Place of Birth
Carleton County, Ontario

Residence
High River, AB

Education

• BFA Degree with Distinction - fibre major
  Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
  2001
• Unclassified Student
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  1989
• Tailoring Program
  NAIT, Edmonton, AB
  1988
• Visual Arts Diploma
  Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB
  1987

Intensivies & Residencies
2006 Penland School of Craft, North Carolina, USA (Spring Concentration - Photo/Book Arts
2002 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB (Thematic Artist Residency)
also: Series (Red Deer College, U of A Extension, A C A D's printmaking, Metchosin International School of Art (Victoria, BC), Emily Carr College, (Vancouver, BC), the Oregon Book Guild (Forest Grove, Oregon) and the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (Toronto, ON).

Awards
2000 - 2005 recipent of 4 grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2002 Scolarship (The Banff Centre for the Arts)
2001 Nominee for ACAD Board of Governors Award
2000 - 2001 Received 2 Stanford Perrott Inovative projects Scholarships
2000 - 2001 Several Academic Bursaries
2000 RFM McInnis Scholarship for Drawing
2000 Bobbi Hoffman Scholarship for short term Study (Book Arts)
1999 ACAD Student Legacy Scholarship Award
1995 The Alberta Craft Council Sponsorship for Craft Training - Pilot Program
1992 - 1994 Continuing Education Services, Edmonton, AB - Instructor Award of Merit for Adult Education (Bronze and Silver Awards)

Website
http://www.evansartandcraftstudio.com/

Solo and Two-person Exhibitions

• Waking Lilith
  Art & Soul Studio Gallery, High River, AB
  2008
• Approaching Inner Sanctum
  Art & Soul Studio Gallery, High River, AB
  2007
• Embodied (joint exhibition with Laara Cassells)
  Profiles Public Gallery, St. Albert, AB
  2001
• A View of One's Own
  Marion Nicoll Plus 15 Window, Calgary, AB
  2001
• The Legacy Book Project (Installation)
  St. Anne Place, St, Albert, AB
  2000
• More Than Words Can Say (Installation)
  Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB
  1999
• Of Paper
  Indigo Print & Paperworks, Edmonton, AB
  1995

Group Exhibitions

• Diversity 2007 (juried exhibition)
  VAAA, Edmonton, AB
  2007
• Internationale d'art miniature (juried exhibition)
  Galerie Louise-Carrier, Levis, Quebec
  2007
• The Opera Coat Project
  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2006
• Going Green Travelling Exhibit & Inspired, Influenced, In Series Show
  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2006
• Calyx Distinctive Arts Show and Sale
  Calgary, AB
  2002 - 2007
• High River Arts Society
  High River, AB
  2003 - 2007
• Anthologies of Transformation (initiated and curated - collaborative altered book project)
  Art and Soul Studio gallery, High River, AB
  2005
• Amnesty International Women Against Violence Gala Event
  University of Calgary, AB
  2005
• Adorn & Protect
  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, edmonton, AB
  2003
• High Tea with a Twist
  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, edmonton, AB
  2003
• Wearable Art Show
  The Station, Okotoks, AB
  2003
• Figurative Show
  Art & Soul Gallery, High River, AB
  2003
• Myraid (annual exhibition)
  Profiles Public Gallery, St. Albert, AB
  1998 - 2002
• Perpetuating the Spirit (Bobbi Hoffman Scholarship Winners)
  The Discovery Gallery, The Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
  2002
• Art vs. Craft / The Great Debate
  The Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  2002
• makingthings@ACAD
  The Discovery Gallery, The Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
  2001
• Artspace Student Show
  Calgary, AB
  2001
• ACAD Graduate Show
  Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
  2001
• Art is Healing
  Generations Gallery, Stony Plain, AB
  2001
• twentysomething (ACAD Group Show)
  Discovery Gallery, the Albeta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
  2000
• Contact Public Art Show
  Star of the North Retreat Centre, St. Albert, AB
  1998 - 1999
• 100% Fibre
  Profiles Public Gallery, St. Albert, AB
  1998
• Fibre Art in Alberta
  Alberta Summer Games, Sherwood Park, AB
  1997
• Subtext Group Show
  The Works Festival, Edmonton, AB
  1993