Approved: 22.08.2014

Lisa Evans

Artist, Gallery educator, Researcher, Teacher

Approved: 22.08.2014

I am a traditionally trained sculptor; working with hot metal, performance art, drawings, imagery and text. My practice is concerned with questioning gender imbalances and highlighting the consciousness of stereotypes within industry. But most recently my practice has shifted towards confronting my identity as a woman of dual ethnicity (Welsh and Lebanese) and my journey to reconnect with cultural references from which I have been displaced.

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      Artist Statement

      I am a traditionally trained sculptor; working with hot metal, performance art, drawings, imagery and text. My practice is concerned with questioning gender imbalances and highlighting the consciousness of stereotypes within industry. But most recently my practice has shifted towards confronting my identity as a woman of dual ethnicity (Welsh and Lebanese) and my journey to reconnect with cultural references from which I have been displaced.

      I currently live and work in West Wales as an artist and Programme Director of Sculpture at Carmarthen School of Art.

      CV & Education

      Education

      2018 PGCE (PCET) University of Wales, Trinity St David’s

      2016 Distinction. MFA, Cardiff School of Art & Design                                                           

      2014 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, Carmarthen School of Art

      2011 Distinction. Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Coleg Sir Gar

      Selected Exhibitions

      2020 Iron in the West. New Mexico Highlands University, New Mexico, USA

      2018 NOVA Biennal Arts Prize. Arcade Cardiff

      2017 NOVA Biennal Arts Prize. RCA, Conwy and Aberystwyth Arts Centre 

      2017 T’ART, International Women’s Day. Bones & Pearl Gallery, London

      2016 Body Studies. The Cellar, The Finborough Arms, Kensington, London

      2016 Fragmented Identities, BORDERS. International Art & Architecture Festival. Venice Art House Gallery

      2016 SHE, Tanner Street, London. International Exchange in Texas, USA and Vietnam sister galleries                                                                                            

      2016 RAMUS|EVANS Collaborative presents Dialogue:Detritus. Spit & Sawdust                                                

      2016 Nautical Perspectives.  St Katharine’s Docks, London                               

      2016 Pavilion Open. Penarth, Cardiff                                                                  

      2016 RAMUS|EVANS Collaborative presents Blurring the Boundaries. Roath Park Pub                          

      2015 Blast. Colony Projects. Port Talbot

      2014 Graduate Show. King Street Gallery, Carmarthen                                                                                                             

      2014 Wales Graduate Exhibition. Millenium Centre, Cardiff                                                                 

      2014 Woon Art Prize. Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne                                               

      2014 A Fete Worse Than Death. Red Gallery, London                                                       

      Performances

      2019 A Woman's Place (semitotics of the domestic). NCCCIAP, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama. Supported by Wales Arts International. 

      2017 Women at Work. NCCCIAP, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama

      2016 GWAITH. RAMUS|EVANS Collaborative. Cardiff Contemporary Festival, Cardiff

      Conferences                                                                                                                                

      2019 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama

      2017 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama

      2014 7th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron, Latvia                                                                                                                                              

      2014 IRON R 2nd Irish Conference of Cast Iron, Ireland                                                                                                                                             

      2012 IRON R 1st Irish Conference of Cast Iron, Ireland                                                                                                                                             

      Internships &Awards                                                                                                        

      2016 Shortlisted for the National Eisteddfod Young Artist Award                                                   

      2014 Shortlisted for Woon Foundation Sculpture and Painting Art Prize Exhibition                 

      2014 Shortlisted for the National Eisteddfod Young Artist Award                                                   

      2013 Iron Artist Internship, Franconia Sculpture Park, USA                                                           

      Residencies

      2017 Artist in Residence at Stiwdio Maelor, Corris

      2016 Artist in Residence at Exchange Project, London

      2016 Artist in Residence at the Sidney Nolan Trust, the Rodd

      2015 Artist in Residence at Carmarthen School of Art

      Catalogues and Reference

      2017 Interview and publication, Floorr Magazine, London

      2016 Body Studies, Private Eye magazine

      2016 Its Liquid interview with Luca Curci as part of Fragmented Identities, Venice

      2014 IRON R Project, Crawford College of Art and the National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland

      2014 Wales Graduate exhibition catalogue, Cardiff

      2014 The Woon Foundation Art Prize catalogue, Newcastle Upon Tyne

      Other

      Member of Iron Maidens Made in Wales II

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