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Welcome!

My name is Tim Devin. I'm an artist in Somerville MA. (Somerville being next to Boston MA, for those who aren't familiar with the area.)

My art projects have involved community, public space, books, zines, maps, walking tours, and giving things away for free. I've been lucky enough to show my projects around Boston and the U.S.--as well as in a number of different countries.

I'm a member of the Rise Industries arts group, and I'm on the board of the Somerville Arts Council. In another life I started (and after a while, left,) the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.

If you feel like getting in touch, a good way to do that would be to use this email address: tdevin@yahoo.com . I also think carrier pigeons are a nice way to communicate.

Some recent art shows

Solo shows
"The history of Somerville, 2010-2100.” Nave Gallery. Somerville MA. February 2011.

"The everyday exchange.” Meme Gallery. Cambridge MA. June/July 2010.

Group shows
"Rise Industries." Institute of Cultural Inquiry. Los Angeles CA. June 2011.

"Thanks for sharing!” D21 Gallery. Leipzig, Germany. May 2010.

“Space is the place.” National College of Art and Design. Dublin, Ireland. August 2009.

“Fluxhibition.” University of Texas. Arlington TX. July 2009.

Some recent art festivals

Common Boston 2010. Boston MA. June 2010.

Figment Boston 2010. Cambridge MA. June 2010.

Something New 2009. Chicago IL. November 2009.

DUMBO Art Center’s Art Under the Bridge Festival. Brooklyn NY. September 2009.

Somerville in Shorts. Somerville MA. August 2009.

Artbeat 2009. Somerville MA. July 2009.

Some recent press / publications / radio / t.v.

(for things I've written or edited, see the "writings / etc." section, above)

Books
Behind the zines: the self-publishing culture. Berlin: Gestalten Press. April 2011.

Thanks for sharing! Leipzig, Germany: D21 Gallery. January 2011.

 

Radio / t.v.
The Callie Crossley Show. Boston MA: WGBH. June 13, 2011.

Ossigeno! Bologna, Italy: Radio Metropolitana. May 27, 2011.

Somerville Art Matters talk show, hosted by Julia Fairclough. Somerville MA: Somerville Cable Access Television. Aired twice a week through the month of June 2009.

Spark talk show, hosted by Nora Young. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Aired April 22 and 25, 2009. Toronto, Canada.

Poet to poet/writer to writer talk show, hosted by Doug Holder. Somerville MA: Somerville Cable Access Television. Aired March 3, 2009.

 

Newspapers/magazines/news websites
Aaron Dentel-Post. "Artist bets on Somerville with Stock Exchange." Somerville MA: Somerville Scout. May 15, 2012.

Andrew Firestone. "Locals see the future." Somerville MA: The Somerville News. February 10, 2011.

Andrew Price. "Artist posts neighborhood surveys and infographics on the streets of Boston." San Francisco CA: GOOD Magazine. May 17, 2011.

Andrew Vande Moere. "Broadsides: showing infographics...in the street." Flanders, Belgium: Information Aesthetics. May 23, 2011.

Chris Orchard. "Artist starts Somerville Stock Exchange to promote good deeds." Somerville MA: Somerville Patch. May 2, 2012.

Dan Gould. "I left this here for you to read." New York NY: PSFK. December 10, 2008.

Julia Fairclough. "Tell us your vision for the future of Somerville: community art project shares points of
view." Somerville MA: The Somerville News. May 20, 2009.

Jackie Wong. "'Lost' magazine meant to be found by Vancouverites." Vancouver, BC: The West Ender:
Vancouver's urban weekly. January 14, 2009.

Joshua Rothman. "Somerville's mystery posterer revealed." Boston MA: The Boston Globe. May 23, 2011.

Marc Levy. "Performing a temp job that is anything but routine." Cambridge MA: Cambridge Day. June 29, 2010.

Matt Byrne. "Somerville artist's fliers ask big questions of total strangers." Boston MA: Boston Globe. May 24, 2011.

Matteo Bittanti. "Urbano troppo urbano: quattro modi di visualizzari le citta." Milan, Italy: Wired.it. May 25, 2011.

Meghann Ackerman. "Predictions for Somerville's future mostly bright." Somerville MA: Somerville Journal. February 26, 2010.

Nate Homan. "Artist explores the futuristic history of Somerville." Somerville MA: Somerville Journal. Febrary 11, 2011.

Vito Campanelli. "I left this here for you to read: networked distribution magazine." Rome, Italy: Neural: new media art, electronic music, hacktivism. Issue 32 (Spring 2009).