Lanny DeVuono

Lanny DeVuono currently resides in the Bay Area. From her early series Romance Paintings to the present, she has used images of nature to draw attention to human contradictions, foibles and desires.  In Terraforming and Searching for Water on Mars, DeVuono examined the project of space exploration in the face of crises here on earth. In 2022, she was intrigued by the concept of ‘agnotology’ as it applies to climate change. That term was originally coined in response to tobacco companies’ public efforts to create doubt about the dangers of their product to ensure profit. Monuments deliberately isolates parts of our planet, as portraits or icons to remind us of what is verifiable in our fast-changing, endangered world. 

Awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, Washington State Artist Trust Fellowship, GAP Grant; and artist residency awards at Yaddo, Centrum, Jentel and RedLine, Sitka, among others.  Her work is in collections across the country, including the NW Museum of Art & Culture, Mills College Art Museum, Washington State Medical Center, Swedish Hospital, Jundt Art Museum, the Kent Justice Center, Great Western Bank, as well as in private collections.  

Under the name of Frances DeVuono, she writes for Third Text online. Her writing has also appeared in Art News, New Art Examiner, Arts and Artweek, Sculpture, Art in America, among others.