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Devin Troy Strother

Los Angeles-based artist Devin Troy Strother (b. 1986 in West Covina, CA) finds inspiration in elements as disparate as stand-up comedy, music lyrics, and contemporary politics in a variety of media from painting and collage to video.


Strother received his BFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA in 2009. He completed a residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine in 2010. Strother’s work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad including at Broadway, New York, NY; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Marlborough Contemporary, New York, NY; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA. His works are in the permanent collections of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art; and the Studio Museum in Harlem as well as in prominent private collections worldwide.


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Devin Troy Strother
Born 1986
Hometown West Covina, CA
Lives and Works Los Angeles, CA
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 2010
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2009
Permanent Collection

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

The Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, NY

Representing Galleries

Broadway, New York, NY

Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA

bendixen contemporary art, Copenhagen, Denmark

SHOWS

Hollis Taggart

New York
Oct 06 2018 - Oct 27 2018

Highlight: Chelsea

Marlborough Chelsea

New York
Sep 08 2016 - Oct 15 2016

SMS SOS: Text, Texture, Gesture
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Articles

2021 - A Year of Giving Generously
2021 - A Year of Giving Generously

Christina Quarles, Lisa Yuskavage, Jim Hodges and others on the philanthropic power of the art world

Devin Troy Strother on his new Artspace and Free Arts NYC edition
Devin Troy Strother on his new Artspace and Free Arts NYC edition

Grateful Dead Afro Cat Show, 2021 features the artist's unique, hand embellished, paint marks on each print

Free Arts NYC founder Liz Hopfan talks about her work
Free Arts NYC founder Liz Hopfan talks about her work

The Founder and Executive Director of the youth arts mentoring and education charity has experienced the positive power of early exposure to art first-hand

7 Art Tastemakers to Follow on Instagram
7 Art Tastemakers to Follow on Instagram

In the first of a new summer series, here's a roundup of a few art-world luminaries you should really think about adding to your feed.

Devin Troy Strother on Pairing Richter & MJ
Devin Troy Strother on Pairing Richter & MJ

We spoke to the millennial artist about injecting humor into the art world, and what twerking has to do with Matisse.

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