Evan Shipard
A classically trained artist, Evan has honed his craft for more than twenty years within the dynamic landscape of the film and entertainment industries around the world. Concerned with history, mythology, beauty, and the human condition his artistic vision is a testament to his dedication to evoke drama and mood, crafted with an eye for detail and draftsmanship. Inspired by the luminous brushstrokes of the Australian Impressionists, Evan strives to capture the essence of light and emotion in his work, carrying on their legacy with passion and skill. Exploring various traditional media including oil painting, drawing and print making he develops
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A classically trained artist, Evan has honed his craft for more than twenty years within the dynamic landscape of the film and entertainment industries around the world. Concerned with history, mythology, beauty, and the human condition his artistic vision is a testament to his dedication to evoke drama and mood, crafted with an eye for detail and draftsmanship. Inspired by the luminous brushstrokes of the Australian Impressionists, Evan strives to capture the essence of light and emotion in his work, carrying on their legacy with passion and skill. Exploring various traditional media including oil painting, drawing and print making he develops his work in his studio south of Sydney and en plein air in the landscapes that inspire.
Exhibitions
2024
Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Finalist
Lethbridge Landscape Prize Finalist
Project Gallery 90 - Sydney Affordable Art Fair
‘Force of Nature’ Printmakers gallery
‘Take a Seat’ group exhibit Project Gallery 90
‘Echoes of the Wingecarribee’ Solo show Whitewall Art Projects
‘In the flesh’ group exhibit Project Gallery 90
Primordial Landscapes group exhibit Whitewall Art Projects
2023 Lethbridge Gallery - Sydney Affordable Art Fair
‘Into the Light’ Whitewall Projects Prize Finalist and Highly Commended
2023
‘Something Sicilian’ Group Show Project Gallery 90
BDAS Wingecarribee Landscape Prize Finalist Highly Commended
Autumn Group Exhibit Whitewall Art Projects Gallery
‘Shucked’ Group Show Project Gallery 90
‘Bare’ Group Show Project Gallery 90
Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize finalist RQAS
2022
A.M.E Bale Traveling Scholarship finalist
Guest Judge John Cope Portrait Prize BDAS
Printmaking exhibition ‘Memory’
Goodspace group show.
2021
Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2020
Sth Sth King Street End of Year Show
2019
BDAS Gala Evening Celebrity Portrait Reveal
Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Show
Hunters Hill Art Exhibition
2018
Noir Group Show, Gallery 371
Waverley Woollahra 9x5 Landscape Finalist Exhibition
A.M.E Bale Prize Finalist Exhibition
2nd Anniversary Group Show, Gallery 371
John Copes Portrait Prize- 1st Prize.
2017
Canvas Bar RAW- Winner
2013
Salon de Refuses selection Black Swan Prize
2012
A.M.E Bale Prize for Traditional Realism and Figurative Art, Winner- oil painting.
BDAS Still Life Prize finalist
Lethbridge 10000 finalist
Hunters Hill Art Exhibition Finalist, "Highly Commended”
2009
Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition
Low Key at The Post
2008
Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition
Julian Ashton Art School Nine by Five Inches Exhibition
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Competition
Collections
Julian Ashton Art School
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
Various private collections
Art Education
2022 - 23 Printmaking at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2019 Steven Assael Master Colour Workshop BACAA
2018 Rome Art Workshops
2011 Illustration Masterclass, Amherst University MAS USA
2009 Diploma of Fine Art, Julian Ashton Art School
2009 Julian Ashton Art School winner Portrait Artists Australia Scholarship
2008 Julian Ashton Art School
2008 Illustration Masterclass Amherst University MAS USA
2007 - 8 Friends of National Art School member
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