{"id":14420,"date":"2024-02-07T12:25:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=14420"},"modified":"2024-02-07T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:49:29","slug":"devon-reina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/devon-reina\/","title":{"rendered":"Devon Reina"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6714\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14420-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DevonReina.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DevonReina.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DevonReina.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_14423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14423\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=180%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2880&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-headshot-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of the Artist. Courtesy of Uprise Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upriseart.com\/exhibitions\/abscissa\">Devon Reina<\/a> (b. 1996) is a Brooklyn, New York-based artist and designer. Devon\u2019s cross-disciplinary background inspires his curiosity for materiality and process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">His paintings celebrate a range of versatile media, from thick paint impastos, to expressive ink washes and delicate wax pastel line-work. Across his various bodies of work, Devon is interested in how marks of color can interact with each other to suggest the illusion of depth, movement, or direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14424\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14424 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=696%2C870&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C870&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1335&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2400&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Nemeses-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nemeses Year of Work: 2023 Dimensions: 40 in x 40 in x 1.25 in \/ 101.6 cm x 101.6 cm x 3.18 cm Materials: Pencil and wax pastel on canvas In &#8220;Nemeses&#8221;, I wanted to experiment with placing two parts of the canvas in dialogue with one another, allowing them to agree and disagree in terms of color, surface area, and directionality. Courtesy of Uprise Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14425\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14425 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=696%2C870&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C870&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1335&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2400&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Snowflake-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowflake Year of Work: 2023 Dimensions: 48 in x 48 in x 1.5 in \/ 121.92 cm x 121.92 cm x 3.81 cm Materials: Wax pastel on canvas My work is a product of my curiosity in the development and design of art-making systems carried out by the body. I&#8217;m fascinated by the potential of parameters, seeing them as fertile grounds for discovery, creation, and exploration of the unknown. Courtesy of Uprise Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14426\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=696%2C869&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=820%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=1639%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=696%2C870&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=1068%2C1334&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?resize=1920%2C2399&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?w=1948&amp;ssl=1 1948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Devon-Reina-Train-Leaves-the-Station-Courtesy-of-Uprise-Art.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Train Leaves the Station Year of Work: 2023 Dimensions: 24 in x 24 in x 1.25 in \/ 60.96 cm x 60.96 cm x 3.18 cm Materials: Wax pastel on canvas In applying such a procedural approach to the canvas, &#8220;Train Leaves the Station&#8221; is an attempt at creating a visual language that suggests the passage of time. I like to look at each of the nine interior boxes as little memories, like looking out a train window throughout the journey to capture nine separate views of the horizon. Courtesy of Uprise Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DevonReina.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listDevon Reina (b. 1996) is a Brooklyn, New York-based artist and designer. Devon\u2019s cross-disciplinary background inspires his curiosity for materiality and process. 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