Devin Farrand

Devin Farrand (b. 1986, Salem, Oregon) is an American artist currently living and working between Los Angeles, California, and a remote cabin in the Pioneer Mountains of Idaho. His artistic practice encompasses sculpture and painting, and is distinguished by the transformation of industrial materials into minimalist objects that explore perception, time, and personal memory. Farrand’s work is characterized by the use of materials such as yellow zinc-coated steel, marble, and aluminum. Farrand received his Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Oregon University and earned an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2011. He also attended the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Austria in 2010. His technical training and family background in construction—including experiences such as restoring a Mustang with his father—deeply influence his artistic approach, which combines industrial precision with aesthetic sensitivity. Farrand has exhibited his work in numerous galleries and art fairs both nationally and internationally. His solo exhibitions include: Walk Me Home at OCHI, Los Angeles, California (2024); Reflections at Casa M+B, Milan, Italy (2023); Felled Forms at OCHI, Sun Valley, Idaho (2020); Heft at Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2016). He has also participated in group exhibitions at venues such as Gallery Vacancy in Shanghai, BBQLA in Los Angeles, and Gallery Kornfeld in Berlin. Farrand’s work is included in various public and private collections, including: Burger Collection, Hong Kong; Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China; Soho House, Malibu, California; New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, Miami; Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana. In 2013, he received a grant from the Rema Hort Mann Foundation in Los Angeles, and in 2017 he participated in an artist residency at the Marble House Project in Vermont. The duality between his studios in Idaho and Los Angeles plays a significant role in his work. In his exhibition Walk Me Home, Farrand explores the physical and cognitive distance between these two environments, using sculptures that reference rural landscape elements—such as fence posts and eroded salt blocks—to reflect on time, erosion, and human presence in nature. Devin Farrand continues to develop an artistic practice that fuses technical precision with a profound exploration of form and materiality, establishing himself as a prominent figure in contemporary American art.