Ned Evans
Works
Biography
Born 1950 in Burbank, California
Lives and works in Venice, California
EDUCATION
1974, M.F.A., University of California, Irvine, CA
1972, B.F.A., University of California, Irvine, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
“By the Seaside: New H20 Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2020
“Paintings,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“New Paintings and Watercolors,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2018
“New Paintings,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Paintings and Keyholes,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017
“Graphite Squalls + H2Os: Paintings and Drawings,” Gallery 169, Santa Monica, CA
2016
“H20 Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015
“Slight Return: A Selection of Paintings from 1985–2015,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013
“New Painting and Resin Reliefs,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Selected Postcard Collages, 1979–1991,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012
“H20s AT S.E.A.,” David Hertz Studio, Venice, CA
“Ned Evans: New Work,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011
“Ned Evans: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“H20’s: Paintings and Drawings,” Rumba, Santa Monica, CA
2010
“H20’s: Paintings and Drawings,” James Beach, Venice, CA
2009
“Ned Evans: Inside the Prism,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Ned Evans: H20 – Pixels, Paintings, Photos, and Prints,” Mollusk Surf Shop, Venice, CA
2008
“Ned Evans: New Work,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007
“From the Desert to the Sea,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005
“Selected Works: 1980-2005,” Berman/Turner Projects, Santa Monica, CA
2004
“New Paintings,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
“H2Os: Painting and Drawings,” Acerol Studio, Santa Monica, CA
“A Drawing Installation – Paper Moons,” Les Deux Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2001
“Ned Evans: Recent Paintings,” Aldis Browne Fine Arts, Venice CA
2000
“Watercolors on Japanese Paper,” Hiromi Paper Int., Santa Monica, CA
“New Paintings,” Off Main Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
“Floaters,” Deanna Izen Miller Gallery, Venice, CA
1996
“Recent Paintings,” Deanna Miller Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1992
“Recent Paintings,” Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990
“New Paintings,” Michael Maloney Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
1988
“Small Paintings and Collages,” Maloney Butler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1987
“New Paintings,” Michael Maloney Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
1985
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
“Inspirational: The Influence of Place,: Gallery Art1307 in conjunction with the American Consulate, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
“Ned Evans and Peter Lodato,” Gallery Art1307, Naples, Italy
“On The Edge, Jack and Joan Quinn Art Collection,” Bakersfield Art Museum, Bakersfield, CA
“Group Show,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019
“UFOs: Ned Evans + David Lloyd,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Industry of Meaning,” LA Historical Society Group Show, Venice, CA
“See Sea Si,” Ernie Wolfe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Out of Town,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA CA
“Abstract Diversity,” Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
2018
“Black and White and In Between: Selections from the Weisman Art Foundation,”Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
“Group Show,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
“Art in a New Place,” The Art Exchange, Long Beach, CA
2017
“California Dreaming,” Frederick R.Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
“Group Show,” Area 35 Gallery, Milan, Italy
“Group Show,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
“Volcanos and Waterfalls: Ned Evans + David Lloyd,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Venice Now + Then,” Mike Kelly Gallery, Venice, CA
“Group Drawing Show,” Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016
“Differing Feathers,” The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA
“Strata,” Jamie Brook Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA
“Gallery Artists Group Show,” Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Volcano: Ned Evans + David Lloyd,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
“Made in California: Selections from the Frederick Weisman Foundation,” Mana Contemporary, NJ
“Tales from Topographic Oceans,” The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA
2015
“Group Show,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
“Made in California: Selections from the Frederick Weisman Foundation,” Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL
“Group Show,” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“MANA Artists in Naples,” Gallery 1307, Naples, Italy (Mana group performance at the Art Hotel Gran Paradiso. Sorrento Italy)
“This is Not Surf Art,” Surfing Heritage and Culture Center, San Clemente, CA
“MANA Artists,” Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
2014
“Art And Nature,” Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“ORALE! The Kings And Queens of Cool,” Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico
“Group Show,” Malibleu Gallery, Malibu, CA
“Joan Quinn Captured: Selections from the Quinn Collection,” Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
“Group Show: Artists from the film MANA,” Gallery Meld, Kailua-Kona, HI
“The No-Shows,” TazBones’ Ned Evans + Jim Evans Collaborative, Icon Los Angeles, Hollywood, CA
“Summer Group Show,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
“The Spirit of the Summer,” Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
“Group Show 7th Year Anniversary,” Gallery 1307, Naples, Italy
“LA Artcore: Steve Johns, Andy Moses, Ned Evans,” LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2013
“Surf Gallery Retrospective,” ART4, Laguna Beach, CA
“MANA Artists,” Meld Gallery, Kona, Hawaii
“Local Fish,” Ernie Wolf Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“H20 Photos,” EIS Gallery, Venice, CA
“Ned Evans + Andy Moses,” Joe’s Restaurant, Venice, CA
2012
“Ned Evans & Charles Christopher Hill,” Gallery 478, San Pedro, CA
“H2Os,” AK Gallery, Venice, CA
“Surf Junkie: Kevin Butler, Herbie Fletcher, Ned Evans + Dane Peterson,” POP Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Artists X Architects,” Joe’s Restaurant, Venice, CA
“California Art: Selections from the Frederick Weisman Foundation,” Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
“Ed’s Party: Spheres Of Influence In The LA Art Scene,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Impact: Emotions of Color,” Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL
“Light and Space,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
“California Abstract Painting: 1952 to 2011,” Woodbury University, Nan Rae Art Gallery, Burbank, CA
2011
“California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,”Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
“Best Kept Secret/Pacific Standard Time,” University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
“Mysterious Objects: Portraits of Joan Quinn,” Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
“Surf’s Up,” Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2010
“Swell: 1950-2010,” Nyehaus Gallery, Metro Pictures, and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Chelsea, NY
“Group Show,” Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
“Verbatim: Inspiration In Translation,” Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
“Dark Wave,” IGM Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
“Group Show,” Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2009
“Unframed: Works On Paper,” Surf Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“ETA LA II,” Nahcotta Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“In a Different Light,” Eric Phleger Gallery, Encinitas, CA
“ETA LA,” Nahcotta Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Insight L.A.,” Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
“California Visions,” Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
“Versions of Abstraction,” Art Dimensions Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
“Ten year Group Show,” Toomey-Tourell, San Francisco, CA
“Drawings: New York-Los Angeles,” Manchester Gallery, Westchester, CA
“Group Show,” Diana Ferrone Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Group Show,” Applegate Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Surf Art Nouveau,” Montanaro Gallery, Newport, RI
2007
“Modernism Today,” LAX, Bradley Terminal, Los Angeles, CA
“4th Annual Art and Surf Culture Exhibition,” Sao Paulo, Brasil
“The Eclectic Eye: Pop And Illusion,” Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
“Ned Evans & Eric Johnson,” Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
“Good To Go,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Abstract Notions,” Berman/Turner Projects, Santa Monica, CA and Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
“Group Show,” Applegate Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“L.A. Scene,” The Surf Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Group Show,” Victoria Boyce Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005
“Pattern and Practice,” William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Group Show: Skate and Surf,” Westside Underground Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
“Work on Paper,” Calix Fine Art, Seattle, WA
“Group Show,” Applegate Art Gallery, Malibu, CA
“Art Wave,” Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA
“Pink,” Cartelle Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA
“Masters of Venice,” Half a Dozen Rose Gallery, Venice, CA
“Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing,” Milk Gallery, New York, NY
2003
“The Art of Paint,” Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
“Minimalism and More,” Contemporary Art from The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
“Surf Odyssey: Ned Evans, David Lloyd, Grant Rohloff,” Universal Art Gallery, Venice, CA
“Anonymous Connections,” Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA
“Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing,” San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA
“Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing,” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
2002
“Group Show,” Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
“Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing,” Laguna Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2001
“Ned EvansNancy Kay,” Art at Michael’s, Santa Monica, CA
2000
“Surf Trip,” Yerba Buena Art Center, San Francisco, CA
“Track 16 Gallery,” Santa Monica, CA
“Group Show,” rumba, Santa Monica, CA
“Drawing Show”, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
“Update 2000,” Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA
1999
“Intimate Abstract Paintings,” Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
“Group Show: BIG,” Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
1998
“Group Show,” Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA
1997
“Forms of Abstractions,” Deanna Izen Miller Gallery, Venice, CA
“East West,” Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“California/New York,” Rush Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, NY
“Group,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1996
“L.A. Notables,” Deanna Miller Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1995
“Small Works,” Deanna Miller Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1994
“Group Show,” Janie Beggs Gallery, Aspen, CO
1992
“Telephone Group Show,” South Coast Metro Center, Costa Mesa, CA
1991
“Group Exhibition,” U.C. Irvine, Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“Seductive Geometry,” Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
“Group Exhibition,” Palms Blvd., B & B Gallery, Venice, CA
“Group Show,” Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989
“Ned Evans, Jim Ganzer, Jon Stokesbury,” LJB Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1988
“Works on Paper,” Maloney Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986
“A Southern California Collection,” Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
“Monotypes,” Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
“Group Show,” Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Video
ART1307 presents a film by Eric Minh Swenson: “NED EVANS: WATER BOUND“
NED EVANS: RESIN TEARS, PUDDLES AND POOLS
Film by Eric Minh Swenson. Music by Secret Circuit
Ned Evans has been making bas relief three-dimensional forms intermittently since 1985, and his resin tears, puddles, and pools are borne from a lifelong relationship to surfboards, both in and out of the water. In part, these luminescent resin shapes were conceived from Malibu lagoon’s current debacle, worsened by human ignorance. What began as a single tear is now a pool, a puddle, a fish, a wind-torn raindrop, an ever-shifting shape.
Ned Evans Speaking About His Work
UC Irvine was a hotbed of creativity and experimentation in the 1960s and early ’70s, a hub of innovation where exceptional teachers such as Tony DeLap, Robert Irwin, and Vija Celmins taught talented students like Alexis Smith, Chris Burden, and Nancy Buchanan. All but forgotten in the intervening years, this exceptional time and place is now recovered at Laguna Art Museum in Best Kept Secret.
slight return by EMS
Ned Evan’s exhibitions push and pull the limitations of color-infused fractures, dissection, and reassemblage, and this most recent collection of paintings celebrates and elucidates the convergence of torqued aerial perspectives and seductive angles, as well brilliant and intoxicating color. In some paintings, there is a palpable examination of concave colliding with convex, the sliding of one landscape into another, creating a deliciously askance perception, while in others there is an unpredictable, almost photographic quality between the interplay of dark and light. Within each of these paintings, there are moments of intimacy to be discovered, spaces redolent of recognition and familiarity, in situ with controlled chaos.
A master of texture and mediums, Evans effortlessly integrates fabric, acrylic paints, and texture additives to create complex interplays of varying surface structure. By shifting from gloss, satin, and flat varnishes, he adds to this richness with his seductive use of color. Evans has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is included in many important public and private collections.
Born in Burbank, California in 1950, with an MFA from UC Irvine in 1974, Ned Evans has lived in Venice, California since the early 1970s. Working primarily in painting in acrylic and mixed media on canvas, he has also spent years exploring photography, collage, and mixed media sculptural reliefs. He has shown throughout the United States and Europe. While his work is unquestionably influenced by the Southern California landscape, ultimately and inevitably his reconstructing and building edifices and foundations, on top of which exist the nuances of illusion and light.
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