Penny Evans b. 1966 Sydney, NSW

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist) , (Ceramist)
Evans is a Lismore based Indigenous artist. Her ceramic work has been exhibited and sold thoughout Australia and internationally.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2009
Name
Penny Evans
Birth date
1966
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
  • Lismore, NSW
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Kamilaroi
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
  • 'A Special Kind of Vision' Arts Northern Rivers, NSW
Copyright
  • Evans, Penny

Penny Evans was born in Sydney in 1966. She is a Kamilaroi woman based in Lismore, with family originating from Garah and Mungundi near Moree. Throughout the 1990s Evans exhibited and sold her ceramic work through Gondwanna Indigenous Art Gallery in Alice Springs, Walkabout Gallery in Sydney and from her own studio/shop 'Chowk Ceramics’ in Enmore, Sydney. Her ceramics have been sold internationally, were exhibited at the 'Munich International Craft Fair’ in 1999 and 2000 and featured in The Journal of Australian Ceramics and Pottery in Australia .

Her artwork has appeared in group exhibitions, including 'Year of the Apology Exhibition’ at Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, 2008; Grafton and Tweed River Regional Galleries National Parks and Wildlife Service Art Awards 2007 and 2008; 'CommUnity’, a post NAIDOC exhibition, Boomalli Art Gallery, Sydney, 2002; and 'Homebrand – Contemporary Australian Ceramics’, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 1997.

In 2001 Penny’s work was Highly Commended in the Freedom Ride Poster Competition, Sydney Opera House.

Writers:
Arts Northern Rivers
staffcontributor
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Frances Belle Parker
1982
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Karla Dickens
1967
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Les Evans
1946
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Albert Digby Moran
1948
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Michael Philp
1966
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jacqui Williams
Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Suzy Evans
1964
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Suzy Evans
1964
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Chowk Ceramics, Enmore, Sydney, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
3 Rivers Aboriginal Art Space, Lismore, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
A Vertigo in Living
Date
2008
Mixed media and paint on cardboard.
Wyrallah Ware
Date
2008
URL
http://visualartsnetwork.net.au/artists/indigenous_showcase/index.php?show=artist&id=132
White earthernware pinch pots with underglazes and sgraffito. Website accessed 31.3.09.
Souvenir: recent ceramics and mixed media work
4 December 2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW
updated 2009-11-23
NPWS Art Award
2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW
A Special Kind of Vision
2009
Exhibition ()
Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, NSW
http://www.retrospectgalleries.com/qh/inretrospect---special-kind-of-vision-6th---26th-march-2009.html
Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Award
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Site
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW
First solo show.
National Parks and Wildlife Service Arts Awards
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
Year of the Apology Exhibition
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW
Group exhibition.
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Barebones Artspace, Bangalow, NSW
Work held in gallery, though not part of an official exhibition. Updated 09-09-28.
National Parks and Wildlife Service Arts Awards
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
CommUnity
2002
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Boomalli Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
A post NAIDOC group exhibition
Munich International Craft Fair
1999- 2000
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Germany
Homebrand
1997
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Contemporary Australian Ceramics group exhibition
Recognitions
NPWS Aboriginal Art Award
2009
Award
Note: Highly Commended
COFA Professional Development Award, Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize
2009
Award
Winner
Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Award
2008
Award
Freedom Ride Poster Competition, Sydney Opera House
2001
Award
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