive preparatory research and acts as an archaeologist, collecting and reallocating found materials to give physical presence to unspoken stories and forgotten pasts.
Abigail DeVille’s work has been exhibited at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (St Louis), Institute of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York), the Pinchuk Art Centre (Kiev), New Museum (New York), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). DeVille has designed sets for theatrical productions—at venues such as the Stratford Festival, directed by Peter Sellers, Harlem Stage, La Mama, JACK, and Joe’s Pub directed by Charlotte Brathwaite. She has received honors fellow at The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Creative Capital grantee, received a OBIE Award for design, and nominated for The Future Generation Art Prize in 55th Biennale di Venezia.
Her work is part of prestigious collections as Kadist Art Foundation (San Francisco), Kaviar Factory (Henningsvaer), The Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx), The Studio Museum (Harlem), Centre National des Arts Plastiques (Paris), among others.
