Paul Henry Devoti

Paul Henry Devoti's career is defined by his Peace Corps Experience in the indigenous pottery village of San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua. Upon completion of his Peace Corps service in 1998 he developed and artist exchange program when clay artisans of the village would visit North Carolina where Devoti lived in order to participate in art expositions around the USA. Over a 20 year period Devoti sponsored over 50 sponsored visits resulting in over 5 million in sales of pottery art from the Nicaragua village. His book "San Juan de los Platos - History, Pottery and Potters of San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua tells much of the history and adventure of that experience. In 2018 Paul started to build a home in the Nicaraguan pottery village and established Atlantis Ceramic Art Studio where he would design and execute his one museum quality, one of a kind, painted, burnished and etched pottery sculptures. Devoti now explores his interest in both ancient Mesoamerican designs and the colors of the under the sea world where he focuses on bring sea turtles to life on his pottery art. Paul Devoti's work can be seen on www.nicaceramicart.com