Erin Devine is an artist-scholar based between Washington, DC, and Cologne, Germany. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from Indiana University, where she specialized in Contemporary Art.

Her scholarship and art criticism have appeared in Washington City Paper, Art Papers, Woman’s Art Journal, New York Arts, The Berkshire Review, and The Journal of the Arts in Society. Her recent monograph, Translation and Transgression in the Art of Shirin Neshat, was published by Routledge in 2023, and she has a forthcoming chapter in Re-Focus: The Films of Shirin Neshat (Edinburgh University Press).

Following the publication of her cover article, “Beyond Representation: The Evolution of Embodied Experience in Shirin Neshat’s Early Art,” Devine now serves as a Contributing Editor for Woman’s Art Journal.

Devine’s artistic practice is research-driven, drawing parallels between historical frameworks and urgent contemporary social issues—particularly those that expose and challenge dominant narratives of gender. Working in live performance, lens-based practice, and moving-image installation, her work has been presented at Hillyer Art Space, Torpedo Factory Art Center, the Pittsburgh International Performance Art Festival, Art All Night DC, and Venice International Performance Art Week, among others.