Mary Evans

Overview
Using brown paper as her main material, Mary Evans' evocative site-specific installations reflect on the impact of tragic and brutal moments in history. Her cut-out silhouettes build on the classical tradition of portraiture to question ideas around representation, cultural change and globalisation.

Evans studied at Goldsmiths and the Rijksakademie and has been a recipient of the Arts and Literary Arts Residency at the Rockefeller Foundation and the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington DC, USA. Recent exhibitions include Mary Evans: ‘GILT’, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa (Solo - 2023); Saints and Saviours, offiste show, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (Solo - 2021); La Banque, France (2020), the 11th Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial, Brazil (2018), EVA - Ireland's Biennial (2016), Southbank Centre, London (2014), Blaffer Art Museum, Houston (2013), University of Massachusetts (2013), and Meditations, her solo exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art (2008).
 
Works
  • Mary Evans, Cape Town Willow Pattern 19, 2022
    Cape Town Willow Pattern 19, 2022
  • Mary Evans, Cape Town Willow Pattern 2, 2022
    Cape Town Willow Pattern 2, 2022
  • Mary Evans, Cape Town Vignette, Cape of Good Hope, 2015 - Ongoing
    Cape Town Vignette, Cape of Good Hope, 2015 - Ongoing
  • Mary Evans, Please Do Not Bend 16, 2015 - Ongoing
    Please Do Not Bend 16, 2015 - Ongoing
  • Mary Evans, Please Do Not Bend 27, 2015 - Ongoing
    Please Do Not Bend 27, 2015 - Ongoing
  • Mary Evans, Mirror Image Blue Black, 2013
    Mirror Image Blue Black, 2013
  • Mary Evans, Willow Plate No.14, 2012
    Willow Plate No.14, 2012
Press