Christopher D. Evans
Tel. No: 518-727-7623
Email: Christopherdurrell@gmail.com
www.christopherdurrellevans.com
Academic Background
Master of Fine Arts | May 2019
University of South Florida-Tampa, FL
Master of Studio Art | May 2016
Magna Cum Laude
University at Albany-Albany, NY
Bachelor of Arts | May 2010
University at Albany-Albany, NY
Major: Communications
Minor: Fine Arts
Honors, Awards, Grants
-Grant Recipient from Robert Rauschenberg Foundation 2023
-Grant Recipient from Artist Relief and Andrew W. Melon Foundation 2020
-Grant recipient from Pinellas Community Foundation 2020
-Finalist in Art Olympia 2019
-Finalist in Art Prize 2018
Finalist VAO 2020
-Juried by Fernando Barrionuevo, Claire Meadows, Jamo Gnirrep, Laetitia Lina, Ivan dela Torre, Alice Zucca
-Winner of Art Ties Us Inaugural Event 2018
-Award for Best Painting in 37th Annual Juried Exhibition 2018- Juried by Hasan Elahi
-Honorable Mention in Horn O’ Plenty 2017-Juried by Shaun Leonardo
Published Work
Evans, C. D. (2020, June). The Mental Toll of Art School: How the conventional art school critique model is detrimental to neuroatypical students: Editorials. Retrieved July 07, 2020, from https://artzine.com/articles/the-mental-toll-of-art-school
Evans, C. D. (2019, December 2). Editorial: The Art of Deprogramming: Dismantling My Cult Mindset. Retrieved from https://artzine.com/articles/the-art-of-deprogramming-dismantling-my-cult-mindset
CV of Exhibitions
Show #27 2023
Second Street Studio
68 Second Street
Troy, NY
Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery 2023
123 Warren St, Hudson, NY 12534
Linear Illumination 2022
Fulton Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
2 N Main Street
Gloversville, NY
Show #20 2022
Second Street Studio
68 Second Street
Troy, NY
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery 2022
123 Warren St, Hudson, NY 12534
Show #12, Second Street Studios, 2021
68 2nd St.
Troy, NY 12180
Four Artist Exhibition, Saratoga Arts, 2021
320 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
2020 Retrospective, Saratoga Arts, 2021
320 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Collective Health, Collarworks, 2021
Juried by Valery Jung Estabrook and Rachel Frank
621 River Street, Troy, NY 12180
Annual Members Show, Saratoga Arts, 2020
320 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
2021?, ShockBoxx Gallery, 2020
636 Cypress Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
BREAKING THE GRID, Saratoga Arts, 2020
320 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
CONGRUENCE, I Like Your Work Podcast, 2020
Juried by Bridgette Mayer
https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/2020congruence
Colors, Shapes, & Shadows, VAN DER PLAS Gallery, 2020
156 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Online Exhibition, New American Paintings, 2020
450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Digital Self Portrait Exhibition, The Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, 2020
1250 N Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840
Online Feature, University Art Museum, 2020
University at Albany
1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222
Intergalactic Open, ShockBoxx Gallery, 2020
636 Cypress Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Art Olympia 2019 Exhibition, The ‘Living National Treasures’ Museum, 2019
16-, Chuo 3, Yugawara-cho, Kanagawa 2590301, Japan
Art Olympia Finalist Show, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2019
8-36 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan
Art Olympia, Toshima Center Square, 2019
Toshima City, Tokyo, 135-0053 Japan
Extra Butter, Contemporary Art Museum, 2019
4202 East Fowler Ave. CAM 101, Tampa FL, 33620
5th Annual Centre Gallery Juried Show, centregallery, 2018, Juried by Desiree Moore
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, MSC4100, Tampa, FL 33620
There from Here, Ruth Wilson Gallery, 2018
3801 USF Holly Drive, FAS 100, Tampa, FL 33620
A Post State, centregallery, 2018
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, MSC4100, Tampa, FL 33620
Art Ties Us, 2018
The Birchwood
340 Beach Dr. NE St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Known/Unknown, The Studio at 620, 2018
620 1st Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
42 Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Ruth Wilson Gallery, 2018 Juried by Hasan Elahi
Award for best painting
3801 USF Holly Drive, FAS 100, Tampa, FL 33620
Days End, Online Group Show, 2017
www.cargocollective.com/daysend
Horn O’ Plenty, Ruth Wilson Gallery, 2017, Juried by Shaun Leonardo
3801 USF Holly Drive, FAS 100, Tampa, FL 33620
Masters Thesis Show, Fulton Street Gallery, 2016
408 Fulton St, Troy, NY 12180
Figure as Landscape, Boor Sculpture Gallery, 2016
E University Dr, Albany, NY 12203
TKO, The Low Beat, 2015
335 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12206