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A decorative sculpture resembling a tree. The branches are adorned with an array of colorful beads, blue bottles, and various trinkets. The base of the sculpture is circular and decorated with colorful stones and beads.

Oletha DeVane. Blue Bottle Tree. 2024. Courtesy of the artist. © Oletha DeVane

A decorative sculpture resembling a tree. The branches are adorned with an array of colorful beads, blue bottles, and various trinkets. The base of the sculpture is circular and decorated with colorful stones and beads.

Blue Bromo Tree – year of the snake

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Oletha DeVane
(born 1950)

Medium:
Glass bottles, beads, bronze, sweetgum balls, resin, hemp rope, wire, glass, wood, plastic, acrylic paint, metal chain
Date:
2025

Working across public art, sculpture, installation, and works on paper, Oletha DeVane explores materiality, mythology, identity, and transformation. Snakes, birds, saints, mermaids, and other symbols populate her work, evoking the possibility of communication between reality and otherworldly realms. She has spent decades learning, teaching, and making art about the most profound phenomena of the human condition and life’s transformative experiences.

Born in Baltimore, DeVane is a Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist. She received a B.F.A from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. DeVane has made an indelible mark on the Baltimore arts community through her work as an artist, educator, and arts administrator.

Courtesy of the artist BMA

Blue Bromo Tree – year of the snake

Oletha DeVane
(born 1950)
Date:
2025
Medium:
Glass bottles, beads, bronze, sweetgum balls, resin, hemp rope, wire, glass, wood, plastic, acrylic paint, metal chain

Working across public art, sculpture, installation, and works on paper, Oletha DeVane explores materiality, mythology, identity, and transformation. Snakes, birds, saints, mermaids, and other symbols populate her work, evoking the possibility of communication between reality and otherworldly realms. She has spent decades learning, teaching, and making art about the most profound phenomena of the human condition and life’s transformative experiences.

Born in Baltimore, DeVane is a Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist. She received a B.F.A from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. DeVane has made an indelible mark on the Baltimore arts community through her work as an artist, educator, and arts administrator.

Courtesy of the artist BMA