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Devi
felt called to "paint " the Book of Revelation in 1972
at the time of a deep faith commitment to Jesus Messiah. She
has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, a
Master of Fine Arts from Old Dominion University and Norfolk State
University, as well as a Masters of Theology and Ministry from
Regent University. Her award winning work has been exhibited
widely within the national art community in museums, galleries,
universities, and art centers and co-ops. Her art has also
been featured in magazines such as "Christianity and the
Arts", "Bible Review", and is featured as a column
in "Touching His Heart". Her "White Throne Judgment"
was chosen one of the "Top Ten" in the international
call for art, "Jesus 2000".
She
also has several other bodies of work including "The Land of Contrast"
depicting the area of En Gedi near the Dead Sea in Israel.
EDUCATION:
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
B.F.A.
Degree: 1977
Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va.
M.A.
Degree: 1988
O.D.U. and N.S.U., Norfolk, Va.
M.F.A. JOINT DEGREE
Degree: 1991
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1984
Woman's Resource Center, Univ. of Richmond, Va.
1985
Danville Museum of Fine Art, Danville, Va.
1986
Art in Public Places, several exhibitions.
Fairfax Council of the Arts, Northern Virginia.
Truro Episcopal Church, Fairfax, Va.
1988
Greater Reston Arts Center, video by Channel 8 and art critic David
Tannous, Reston, Va.
1989
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. reviewed in
Virginia Pilot
Eastern Va. Medical College, Norfolk, Va. reviewed in Va. Pilot
1990
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Va. reviewed in Va. Pilot
1991
University Gallery, O.D.U., reviewed by Carol Rand and Linda
McGreevy,
Norfolk, Va.
1992
Regent University, reviewed by Va.-Pilot
1993
Gallery Commons of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Norfolk, Va.
1995
Crestar Bank, Norfolk, Va.
1997
Bay view Baptist Church, Norfolk, Va.
1998
Dayton Ohio University, Marian Institute, Dayton, Ohio.
2000-
(current)
Hope
Community and Shadracks, Newport News, Va.
Selected
NATIONAL
JURIED SHOWS:
1995-96
Mid-Atlantic
Nat'l Show, D'Art Center, Norfolk,Va
Portsmouth Museum, T.A,A. Show, Best Both Years, Portsmouth, Va.
Hoyt Nat'l, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, Pa.
Sacred Arts Museum, award and reviewed in Chicago Tribune, Wheaton,
Ill.
1997
Hoyt National Exhibition, Newcastle, Pa.
Ecclesiastical Art Exhibit, Historic Trinity, Detroit,
Sacred Arts, Wheaton, Illinois
Art Sagrados, Concordia Univ. at Austin, Austin, Tx.
Contemporary Works of Faith, Schumacher Gallery,
Art and Religion: The Many Faces of Faith, Balch Institute for Ethnic
Studies
and Villanova
University
Art Gallery, Phila., Pa. (Award and reviews)
1998
D'Art Center, Mid-Atlantic Exhibition, Norfolk, Va. (Best In Show)
1999
Concordia Univ., Austin ,Tx.
Farmington, New Mexico
Norfolk, VA
2001
D'Art Center
Selected
INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1983
"Virginia Piedmont Landscape Show", Second Street Gallery,
Charlottesville, Va.
1984
Three Person Show, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va.
"Skyscape, Cityscape, Seascape, and Landscape", Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, Va.
1985
Add Arts Invitational Show, A. Salon, Washington, D.C.
1986
Artist/Designer, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, Va.
Two Person Show, Sperry Corporation. Reston, Va.
"Natural Transactions", 15 Washington Area's Landscape Artists, Martin Luther
King Library (awarded for a return showing)
"Best of Year Group Show", Martin Luther King Library, Washington, D.C.
1987
Four Person Show, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, (reviewed in Va. Pilot)
1989
Twelve Grace Artists at the Foundry Gallery, Wash. D.C. 1989, (published
in the Washington Journal)
1990
The Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, Va.
1995
Millennium Exhibition, Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1999-current
Rotating Show at Va. Beach Construction Sites with 19 other artists
through Center for Contemporary Arts, Va. Beach, Va.
2000
Traveling Art Show with "Jesus 2000" New York City,
Chicago, Bellville, Baltimore.
SELECTED TEACHING:
9/79 - 12/80
New Community School, Richmond, Va.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
1989
Christian University of the Arts, Newport News, Va.
ART INSTRUCTOR
9/90 - 12/90
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va
ART INSTRUCTOR OF THE FIGURE
1/92 - 2002( current)
The Artroom, Chesapeake, Va.
OWNER/ INSTRUCTOR
1983 - Present
Private Classes as well as with Art Centers, Richmond, Chesapeake, and Va. Beach, Va.
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