Devin Cherubini - Artist Bio
E-mail: CherubiniArt@aol.com
Baltimore professional mixed media artist, performer & poet who created, coordinated, and hosted the multi-cultural poetry series "From Our Lips" at Café' Metropol in Baltimore for over a decade during the 90's. His events brought people together from all walks of life; gay, straight, black, white, homeless etc. Cherubini’s beat poetry manuscript "Heartbeat" was nominated for a Baltimore Artscape Literary Award in 1998. The Baltimore City Paper called the work, "Heroic poems about surviving domestic violence," and—in a second piece—"Cherubini will be the Sun around which the heavenly bodies of poetry rotate. This is why we need poets."
1993 - 2020 A fine artist, photographer and illustrator. He has shown his artwork in galleries & worked on commission. He hosted and coordinated his From Our Lips multi-media art events throughout Baltimore City and D.C. with great success. In a Baltimore City Paper review Eileen Murphy wrote," The ever-anonymous Internet has given many cowards an opportunity to voice their opinions without taking responsibility for them. Some Baltimore artists are working against that trend by stepping up to the plate and claiming their words for their own. The aptly titled From Our Lips poetry series offers music, poetry, and various acts of guerrilla art."
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1991 - 2015 Cherubini performed and modelled doing gender bending drag under various stage names primarily Sire Devin Hellfire in Baltimore, Maryland, Washington D.C. , New York City, New York, and Columbus, Ohio.
2014 He wrote a bi-weekly art review column; The HeART Beat of Baltimore in the LGBT Community newspaper, Baltimore Out Loud.
2016 His conceptual performance art band Transexual Fetus released it's first self titled Band Camp album. Cherubini is the organizer, lyricist & lead vocalist plus in charge of all promotional artwork for the band.
2017 He released his solo project; Heartbeat of Baltimore a spoken word with music Band Camp page.
He is the sole creator and illustrator of the graphic comic Transgender Man.
He is currently working on a series of paintings illustrating an autobiographical manuscript entitled "Heartbeat of Baltimore" which includes 300 poems. This manuscript was nominated for a Baltimore Artscape Literary Award in 1998.
He has also spent the past 10 years working on a series of controversial fine art black and white hi contrast photos of Baltimore City. It's various cultures, the landscape & it's people.
Education:
1985 - 1986
Wesleyan University, Center for Creative Arts, Middletown, CT. Five weeks intensive study on the campus of Wesleyan University. Classes daily in eight art disciplines. 350 High Street Middletown, CT 06459 Telephone: (860) 685-3307 Contact: Nancy Wolfe, Managing Director E-Mail:mailto:ccy@wesleyan.eduURL: www.wesleyan.edu/CCY ;
1985 - 1988
ACES EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, New Haven, CT. An area cooperative program in which an interdistrict magnet for students who are talented in the visual, literary and performing arts from fourteen different school districts in the Greater New Haven area attend strict, college prep classes taught by Yale Professors. E.C.A. 670 State Street New Haven, CT 06511(temporary) 293 777-5451 www.aces.k12.ct.us/www/eca ;
1987 - 1992 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, major in General Fine Arts Mixed Media, minor in Creative Writing
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1985 -1987 - Yale Area Coop Program The Educational Center of Youth in New Haven, Connecticut
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1985 -1987 - Wesleyan University, Center for Creative Youth, Middletown, Connecticut
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Awards:
1998 & 1999 West Haven Russo Award
1978 West Haven Mayor's Poster Award
Experience:
1985 - 2024 Fine Artist, Photographer, Writer and Performance Artist, Baltimore, MD. Over 30 years of training and experience. Adept in organizing and hosting community art, music, poetry and performance art events. An experienced press manager & promoter. Many and varied projects.
2016 - Chairperson on the Baltimore Pride Planning Committee
Publications:
2020 The Catholic Review, Fine art photo
Arcadia Books; Images of America, Italians In Baltimore , Fine art photo
2017 Dark Parlor Magazine, Illustration
2015 Below The Belt, Come Harder, A Poem Sugar Press Anthology, York, Pennsylvania, poetry and cover art
Below The Belt, Suckher Punch, A Poem Sugar Press Anthology, York, Pennsylvania, poetry
Baltimore Outloud, Baltimore, Maryland, art reviews
2014 Baltimore Outloud, Baltimore, Maryland, columnist, art reviews and poetry
Culture Asylum Magazine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poetry and illustrations
Gay Life, Baltimore, Maryland, essay
National Aquarium, Baltimore, Illustrations and graphic design
2000 The Drag King Anthology, poetry and essay
Butch-Femme.com, poetry
Peoplenet Disability, Levittown, NY, poetry1999
Mother Tounge Magazine, Washington D.C., illustration
OCD News, Milford, Connecticut, poetry
1998 IX, Austin Texas, poetry and illustrations
Walk In Beauty, Baltimore, Maryland, poetry and illustrations
1997 Womens Wisdom, Richmond, Virginia, poetry and illustrations
1996 Broom, Baltimore, Maryland, poetry and illustrations
1994 The McPearl News, Rochester, New York, illustrations
1993 Bytchin', Baltimore, Maryland, poetry and illustrations1992
Flesh, New York, New York, poetry and illustrations
1991 Harry, Baltimore, Maryland, illustration
1990 Roach Angels, Shattered Wig Press, Baltimore, Maryland, poetry and illustrations
1990 - 1996 A series of self-published books, Baltimore, Maryland, poetry and illustrations.
1989 Juice, Cardarelli Productions, Baltimore, Maryland, poetry and illustrations.
1988 Speak & Spell, Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland Institute Publications, poetry and illustrations.
Gallery Exhibitions:
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2023 Sneaky Tiki, Holiday Display, Long Beach, Ca
2019 Trans Art Show, Baltimore City Hall, Group Show, Baltimore, MD
2017 The Force Rape Quilt,, Johns Hopkins Campus, Baltimore, MD
D' Vision Group Show - MAP Gallery, 116 Pleasant Street Suite 137, East Hampton MA
2016 Salon Group Showing, Baltimore, MD Mount Royal Tavern
The Force Rape Quilt, The Monument, Washington D.C.
Montague, Mass., Group Show: Landino's Book Arts Show
The Escape Artists Gallery, Group Show: Poe-nography
2015 Baltimore Artscape
The Escape Artists Gallery, Group Show: Gay Pride
The Mount Royal Tavern, Halloween Group Show
The Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Group show: We Love Baltimore
Studio 303, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Group show: Future Visions
The Theater Project, Baltimore, Maryland, The Charm City Kitty Club Group Show: Friendship
2014 Baltimore Artscape
National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco, California, Queer Prophecies
The Mount Royal Tavern, Halloween Show
2010 The Red Maple, Baltimore, Maryland, Electric Marmalade
2009 Load of Fun Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, Halloween Ball
2007 Cherubini Art Studio, Sowebo Festival, Baltimore, Maryland, Cherubini Art Open Studio
2006 The Mansion, Baltimore, Maryland, Cherubini Art
1999 Nichiban, Baltimore, Maryland, Angels and Animals Among Us
Dougherties, Angels and Animals Among Us
1998 The M Gallery, 1010 Hollins St., Sowebo Festival Group Show, Baltimore, Maryland
1997 The Mount Royal Tavern, Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, Cherubini Art
1996 The Adler Gallery, 1327 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland, Art of the Word
The Lakshmi Gallery, 1319 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, Erotica
1995 Saint Johns Church, Baltimore, Maryland, Group Show: The Goddess
Metropol Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, Denise Cherubini Art
1994 The Adler Gallery, 1327 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland, Group Show
Dougherties, Images of Dark to Light, Baltimore, Maryland
Gallagher, Evelius and Jones, The Park Charles, Baltimore, Maryland, Works By Denise Cherubini
1993 Sowebo Festival, Baltimore, Maryland, Group Show
Mitchell Blake Gallery, Baltimore MD, Group Show
1992 The Martin Luther King Jr. Library Gallery, Washington, D.C., Group Show: Omnipresent Women
The Pyramid, New York City, Drag Is King
The Vault, New York City, Mr. Hellfire: The Drag King Dom Exhibition
1991 The Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, Senior Show
1990 The Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, Juried Exhibition Student Space Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, Group Show
1989 The BAUhouse Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, Denise Cherubini
1988 Rejection Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, Group Show
1987 The Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Freshman Group Show
The John Slade Ely House Gallery (Center for Contemporary Art), New Haven, Connecticut, Group Show
1986 Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, Group Show
The Educational Center for Art, Area Cooperative School Yale, E.C.A. Gallery Group Show, New Haven, Connecticut
1985 Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, Group Show
Modeling Photo Shoots:
Solace Photography - 2014
Nancy Froelich - 2006
Jack Radcliff - 2006
Richard Lane - 2001
William Webb Photography - 1989