Niko Devera (b. 1999) is a queer Cuban-American artist, educator, and publisher based in Miami, Florida. Photography is at the core of his expanding multidisciplinary practice that examines human nature and the ethics of progress. Through personal images,
archives, and intentional materiality, his work challenges and subverts oppressive systems.
Devera graduated from Florida International University in 2021 with a BA in Art, concentrating in Photography, and a minor in Art History. From 2023 to 2024, he was a teaching assistant at the MATTE Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 2024, he founded Cultmeal, an independent publishing house and press, as an extension of his social practice. From 2025 to 2026, he was the resident teaching artist at the North Central Library branch of Miami-Dade Public Library System through ProjectArt. Since 2024, he has served as Studio Lead at Shared Printmaking Facilities, located within the Bakehouse Art Complex.
