maggie evans arts 

Maggie Evans is an artist based in Savannah, Georgia.  She uses painting, drawing and installation to examine human social structures and the internal struggle between the need for individuality and the need for inclusion.

 

Maggie has shown her work in eighteen solo exhibits, over fifty national group/juried shows and has received a number of awards including the Grand Prize at Ferrara Showman Gallery’s 23rd Annual No Dead Artists (New Orleans, LA) and Best of Category in both Installation and Painting at Artfields 2018 and 2017, respectively (Lake City, SC).  Reviews and publications include The Washington Post, New American Paintings and INPA 10 by Manifest Gallery Press.  Artist residencies include The Hambidge Center for the Arts (GA) and Central Trak (TX) as well as a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center.  In 2011 she was awarded a Chinese Government Scholarship that granted her a studio and stipend for ten months at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China. She has been invited to lecture on her work at a number of institutions including Marshall University (WV), Indiana-Purdue University and the University of Texas, Dallas. 

 

Maggie holds an MFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2008) where she is currently a Professor of Foundation Studies.  In addition to her work as an artist, she performs regularly as a professional jazz singer and bassist and enjoys racing bicycles.  For more information about Maggie the musician, click here.