Devyn Galindo

Devyn Galindo (pronouns: they/their) is a two-spirit artist and filmmaker. Their multidisciplinary practice includes filmmaking, photography, installation, and sculpture, addressing themes of pre-colonial gender systems and the reclamation of ancestral knowledge across the Latine diaspora.

Biography Galindo was born in Orange, California and lived throughout the American south and midwest. Their family roots span the southwest United States from Texas to California. Galindo began experimenting with film photography at the age of 13. Galindo received a bachelor's degree in Photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography located in Santa Barbara, California in 2009. Influenced by previous movements of the 1960s and 1970s, they seek to hold space for contemporary narratives of queer people of color and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Inspirations for Galindo include photographers Laura Aguilar and Catherine Opie.

Galindo's work has been featured in Vogue showcasing portraits of the Los Angeles Pride Parade in 2018.

Lost Bois Lost Bois is a short film, directed by Galindo, that explores the themes of self-indulgence, desire and transmasculine brotherhood. The three protagonists of this film, Samp, Gian, and Tyler are transgender individuals, who share their life experiences while living in New York City. Inspired by the story of the Van Dykes, who were a group of lesbians traveling through the United States and Mexico by bus, The photobook serves to rebel against the colonialist white-American perspectives, which have marginalized the Mexican-American communities for decades. Van Dykes Project: Vol. I; Vol. II Photo-journals documenting a queer road trip through the pacific northwest. BUTCH BALLET Collaboration project with playwright and director Gina Young that is a compilation of portraits featuring a "butch" (including nonbinary and transmasculine) representation of ballet.

Notable exhibitions

A Universal History of Infamy: Those of This America Exhibition at LACMA's satellite gallery at Charles White Elementary School.