Peter J. Evans practise spans installation, drawing, objects and performance. Despite the apparent plurality of his works, a diffuse holism can be found in his subtle and open-ended investigations into romanticized notions of relationships, memory, movement and beauty. These concepts, which could be described as traditionally romantic or feminine are often realised in a contrastingly masculine, hard and quantifiable way. Evans uses diagrammatic processes and patterns to explore these abstract notions, illustrated particularly in his drawings on graph paper which chart and delineate concepts such as human relationships in the form of ambiguous pseudo-scientific graphical tables.
Evans forthcoming touring exhibition Feedbacker will bring together all strands of his practise. An ambitious floor-based installation will involve harnessing and rupturing the gallery floor itself, as a series of waves of parquet flooring will rise from the gallery towards the viewer. This takes place alongside wall drawings and performances across the venues.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2008
Feedbacker, Workplace, Gateshead
2007
Feedbacker, SpaceX, Exeter
2007
Feedbacker, SEVENTEEN, London
2006
Pickled Arts Centre residency. Seven-week residency in Beijing, organised by Amino, Newcastle
2005
Find your own line through the patterns, Kiasma, as part of First we take museums, Helsinki
2005
Carrier 4, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel, Switzerland
2004
Carrier 4, Platform, Newcastle-upon Tyne
2003
Carrier 3, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull
2002
Carrier 3, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Carrier 2, ANTI festival, Kuopio, Finland
2002
Trace Decay, X-change Gallery, Oxford
2000
Aberrated torsion, Parts 1 & 2, Dartington College of Arts
1999
Analogue Pogo, Crikey Moses Blimey at ICA, London
1998
Moments into Memories, National Review of Live Art, Glasgow
1997
Moments into Memories, Summer Exhibitionists at ICA, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
The Opposite of Vertigo, The Drawing Room, London
2006
The Opposite of Vertigo, Burren College, Ireland
2006
Units Moved, Yard Gallery, London
2006
What Are You Talking About, Pickled Arts Centre, Beijing
2006
BLUE STAR RED WEDGE, Wasps, Glasgow
2006
You shall know our velocity, BALTIC, Gateshead
2006
The Space Between the Sole & the Heel, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
EDUCATION
1995 - 1998
BA(hons) in Visual Performance, Dartington College of Art
