Deven Pagliaro Brings Original Paintings to Pins & Needles Comedy

Some comedy shows start when the first comic grabs the mic. Pins & Needles Comedy starts before that.

It starts in the room. In the tattoos. In the outfits. In the people looking around, clocking the walls, the vendors, the bodies, the art, the little flashes of weirdness that make a night feel like it belongs to New York and nowhere else.

Hosted by Taylor Drew and Justin Hartmann, Pins & Needles Comedy is a stand-up show with more going on under the skin. It mixes comedy, tattoo culture, body-positive performance, visual art, pop-up vendors, and underground nightlife into one sharp, strange, highly specific night out.

For the upcoming show, artist Deven Pagliaro is bringing paint into the mix.

Appearing as a pop-up vendor under the name Deven, Pagliaro will sell original canvas work, including abstract paintings and character paintings. Online, you can find them at @Deven.lol. In person, you can find the work close enough to touch, priced between $10 and $40.

That matters. In a city where half the night disappears into phone screens, Deven is bringing something you can actually hold onto.

The abstract pieces bring color, motion, and atmosphere. They do not need to explain themselves. They just sit there and hum a little. The character paintings are different. They stare back. They carry expression, attitude, maybe a joke they are not telling you yet. Together, they feel right at home in a comedy show where the room is already full of faces, stories, nerves, ink, and strange timing.

Pins & Needles has always treated the visual side of comedy as part of the show, not background noise. Tattoos are not decoration here. Bodies are not hidden. Style is not an afterthought. The whole thing has a pulse you can see.

That is why Deven Pagliaro work fits so naturally. The paintings do not interrupt the comedy. They widen the frame around it.

At the pop-up, Deven plans to bring 10 original pieces and 10 character pieces. For guests, that means the night does not have to end as just a memory, a blurry photo, or a story that starts with “you had to be there.” You can leave with a small piece of the room.

And that is really what Pins & Needles Comedy is building: not just a lineup, but a world. A place where comics perform, artists sell, vendors connect, bodies take up space, and the audience becomes part of the texture of the night.

For anyone searching for New York City comedy shows, Brooklyn pop-up art events, alternative comedy in NYC, tattoo culture events, independent artists in Brooklyn, original paintings in New York City, or things to do in Brooklyn, this is not the usual back-room comedy show with a two-drink shrug.

This is comedy with paint on its hands.

Vendor Details

Pop-Up Vendor: Deven
Artist: Deven Pagliaro
Instagram: @Deven.lol
Products: Abstract paintings, character paintings, canvas work
Items for Sale: 10 original pieces, 10 character pieces
Price Range: $10–$40
Event: Pins & Needles Comedy