Nykelle DeVivo 

  • Photography 2026

Nykelle DeVivo (they/them) is a Portland-based artist whose practice centers on light as a tool for ancestral connection and spiritual revelation.

Through photography, film, and installation, they engage in a meditative dialogue with the unseen, drawing from diasporic traditions of divination, Afrofuturist methodologies, and Black Anarchist praxis. DeVivo holds an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego and is an inaugural Google Image Equity Fellow. Their work has been presented internationally, with inclusion in numerous public and private collections. They are currently preparing their first monograph, Tha Crossroads, a culmination of over a decade of image-making, slated for release in Summer 2026.