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John Devlin was born in Halifax NS in 1954. He studied at Dalhousie University, TUNS (architecture) and Cambridge University (theology), but is mainly self-taught. Drawing for therapy since 1984, he had solo shows at King’s College, Cambridge in 2010, Paris in 2013 and again at the AGNS (Halifax and Yarmouth) in 2015-16. He has been exhibited since 1988 and more frequently (mainly in Europe) since 2013. John has work in a number of museum collections, including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, the abcd Decharme Collection, Paris and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He lives and draws in Dartmouth NS.

Artist Statement

 
I make art because I am searching for beauty. I was profoundly moved by the architecture of Cambridge University when I studied there in 1979-80. Since returning to Nova Scotia, I have been designing a utopian city to be built in the middle of the Minas Basin, NS. An Outsider artist, or creator of art brut, I am always inspired to draw from within. Intrigued by the Golden Section, I try to incorporate some subliminal, architectural structure into my work based on ideal numbers.