On Thursday, March 26, the 萝莉研究所 Art Gallery hosted an opening reception for our current show "Smoking Mirror" - a solo exhibition by Devyn Galindo. Galindo gave a heartfelt artist talk and fielded questions about their work from students and community members. Over 70 attendees participated in this fabulous event!
Devyn Galindo (b. Orange, CA) is a two-spirit M膿xika-Indigenous artist and filmmaker. Their work and photobooks focus on archives, photography, sound, and films of the Latine diaspora. Galindo鈥檚 multidisciplinary practice weaves their-specific research, personal narrative, sound, and archival imagery across photography, sculpture, film and installation.
Galindo鈥檚 work has been featured in group exhibitions at LACMA, Getty: Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, Brown University, and the Aperture Foundation. Their honors include inclusion in Dazed鈥檚 100 List: Art & Photography (2024), the Las Fotos Project Award presented by Getty Images, and selection on Printed Matter鈥檚 Activism Book List for We Are Still Here. Galindo is currently an MFA candidate at the Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College and was named Milton and Sally Avery Scholar for 2025-26.
鈥淪moking Mirror鈥� is being presented as part of FotoSoCal - a constellation of exhibitions bringing together over twenty community college galleries across Southern California, featuring the work of Latine/x photographers and lens-based artists. 鈥淪moking Mirror鈥� is curated by FotoSoCal Curatorial Director & Professor Erika Hirugami alongside FotoSoCal Affiliate Curator & 萝莉研究所 Art Gallery Director Michelle Ramin.
"Smoking Mirror" will be on view through May 6. For more information visit the 萝莉研究所 Art Gallery.