Using a combination of found-object assemblage, collage, painting, and drawing, I create two-dimensional works, sculptures, and installations that visually and thematically highlight shortcomings in education. My work critiques and connects to issues inside of—and adjacent to—the educational system in America.
Often these ideas originate from images and artifacts associated with schools, students, and learning such as a mark from a crayon, a desk from a classroom, or a sign on a building. Additionally, I pull from my own experiences and observations from inside the education system. I am deeply inspired by my interactions with students as well as the political, social, and economic climate in our communities; these two constituents, students and their community, cannot be detached.
This work acts as a platform for advocating for educational rights while also providing an outlet for me as I explore my own understanding and values as an educator, artist, and human being.
2019 exhibition at Westmoreland County Community College Gallery
2019 exhibition at Manchester Craftsman's Guild
2021 solo show at Thoughtrobber's Gallery, West End
2022 at Brew House Association
Bio
Evan (he/him/his) is a Pittsburgh-based mixed-media artist and art educator. His artwork is a translation of the experiences, observations, and criticisms of the American educational system.
Evan was raised on a farm in Washington-state and graduated from Western Washington University in 2015. Since 2017, Evan has been a teacher and practicing artist in Pittsburgh. As an educator he has experience in a variety of schools at all classroom levels; he predominantly specializes in animation, studio drawing & painting, and 3D arts/design.
Evan involves students from local schools and colleges in the planning and fabrication of some of his projects. He has partnered with arts organizations and schools to host artists-in-residence in classrooms of his own and others. He is a member of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, and Radiant Hall Studios. Evan typically shows his work in the Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.
RECENT Exhibitions
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2023
Featured Artist Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
Practice What You Teach, Penn State: New Kensington Art Gallery, New Kensington, PA
Balanced Response, Robert Morris University Media Arts Gallery, Wheatley Center, Moon, PA
2022
Through the Mask, McCarl Coverlet Gallery, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
Radiant Ball: 10th Anniversary Benefit, Radiant Hall Studios, McKees Rocks, PA
Full Spectrum, Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA (2nd Prize)
Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Eighth & Penn Luxury Apartments - Window Display, Downtown Pittsburgh, PA
INTERACTION NOW, Robert Morris University Media Arts Gallery, Wheatley Center, Moon, PA
2021
AAP 108th Annual Exhibition, Detective Building, Pittsburgh, PA
111 x 111, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
COMPLIANCE, COMPLACENCE, & COMPROMISE, Thoughtrobber's Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Find Your Way Home, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2020
Radiant Hall Pop-up Market, Plummer & 45th Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Practice What You Teach, Penn State: New Kensington Art Gallery, New Kensington, PA
2019
Red Carpet Project, Gallery One | Collective Works, Pittsburgh, PA
Inspiring Makers, Manchester Craftsman's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Radiant Hall Pop-up Show, Trust Arts Education Center 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA
Radial, WCCC Gallery, Westmoreland Community College, Youngwood, PA