Evan Shipard 1978
A classically trained artist, Evan has honed his craft for more than twenty years within the dynamic landscape of the film and entertainment industries around the world.
Concerned with history, mythology, beauty, and the human condition his artistic vision is a testament to his dedication to evoke drama and mood, crafted with an eye for detail and draftsmanship.
Inspired by the luminous brushstrokes of the Australian Impressionists, Evan strives to capture the essence of light and emotion in his work, carrying on their legacy with passion and skill.
Exploring various traditional media including oil painting, drawing and print making he develops his work in his studio south of Sydney and en plein air in the landscapes that inspire.
Exhibitions
2024 Lethbridge Landscape Prize Finalist
2024 ‘Take a Seat’ group exhibit Project Gallery 90
2024 ‘Echoes of the Wingecarribee’ Whitewall Art Projects
2024 ‘In the flesh’ group exhibit Project Gallery 90
2024 Primordial Landscapes group exhibit Whitewall Art Projects
2023 Lethbridge Gallery - Sydney Affordable Art Fair
2023 ‘Into the Light’ Whitewall Art Projects Prize Finalist and Highly Commended
2023 ‘Something Sicilian’ Group Show Project Gallery 90
2023 BDAS Wingecarribee Landscape Prize Finalist Highly Commended
2023 Autumn Group Exhibit Whitewall Art Projects Gallery
2023 ‘Shucked’ Group Show Project Gallery 90
2023 ‘Bare’ Group Show Project Gallery 90
2023 Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize finalist RQAS
2022 A.M.E Bale Traveling Scholarship finalist
2022 Guest Judge John Cope Portrait Prize BDAS
2022 Printmaking exhibition ‘Memory’
2020 Sth Sth King Street End of Year Show
2019 BDAS Gala Evening Celebrity Portrait Reveal
2019 Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Show
2019 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition
2018 Noir Group Show, Gallery 371
2018 Waverley Woollahra 9x5 Landscape Finalist Exhibition
2018 A.M.E Bale Prize Finalist Exhibiiton
2018 2nd Anniversary Group Show, Gallery 371
2018 John Copes Portrait Prize- 1st Prize.
2017 Canvas Bar RAW
2013 Salon de Refuses selection Black Swan Prize
2012 A.M.E Bale Prize for Traditional Realism and Figurative Art, Winner- oil painting. 2012 BDAS Still Life Prize finalist
2012 Lethbridge 10000 finalist
2012 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition Finalist, "Highly Commended"
2009 Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition
2009 Low Key at The Post
2008 Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition
2008 Julian Ashton Art School Nine by Five Inches Exhibition
2008 Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Competition
Collections
Julian Ashton Art School
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
Various private collections
Art Education
2023 Two Approaches to Painting Milano Painting Academy
2023 Modern Baroque Portrait Painting Rome Workshops
2022 - 23 Printmaking at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2019 Steven Assael Master Color Workshop BACAA
2018 Rome Art Workshops
2011 Illustration Masterclass Amherst University MAS USA
2009 Diploma of Fine Art, Julian Ashton Art School
2009 Julian Ashton Art School winner Portrait Artists Australia Scholarship 2008 Julian Ashton Art School
2008 Illustration Masterclass Amherst University MAS USA
2007-8 FONAS member
2000 Scholarship winner Enmore Design Centre
1996-97 Design Enmore Design Centre