Biography
Devon Brady is an artist, writer, musician, paramedic, and firefighter. Beginning his creative life as a drummer in Tampa's 1980's punk scene, Devon studied sculpture and photography, going on to design and build props, scenery, furnishings and environments for the entertainment and hospitality industries. Devon’s sculptural work has been featured in exhibitions and public art installations from The Music Box Village in New Orleans, LA to Floridarama in St. Petersburg, FL.
Alongside his creative endeavors, Devon is a twenty-plus year veteran fire captain and paramedic in Hillsborough County, Florida. Working 24-hour shifts, he spends every third day at the fire station and divides the rest of his time between his family and his home studio in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood.
Devon is currently working on a literary memoir tracing his path from punk rock and conceptual art to EMS and firefighting — exploring how memory, loss, and meaning are shaped through labor, and public service.