(1954 — )
John Devlin was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He studied architecture at the Nova Scotia Technical College in the 1970s, moving on to Cambridge University, England, to study theology in 1979. He began creating art in 1984 while living at home with his parents. In 1989 he moved into a group home where he lives still.

Collections: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; Centre Pompidou, Paris; abcd/Art Brut Collection Bruno Decharme, Paris; Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne; Treger Saint Silvestre Collection, Portugal; Antoine de Galbert Collection, Paris.