Gary Evans

Gary Evans was born in Weston Super Mare, England and resides in Alliston, Ontario. His painting challenges traditional notions of perception and experience of the Canadian landscape. Of his more than twenty solo exhibitions highlights include a touring survey exhibition of his work, Seeing Things: The Paintings of Gary Evans, curated by Stuart Reid, with catalogue, which toured Canada between 2000-2002 as well as a survey of paintings, Station, curated by James Patten at The Art Gallery Of Windsor in 2008 and a fifteen-year survey, Farther Afield, curated by Renee van der Avoird at the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON, in 2016. Evans is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design and is the Coordinator of the School of Design And Visual Art, Georgian College, Barrie, ON. Evans has been exhibiting at PPCA since 1995.


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Solo Exhibitions
2024
2023
2022
2020
  • Daylight, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019
  • Altered Space, Quest Art Centre. Midland, ON
2018
  • Gary Evans, Rails End Gallery and Art Centre, Haliburton, ON
2017
2016
2015
  • New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2014
  • New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2013
2011
2010
2009
2007
2005
2004
2003
  • Station, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2002
  • Seeing Things, St Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
  • Head On, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001
  • Seeing Things, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, On
  • Seeing Things, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, On
  • Seeing Things, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask
  • Seeing Things, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, On
2000
  • Seeing Things, Saidye Bronfman Centre des Arts, Montreal, PQ
  • High Street, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, On
  • High Street, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Montreal, PQ
1999
  • New Work, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, On
1998
  • Field Work, Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, On
  • Field Trip, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1997
  • Field Work, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, On
  • Fifth Concession, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, On
1996
  • Orchard, Paul Petro Contemporary Art,100 Yonge St., Toronto, On
1995
  • Grove, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, 100 Yonge St., Toronto, On
1994
  • Painting, Rotunda, Barrie City Hall, Barrie, ON
Group Exhibitions
2023
2022
2021
  • Rusted Sky, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019
  • Fault Lines, Peter Robertson Gallery , Edmonton, AB
2018
  • Voices, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
2017
  • Voices, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
  • Forsythe, Evans, Brown, Deluge Contemporary, Victoria, BC.
2016
  • West Country (with Amy Bowles), Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2010
2008
  • Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON.
2007
  • Envisioning Landscape, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
  • Group Exhibit with Peter Bowyer and Stephen Andrews, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
2006
  • Tina B Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
2005
  • Don’t Wanna Miss That Shit, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2004
  • Morphia, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto,ON
2001
  • Suburbia, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, On
2000
  • Intersections, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, On and Montreal, PQ
1999
  • Myth City Saga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, On
  • True North, Kaoshung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
  • Wonderland, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Montreal, PQ
1997
  • Hearts to Steel, Londsdale Gallery, Toronto, On
1995
  • Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, On
1991
  • No Parking Gallery, Toronto, On
1990
  • Les Foufounes, Purple Institute Exchange, Montreal, PQ
1989
  • Tadashi Kawamata, Mercer Union/Colonial Tavern Park Project, Toronto, On
1988
  • Gallery 76, Toronto, On
Selected Collections
  • TD Canada Trust, Toronto, ON
  • Museum London, London, ON
  • Remai, Modern, SK
  • Banque Nationale, Montreal, QC
  • Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON
  • Art Gallery of Kelowna, Kelowna, BC
  • Hart House Permanent Collection, Toronto, ON
  • Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
  • Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada,Montreal, ON
  • Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Toronto, ON
  • Tory Tory DesLauriers & Bennington, Toronto, ON
  • Business Development Bank at Canada, Toronto, ON
  • Osler Hoskin and Harcourt, Toronto, ON
  • Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board, Toronto, ON
  • McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, Toronto, ON
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Ottawa, ON
  • Air Canada, Toronto, ON
  • First Gulf Development, Mississauga, ON
  • Lumigen, Iles des Soeurs, QC
Selected Bibliography
  • Balzer, David. Eye Candy, Eye Weekly, August 12 2004
  • Barnard, Elissa. Shaken Not Stirred., The Sunday Herald, Halifax, March 10,2002.
  • Couelle, Jennifer. La Nature Alteree De Gary Evans, La Presse, December 21, 2000.
  • Dault, Gary Michael.Seeing Things:The Paintings of Gary Evans, Critics Choice, The Globe and Mail,Saturday Feb 17, 2001.
  • Jordan, Betty Ann. Gary Evans, Elm Street, February 2001.
  • Lamarche, Bernard. Revoir le Paysage en Peinture, Le Devoir, Saturday January 7, 2001.
  • Mavrikakis,Nicolas. La Surface Des Choses, Voir, January 4, 2001.
  • Lehmann, Henry. Harrowing Drive Through The Suburbs Of Imagination.The Montreal Gazette, December 16, 2000
  • Lamarche, Bernard. Effets Speciaux, Le Devoir, Saturday September 17, 2000.
  • Mooij, Katherine. Gripping Display, Alliston Herald, July 26, 2000.
  • Dault, Gary Michael. Landscaping it New, Border Crossings, Volume 18, No. 3, Issue No. 71, August 1999.
  • Dault, Gary Michael. Lush Landscapes with a Fresh Brush, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, June 5, 1999.
  • Nixon, Rick. Gary Evans, Field Work, Exhibition Essay, Woodstock Art Gallery, July, 1998.
  • Osborne, Catherine. Gary Evans, Field Work, Lola, No. 2, Summer, 1998.
  • Turnbull, Glenna. Field Trip Offers Viewers New Experience, Kelowna Daily Courier, Thursday, May 28 1998.
  • Roenisch, Clint. Passing Through: The Work of Gary Evans. Exhibition Catalogue, Kelowna Art Gallery, 1998.
  • Gantera, Randy. Artist Captures What's in Mind's Eye, Woodstock, July 20, 1998.
  • Liss, David. True North: The Landscape Tradition in Contemporary Canadian Art, Catalogue Essay,Kaoshung Museum of Fine Arts, 1998.
  • Jordan, Betty Ann. Gary Evans at Paul Petro Contemporary Art, The Globe and Mail, June 12, 1997.
  • Mackay, Gillian. The List, Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Summer, 1997.
  • MacDonnell, Virginia. Taking the Institution Out of Art, Art Focus, Winter, 1996.
  • Yanchus, Kathy. Paintings Depict the World of Greenery, The Oakville Beaver, June 1, 1994.
  • Reesor, Jennifer. Local Artist Looks Forward to Summer, New Tecumseth Weekly, March 10, 1993.
Education
1989
  • Graduate of Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON