Nykelle Devivo

San Diego, CA
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“How has being Black influence your art?” 

           “ 𝙼𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐/𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚑𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜.”