NEIL EVANS

Born 1 February 1951, Sydney

1969 National Art School - dropped out with malnutrition and scurvy

Assistant to sculptor Gerard Havekes

Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, New South Wales. Christo Javacheff’s work team

1972 Two Guest Lectures, Architecture Faculty, Sydney University

1989 Window Installation commissioned for Remo General Store, Darlinghurst, Sydney

1992 painting commissioned by Angus & Robertson for cover of Up On All Fours by Philip Hodgins

Ogee - a novel published in hardback by Antrobus Press

1994 Torus- a novel published in paperback by Antrobus Press

Ogee - a novel published in paperback by Antrobus Press

1996 Billy Stands - a novel published in paperback by Antrobus Press

2007 Floor talk, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers

2008 In conversation with Jonathon Biggins and Rodney Pople, Art After Hours, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Co-selector and co-judge with Tom Carment and Deborah Marks of Waverley Art Prize 2008

Floor talk, Legge Gallery to Maitland Regional Gallery Members Tour

2009 Artist in Residence - Riversdale, Bundanon and 'The Croydon', Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney

2010 Referential Opacity Art Month Sydney artist talk , Watters Gallery

Conceptual Art

1970 Sunbathing with Savart Watters Gallery, Sydney

32^nd Annual Contemporary Art Society Exhibition Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney

12 Artists: new directions recent work Central Street, Sydney

Savart Happening Capitol Theatre, Sydney

The Organic Account of Neil Evans, April 1970

Ten Trees Brithy Inlet NSW

1971 Wait for two hours John Kaldor Art Project 2: Harald Szeeman in Australia Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Four Day Dress Plan CAS Gallery, Sydne

Activities: Performance, Participation and Art by Instruction Inhibodress, Sydney

The Situation Now CAS Gallery, Sydney

Young Contemporaries CAS Gallery, Sydney

Illegal Road Closure Rowe Street, Sydney

33^rd Annual Contemporary Art Society Exhibition CAS Gallery, Sydney

1972 Retirement Announced – Mail Art

Corner of George and Market Streets, Sydney

Group City Walk Architecture Faculty, University of Sydney

Vomit Architecture Faculty, University of Sydney

Wait for two hours Watters Gallery, Sydney

2000 Wait for two hours The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney

2009 Wait for two hours Art Gallery of New South Wales

Solo Exhibitions

1991 Fragments Legge Gallery

1992 Words – recent rhopography Legge Gallery

1994 Torus Legge Gallery

1995 Pretty Ugly Legge Gallery

1997 Dark Victory Legge Gallery

1999 The Killer Legge Gallery

2000 Suite Memories Legge Gallery

2002 Evans Head Legge Gallery

2003 Mnemonic Landscapes Legge Gallery

2004 Modest Axillism Legge Gallery

2006 Tall Tales from the Greater Shire of Folderol Legge Gallery

2008 Difficult Lightweight Landscapes Legge Gallery

2010 Friday Morning Paintings - Substantial all prima Minitures Watters Gallery

2011 Clutterbutt - Substantial all prima Minitures Watters Gallery

Duo Exhibitions

2001 Still Lifes: Neil Evans and Peter Liiri Legge Gallery

2003 Dark Places: Robert Cleworth and Neil Evans Legge Gallery

2009 Into the Blue: Neil Evans and Evan Salmon Legge Gallery

Group Exhibitions

1989 Inside the Greenhouse Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (DC Art)

1991 When Love Blooms Legge Gallery

1992 Works from Stock and Studio Legge Gallery

Thisness Legge Gallery

1993 Tempest Legge Gallery

1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Legge Gallery)

Artists Don’t Believe in Sanity Clause Legge Gallery

1995 Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Salon des refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

1996 Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Salon des refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Legge Gallery)

Mellow Down Easy Legge Gallery

1997 Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Salon des refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize Sydney

The King’s School Art Prize Sydney

Sanguine Valediction Legge Gallery

1998 Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Salon des refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Amnesty International Peoples Choice Award T.A.P. Gallery, Sydney

Neil Evans, Vivienne Ferguson, Julienne Harris, Evan Salmon Legge Gallery

Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Legge Gallery)

Christmas Show Legge Gallery

1999 Evolution Legge Gallery

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Redlands Westpac Art Prize Sydney

10^th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2000 Sulman Art Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Project 2/2000 The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Happy 10^th Birthday Group Show Legge Gallery

Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Legge Gallery)

Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2001 Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Salon des refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery

Legge Gallery Artists Use Atelier Artists' Acrylics Legge Gallery

2002 The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, and Victorian Arts Centre's George Adams Gallery

Art in Food National Trust Cafe, Sydney

Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Legge Gallery)

Sophia Mundi Annual Art Exhibition Melbourne

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Legge Gallery Summer Show Legge Gallery

2003 Summer Show Legge Gallery

2004 Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

2005 Best In Show - Third Annual Dog Show A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney

Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2006 Who cares? Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney

Tom Roberts Retraced Inverell Art Gallery Inverell

Landscape Show Legge Gallery

The Inaugural Loquat Valley Art Prize Bayiew, Sydney

Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Urban Theme Legge Gallery

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2007 Waverley Art Prize Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre, Bondi

Small Sculpture Legge Gallery

The King's School Art Prize, Sydney

2007 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Woollahra Council Chambers

Art Sydney 07 Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney

An Artist at My Table Cell Block Theatre, NAS, Sydney

Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2008 The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Port Macquarie Regional Art Gallery and Lismore Regional Art Gallery

Coloured Digger 2 Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney

Melbourne Art Fair 08 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

An Artist at My Table Cell Block Theatre, NAS, Sydney

2009 Dog Days Too - Seventh Annual Dog Show A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney

New South Wales Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize New South Wales Parliament, Sydney

Bundanon Dreaming 2009 Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

40 Years: Kaldor Public Art Projects Art Gallery of New South Wales

Gosford Art Prize 2009 Gosford Regional Gallery

Belle Arti -Chapman and Bailey Art Award 2009 Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne

Summer Exhibition Watters Gallery

2010 Art Month Sydney Watters Gallery

Sulman Art Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Gelengu Du Gelenguwurru Sheffer Gallery, Sydney

Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Melbourne Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Summer Exhibition Watters Gallery

Awards and Competitions

1966 Winner - Book Week Poster Competition, James Ruse Agricultural High School

1997 Finalist - SCEGGS Redlands Art Prize, Sydney

Finalist -The King’s School Art Prize, Sydney

1999 Finalist - Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery

2000 Finalist - Sulman Art Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

2002 Finalist - The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, and Victorian Arts Centre's George Adams Gallery

2005 Finalist - Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Finalist - Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery

2007 Finalist - Waverley Art Prize Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre, Bondi

Finalist - The King's School Art Prize, Sydney

Finalist - 2007 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Woollahra Council Chambers

Winner - Viewers' Choice Award - 2007 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Woollahra Council Chambers

2008 Finalist - The Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Port Macquarie Regional Art Gallery and Lismore Regional Art Gallery

2009 Finalist - New South Wales Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize New South Wales Parliament, Sydney

Finalist - Gosford Art Prize 2009 Gosford Regional Gallery

Finalist - Belle Arti -Chapman and Bailey Art Award 2009 Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne

2010 Finalist - Sulman Art Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales

John Connolly and Partners

Macquarie Bank

National Gallery of Australia

National Gallery of Victoria

New England Regional Art Museum

Private Collections in Australia, Canada, Iceland, London, New York and Los Angeles

Maitland Regional Gallery

Selected Bibliography

Auty, Giles: The Weekend Australian, 25-26/3/2000

Bettini, Jo: The Sydney Morning Herald, 8/9/1995

Black, Ann: Artlink, vol.14 no.2, 1998

Black, Ann: Australian Art Review, issue 02, July-October 2003

Boles, Bernard: Nation Review, 3/9/1971

Bond, Anthony: Body, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1997

Brook, Donald: Sun Herald, 29/9/1970

Brook, Donald: The Sydney Morning Herald, 13/5/1971

Brook, Donald: The Sydney Morning Herald, 27/4/1972

Brook, Donald: Studio International, April 1972

Brook, Donald: Nation Review, April 1972

Brook, Donald: Artlink, vol.14 no.3, 1998

Brook, Donald: 1968 Art Monthly Australia, no.195, November 2006

Cook, David and Stein,David: Your Money Your Call, Sky Business Channel, 31/10/2008

Cramer, Sue: Inhibodress 1970-1972, 1989

Crawford, Ashley: The Art of Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, The Age, 6/3/2007

Cream of the Art Crop: Whisper, Wentworth Courier, 7/11/2007

Cubby, Ben: The Sydney Morning Herald, 02/11/2004

Curnow, Wystan: Imants Tillers and the ‘Book of Power’, 1998

Downer, Stella: Introduction Redlands Westpac Art Prize Catalogue, 2005

Expo is Evans sent: Wentworth Courier, 4/11/2004

Farrelly, Elizabeth: Opinion, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12/3/2008

Forbat, Sophie (ed): 40 Years: Kaldor Public Art Projects 1/10/09

Fortescue, Elizabeth: Elizabeth Fortescue's favourites, The Daily Telegraph, 23/2/2008

Foster, Ernest: A Public of Individuals, vol.1 no.1, Jul/Aug 2002

Gesta Non Verba ,Issue 2, 22/6/2005

Gesta Non Verba ,Issue 13, 12/7/2007

Gesta Non Verba ,Issue 1, 2/4/2008

Gleeson, James: Sun Herald, 15/2/1970

Gleeson, James: Sun Herald, 9/5/1971

Green, Charles: Peripheral Vision: Contemporary Australian Art 1970-1994, 1995

Guinness, Daphne: The Sydney Morning Herald, 20/5/2002

Howe, Neil: Live Art, 1984

Hutchison, B.A.: Nation Review, 11/12/1971

James, Bruce and Tillers, Imants: Judges' Speech, Redlands Westpac Art Prize, 13/6/1997

Johnson, Tim: An Impossible Vision, On the Beach, no.9, 1985

Kennedy, Peter: Art Network 6, Winter, 1982

Looby, Keith: Letter to the Artmaster No.IV , 1988

Looby, Keith: Australian Art Review, issue 02, July-October 2003

Low, Lenny Ann : The Sydney Morning Herald, 1-2/11/2003

Lynn, Elwyn: The Bulletin, 21/2/1970

Marsh, Anne: Art & Australia, vol.26 no.3, 1989

Marsh, Anne: Body and Self: performance art in Australia 1969-1992, 1993

Marx, Jack: Everything ain’t Archie at the Archibalds, Jack Marx Live Blog, March 2008

McDonald, John: The Sydney Morning Herald, 29/3/1997

Milliss, Ian: Contemporary Art Society Broadsheet, July/August 1970

Molitorisz, Sacha: The Sydney Morning Herald, 8/8/2001

Moses, Alexa: The Sydney Morning Herald, 20/9/2003

Ostergaard, Judy: Bay Watch, Australian House and Garden, March 2009

Pearce, Alyosha: A packer’s eyes on the prize, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29/02/2008

Pearlman, Jonathan: Spotlight, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28/8/2002

Photograph of painting on cover of Good Living, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21/8/2007

Picture this, www.artlife.blogspot.com, 20/3/2008

Bundanon Dreaming PLC Sydney Connections Issue 7, 18/06/2009

Schwartzkoff, Louise: Archibald hangs on without the po-faced worthies, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29/02/2008

Smith, Terry: Sun Herald, 5/5/1971

Smith, Terry: The Review, 18-24/12/1971

Smith, Terry: The Situation Now: Object or Post-Object Art?, catalogue interview, 16/7/1971

Smith, Terry: Anything Goes – Art in Australia 1970-1980, 1984

Sturgeon, Graeme: The Development of Australian Sculpture 1788-1975, 1978

Thomas, Daniel: Sun Herald, 8/2/1970

Thomas, Daniel: Sun Herald, 9/4/1971

Thomas, Daniel: Sunday Telegraph, 7/11/1971

Thomas, Daniel: Sunday Telegraph, 30/4/1972

Thomas, Laurie: The Australian, 11/9/1971

Tomas, Juan-Carlo: The Sydney Morning Herald, 4-10/10/2002

Vickers, Nick: Sydney City Hub, 1-7/6/2000

Woollahra News, Wentworth Courier, 16/7/2008

Waldren, Murray: The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa, 2009