Devon Osborne grew up near Ashford, Kent, where she went to school. Her father was an HGV driver, her mother worked in a care home, and Devon was the first from her family to go on to further education. She gained a BA in Graphic Communication Design in 2017 from Central School of St Martins. She works in a variety of media, from oil to watercolour to gold-leaf signwriting and currently lives in North London.

The theme of Dev’s first solo exhibition, “Oh, Go On Then!”, was pub culture. It was held in the upstairs room of an Archway pub in 2024, and showcased some of the unsung moments that take place in pubs across the country. It included traditional gilded mirrors, sign-written in gold leaf with timeless phrases like “Fancy a pint?”, oil paintings of splitting the harp of a pint of Guinness; and lino prints of pub moments. One of the aims of this show was to create affordable pieces of art, for the culture that they reflected.

Dev's work focuses on relatable British culture, using wit and nostalgia to record the quirks of everyday life to create art that's both playful and thought-provoking.