Roma Devanbu – Stone Doily, New Cut Paper Work

Most of us remember using scissors to cut snowflakes from folded paper. Roma Devanbu’s cut paper work has its roots in the traditions of the homemade. The larger works in Devanbu’s current show, “Stone Doily”, take direct inspiration from her own great-grandmother’s quilts, painted china and tatted doilies.  The exhibition also includes a number of smaller pieces depicting domestic furnishings and imaginary friends.

Roma Devanbu grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. She recieved a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA. Feeling a desire for a broader perspective she spent a year studying Asian Art History at the University of Baroda, Gujarat, India before returning to the States to earn an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.  Devanbu was a tenured Prof of Fine Art at Bergen Community College in NJ until moving to Davis, CA in 1997.  She maintains a studio at Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento. Her cut paper and large scale metal work is included in numerous corporate collections and is on permanent public view in many Northern California Medical Centers.