Soft Mantle, 2005 by Gary Evans

Gary Evans’ work in contemporary painting and collage challenges traditional notions of perception and experience of the Canadian landscape. Of numerous solo exhibitions, highlights include a touring exhibition of his work, Seeing Things: The Paintings of Gary Evans, curated by Stuart Reid, which toured across Canada between 2000-2002, and, a survey of paintings, Station, at The Art Gallery Of Windsor in 2008. In 2016, Evans’ paintings, and recent paper collages were the subject of a major survey exhibition spanning from the mid 2000s at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario. Evans’ works are held in a number of private, public and corporate collections in Ontario, Quebec, and beyond. Evans is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design and is currently an instructor at the School of Design And Visual Art, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario. Evans is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto.