DEVON TURNBULL

"DEVON IS A QUINTESSENTIAL RENAISSANCE MAN AND A MODEL OF SELF-GUIDED CREATIVE PURSUIT. UNDER THE NAME OJAS, HE CRAFTS SOUND SCULPTURES INSPIRED BY 1950S TECHNOLOGY, USING HIGH-EFFICIENCY SPEAKERS AND LOW-POWERED TUBE AMPLIFIERS. WHILE HARD TO DESCRIBE IN WORDS, HIS WORK REMINDS US THAT SOME THINGS FROM THE PAST ARE WORTH PRESERVING AND THAT IN OUR FAST-PACED WORLD, WE MUST CARE FOR OUR SENSES. DEVON’S WARM, IMMERSIVE SOUND FEELS LIKE FLOATING THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. HIS CREATIONS HAVE EARNED MAJOR EXHIBITIONS AT INSTITUTIONS LIKE SF MOMA AND LISSON GALLERY, ALONG WITH RECOGNITION FROM CULTURAL ICONS INCLUDING VIRGIL ABLOH, ANDRÉ 3000, AND NIGO. HIS WORK BLENDS NOSTALGIA, INNOVATION, AND EMOTION IN A WAY THAT CONTINUES TO RESONATE DEEPLY."
- ROCKY JACOB