Amy Evans is GlogauAIR resident
from October, 2022 to December, 2022
Amy Evans is a multidisciplinary artist and architect whose work focuses on topics relating to the city. She works in sculpture, painting, installation, architecture, and education.
Amy’s work examines the relationship between the social and urban fabric of cities. Her research looks at cataloguing, extracting, and distilling information about the city to better understand this relationship – exploring issues such as density, light, and fluctuating urban conditions.
Through her work as a teacher at various universities, Amy has developed an interest in the ways in which architectural concepts can be translated into art.
Meet the Artist
What is your name and where are you from?
Amy Evans, Australia.
When / how did your art practice begin …. Do you think where you’re from has affected your work?
My art practice has developed out of my architecture practice, and the two practices heavily influence each other. I began teaching architecture design studio’s at RMIT where I would get my students to design architecture by adopting art techniques. It was during this time that I begin testing the inverse, creating art with architectural techniques.
How has your practice changed over time?
My art practice up until this year has largely focused on looking at the city, creating drawings, paintings, and ceramic sculptures which investigate and reinterpret the shaping of cities. Recently, I have been drawn to large-scale site-specific installation work, testing concepts developed in these smaller works in a more spatial and technical way – while activating the interior spaces of buildings.
Do you think your art has evolved being a different environment E.g. Do you think GlogauAIR / being in Berlin has influenced your work?
Yes, being in a different environment and meeting new people has influenced my work over the past six months. It has given me the space and confidence to test large scale installation projects with more complexity, a direction I am keen to continue exploring and developing.
What are your next plans after your residency?
Next year I will continue working on a project I began this summer in an artist residency in Cal Rosal, Spain. I will spend the first three months of the year in Barcelona, developing an installation piece which will showcase in April 2023 in Barcelona.
Statement
Amy Evans is a multidisciplinary artist and architect whose work focuses on topics relating to the city. She works in sculpture, painting, installation, architecture, and education.
Amy’s work examines the relationship between the social and urban fabric of cities. Her research looks at cataloguing, extracting, and distilling information about the city to better understand this relationship – exploring issues such as density, light, and fluctuating urban conditions.
Through her work as a teacher at various universities, Amy has developed an interest in the ways in which architectural concepts can be translated into art.
The City Shaped_Berlin will continue exploring these concepts in the context of Berlin.
GlogauAIR Project
The City Shaped_Berlin is part of a larger project entitled The City Shaped, which explores the relationship between architecture, culture, and the urban environment of various cities. The City Shaped_Berlin takes the city of Berlin as its subject, looking to unpack the formal language of the city’s urban and social fabric through an analysis of both built forms, and the cultural and political landscapes throughout history. A series of 2D works, ceramic sculptures, and installations will form an abstract representation of Berlin; its history, its evolution, and its contemporary conditions.
CV Summary
EXHIBITIONS
- 2022 Hospital, Konvent International Artist Residency, Cal Rosal, Spain
- 2022 Other Spaces, presented at National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne Design Week, virtual exhibition: Other Spaces
- 2020 The City Shaped_Melbourne, presented at National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne Design Week, Australia
- 2019 Melbourne: Megacity? presented at National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne Design Week, Australia
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
- 2022 Artist in residence GlogauAIR | Berlin, Germany
- 2022 Konvent International Artist Residency | Cal Rosal, Spain
- 2022 TerraViva International Competition, honourable mention for Urban Platforms
- 2022 Siteworks Artist in residence | Melbourne, Australia
- 2022 Making Space Grant, Moreland City Council, Australia
- 2020 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Australia Council for the Arts
- 2019 Architize Competitions, honourable mention for Arts Centre for the Blind
- 2015 Shortlisted for the AIA Victorian Graduate Prize Award
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2018 – 2022 Design Studio Leader, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
- 2021 Design Studio Leader, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2017-2020 Project Architect, Kennedy Nolan Architects, Melbourne, Australia
- 2016-2017 Architectural Graduate, Kristin Green Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
- 2015-2016 Architectural Graduate, NH Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION
- 2014-2015 Master of Architecture [Dist] | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
- 2011-2012 Bachelor of Design [exchange year] | TU Berlin, Germany
- 2008-2012 Bachelor of Design [Dist] | Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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