DEVIN FARRAND

Devin Farrand was raised in a family of builders. Growing up in rural Oregon, he quickly became part of a tradition rooted in generations of exploring craftsmanship and manufacturing. The perceptual nuance of the work is developed through a process that pays tribute to the artist’s personal lineage–building cars, boats and musical instruments–while setting out to create a distinctive vernacular. Inspired by the intersection of aesthetics and production, shop equipment and industrial materials are transformed into streamlined minimal objects.

The cinematic quality of Farrand’s paintings and marble plates heightens these transformations and converges with a calm crystallization of time that washes over the work. His refinement of these forms become stand-ins for and allusions to idealized models. Deeply personal, Farrand’s work bridges the experience of the physical and metaphysical, shifting the viewer’s sense of time, and slowing the impulse for distraction. Farrand’s rendering of silence, of felled forms, is an evocation of intuitive steadfastness, a commitment to commanding beauty.

Devin Farrand (b.1986, Salem, OR) lives and works in Los Angeles. Recent Solo exhibitions include Heft, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles CA; Blocks on Blocks, Good Weather Gallery, North Little Rock, AR; Group exhibitions include Hidden Words at Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, China; Slightly Undercooked, BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA; Holiday, Ibid Gallery, London, UK; Cubit, New Release Gallery, New York, NY; When I Die…, 68 Projects, Gallery Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany; Blood Red Sun of Fantastic LA, Curated by René-Julien Praz, Piasa, Paris, France. Farrand’s work can be found in the collections of: Burger Collection, Hong Kong; SoHo House, Malibu, CA; New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI; Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR; Sishang Art museum Beijing China; Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.

Featured Works

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DEVIN FARRAND

EDUCATION

2011

MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2010

Salzburg International Summer Academy of fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria

2009

BS, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024

Walk Me Home, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)

2023

Reflections, Casa M+B, Milan, Italy

2022

Warm Up, OCHI, Sun Valley, ID

2020

Felled Forms, OCHI, Sun Valley, ID

2019

I blame the moon, OCHI, Sun Valley, ID

2016

Heft, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Blocks on Blocks, Good Weather Gallery, Little Rock, AR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Wish You Were Here, OCHI, Sun Valley, ID
On Jupiter: Selections from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA

2019

Metal Affects, Greenwood Street Project, Victoria, Australia
Taipei Dangdai, Gallery Vacancy, Taipei, Taiwan

2017

Hidden Words, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, China
Art021 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Art Basel Hong Kong, presented by Ibid Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Frieze Art Fair, presented by Ibid Gallery, New York, NY

2016

NADA, presented by Ibid Gallery, Miami, FL
Slightly Undercooked, BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA
Frieze Art Fair, presented by Ibid Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Cranbrook Ceramics +/- 25 Years, Arizona State University Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Murmur, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Holiday, a Summer Group Show, Ibid Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Cubit, New Release Gallery, New York, NY
Frieze Art Fair, presented by Ibid Gallery, New York, NY
Open House, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Blood Red Sun of Fantastic LA, curated by René-Julien Praz, Piasa, Paris, France
Homecoming, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
When I Die..., 68 Projects, Gallery Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany
Material Abstraction, Loudhailer Gallery, Culver City, CA

2014

Remove Clothes, Curated by René-Julien Praz, Piasa, Paris, France
Chair as Art: Back to Our Roots, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
MWOW, Knock Down Center, Queens, NY
Abstract LA, Paddle 8, Los Angeles, CA
Public/Private, SPRING/BREAK, New York, NY

2012

Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
The Truth Following the Existence of Something, Rendition Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
To Forge and To Forage, Pøst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

2011

Tapped, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Alumni Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
The Shape of Things to Come, Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO
Here Here, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Archie Bray Biennial, St. Pete's Clay, St. Petersburg, FL

2010

Archie Bray Artists in Residence Exhibition, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Space and Body, Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg, Austria
NCECA NSJE, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Future of Seating, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curator)
Clay? III, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
Beyond The Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2017

Artist Residency, Marble House Project, Dorset, VT

2013

Yo Yo Yo Project Grant, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Grant Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Fellowship, Art 342, Fort Collins, CO

2011

Metternich Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residencies, Saugatuck, MI

2010

Daisy Soros Prize for Fine Arts, The American Austrian Foundation, Salzburg, Austria

Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Artist in Residence, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria

Artist Residency, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024

Robinson, Mark. “Felled Forms – Abstract Painting by Devin Farrand," OEN, Jan. 18

2023

Parke, Anne. “It’s the Most Wonderful Time," Anne Parke Art Advisory, Dec. 3
Glass, Joshua. “12 Unforgettable Projects at 2023 Milan Design Week," Cultured Magazine, Apr. 24
Lesser, Casey. “Inside Felix Art Fair’s Bustling Fifth Edition," Artsy, Feb. 15

2021

Plasse, Sabina Dana. "Artist Devin Farrand Deconstructs the Puffy Coat with Warm Up," Sun Valley Property News, Dec.

2020

Zappas, Lindsay Preston. "Art Insider: Skate artist creates a technicolored dream space to spread a message of unity," KCRW, Aug. 11

2018

Guette, Henri. "Devin Farrand: Industry Standards," Steidz Magazine, Oct.

2017

Casey, Liam. "Art Fair // Art Los Angeles Contemporary," Berlin Art Link, Feb. 3

2016

Sweeney, Erin. "Devin Farrand, Ariel Herwitz, and the Phenomenon of Gravitation," Art 21 Magazine, Oct. 28
"SC Edit - What to Look Out for at Frieze London 2016," Something Curated, Oct. 5
Ducote, Kelly. "Art alumnus finds success among prestigious company," The Observer, Jul. 18
Alioto, Daisy. "Car talk: Devin Farrand finds art and solace in the garage," Wallpaper Magazine, Jul. 5
"Seven Young Artists Not to Miss at Frieze," The New York Times Style Magazine, May 5

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Burger Collection, Hong Kong, China

SoHo House, Malibu, CA

New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI

Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR

News

  • Devin Farrand
    Group Show: ‘On Jupiter’
    at Olin Gallery (Salem, VA)
    1/28/22 – 3/27/22
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  • Devin Farrand
    Artist Devin Farrand deconstructs the puffy coat with Warm Up
    SVPN
    December 29, 2021
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  • Devin Farrand
    Art Insider: Top 3 This Week
    KCRW
    August 11, 2020
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  • ARTSY
    Ochi Projects is pleased to present works by Devin Farrand, Claudia Parducci and Ben Sanders at Future Fair Online.
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  • Devin Farrand
    Art Los Angeles Contemporary
    Berlin Art Link
    February 3, 2017
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  • Devin Farrand
    The Phenomenon of Gravitation
    Art 21 Magazine
    October 28, 2016
    LINK

  • Devin Farrand
    Car Talk: Devin Farrand finds art and solace in the garage
    Wallpaper
    July 5, 2016
    LINK

  • Devin Farrand
    Seven Young Artists Not to Miss at Frieze
    New York Times
    May 5, 2016
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