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Oletha DeVane

Oletha DeVane
Sanctuary, 2017
metal, wood, mirrors, clay and beads
66.5”h x 12w” x 12d”
Price:$25,000
Photograph by Michael Koryta

Oletha DeVane
Erzulie, 2012
wood, beads, fabric, glass and metal
20”h x9”w
Price: $14,000
Photograph by Mitro Hood

Oletha DeVane
Spring, 2018
wood, metal wire, beaded flowers, glass, sequin, fabric and cast face
26"h x 9"w
Price: $20,000
Photograph by Mitro Hood

Oletha DeVane
Harriet and Sweetgum, 2020
solar and digital etching
24”h x 30”w
$3,500
Image courtesy Sol Enterprises
Photograph by Michael Koryta

Biography | Resume

Biography
Oletha DeVane is multidisciplinary artist who explores diverse political, social identities and cultural interpretations. Her work is in permanent museum collections and she has exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum of the Bible in NY, Museum of the Americas, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

She has served on several boards including Maryland Art Place, School 33, Wide Angle Youth Media, and The Build Haiti Foundation. She was the Program Director for the Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual Artist (1979-92) and Visual Arts programs (1990-92).

Ms. DeVane, is currently the Director of Tuttle Gallery and the former head of visual arts at McDonogh School in Owings Mills, MD. In 2007, she was a recipient of the Rollins/ Luetkemeyer Chair for Distinguish Teaching. Ms. DeVane is also the recipient of 2017 Rubys Grant, Art Matters, a Sondheim Semi-Finalist.

Video
Oletha DeVane speaks at the 2018 Women’s History Month Convocation at Morgan State University

watch the full ceremony at on YouTube