Les Evans b. 1946

  • Artist (Painter)
Les Evans is an Indigenous painter based in Lismore. Evans was a counselor at Namatjira Haven and taught painting at the Haven and at Lismore TAFE.
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Name
Les Evans
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Aboriginal Home Care worker
  • Teacher (Teacher Taught Painting at both Namatjira Haven, Lismore and Lismore TAFE.)
  • Counselor (Counselor Namatjira Haven, Lismore.)
Birth date
1946
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1980-1989
Residence
  • c.1946- Sydney, NSW
  • 1980s- Lismore, NSW
Training
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
  • 'A Special Kind of Vision' Arts Northern Rivers, NSW
Copyright
  • Evans, Les

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Biography <p>Les Evans was born in Sydney in 1946. His father was known as one of the Black Princes of Redfern and his grandmother was a Kamilaroi woman from the Coonabarabran area. In the 1980s Les moved to the Namatjira Rehabilitation Haven in Lismore where he started painting. He lives with his partner and his dog Fetish in Lismore. </p><p>

Les won the inaugural 'TAFE Student Acquisitive Award' in 2005 and was awarded prizes in the 'Coraki Tea Tree Art Festival' in 2005. He donated many of his works to different charities and local organisations and his work has been sold to public and private collections in Australia and overseas. ANZ Bank has also bought his works and reproduced them for their credit cards. Les was a counselor at Namatjira Haven; he also taught painting at the Haven and at Lismore TAFE. He later began working for Aboriginal Home Care. </p>