About Chance DeVille

Chance DeVille (he/they) is a queer artist, educator, and writer born and raised in Southwest Louisiana. Chance is currently an Assistant Professor in Digital Media at the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss.

Their photographic and poetic practice addresses issues the cycles of mental illness, addiction, and poverty as catalyzed by severe domestic abuse. His other research interests lie in documenting the Deep American South as it holds the climate crisis, religion, queerness, and theories around the landscape. Chance is currently based in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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