December 17, 2020 · Press
Artsy: Profile of Collectors Chris Lee and Nyssa Fajardo Lee Featuring Devan Shimoyama
Artist Devan Shimoyama has been featured in a profile on Artsy about collectors Chris and Nyssa Lee, “ Inside My Collection: Chris Lee and Nyssa Fajardo Lee .” Over the past decade, the couple, who live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with their two young children, have been building an astute collection of works by artists of African and Latin American descent including Kehinde Wiley, Stanley Whitney, and Derrick Adams, as well as emerging talents including Devan Shimoyama and Raelis Vasquez. And they think of collecting as a personal endeavor, one that the whole family is involved in. Here, we share some excerpts of the piece to lend insight into how they began collecting, the focus of their collection, and why the work of Devan Shimoyama spoke to them and their family.
