1. Devon Lee

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1. Devon Lee

Devon Lee is a Trinidad-born artist who creates visually explosive work inspired by the Internet. After moving to unincorporated Dade in the summer of her 12th year, Lee struggled to fit in with her peers. In order to assimilate, the artist joined the A/V club and helped create a horror film, which was eventually shortlisted in the New York Underground Film Festival. Although the club's entry didn't win, one of its other shorts, "Are You Feeling Lonely? Why, Yes. I Am." was featured at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

After graduating from the Cooper Union in New York, Lee moved back to Miami

and worked as an office administrator, doing data

entry to support her family, but mostly surfing the web. At night, she sang in a cover

band for weddings and bar mitzvahs, all while building a rewarding career as a fine artist.

In the past three years, Lee has made strides as a creative force on

the international art scene. She has had three solo shows, exhibiting

from Venice to São Paulo. Deeply inspired by how subcultures use the Internet, Lee has formed an acclaimed and hard-to-follow body of

work. Her website is in itself a

work of art. Many of her projects are rooted in the phrase "I feel like 'life' left me behind a long time ago."