flash of the spirit
2018-2022
"nykelle devivo's series flash of the spirit demonstrates their desire for release from the earthly oppressions they experience in their body. Covering their physical form in sparkling fabrics and performing movements based on African and diasporic dances, they photograph themselves in magnificent - even sublime - natural settings in an attempt to capture the otherworldliness of Blackness and to demonstrate a yearning for the collapse of time and space between the physical world and the spiritual."
- Julia Dolan
Portland Art Museum (2022)
