Devin Osorio

Devin Osorio grew up as a first-generation Dominican American in the northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. Osorio takes inspiration from Dominican culture and folkloric traditions, including a strong emphasis on textile patterns. ...

Devin Osorio grew up as a first-generation Dominican American in the northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. Osorio takes inspiration from Dominican culture and folkloric traditions, including a strong emphasis on textile patterns. These cultural influences merge with biographical details from Osorio’s lived experience, yielding paintings that function as secular reliquaries, commemorating a life lived between cultures. _ Devin Osorio creció como dominicano-estadounidense de primera generación en el vecindario de Washington Heights, en el norte de Manhattan. Osorio se inspira en la cultura dominicana y las tradiciones folclóricas, incluido un fuerte énfasis en patrones textiles. Estas influencias culturales se fusionan con detalles biográficos de la experiencia vivida de Osorio, produciendo pinturas que funcionan como relicarios seculares, conmemorando una vida vivida entre culturas.