Penny Evans b. 1966

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Evans is a Lismore based Indigenous artist. Her ceramic work has been exhibited and sold thoughout Australia and internationally.
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Penny Evans was born in Sydney in 1966. She is a Kamilaroi woman based in Lismore, with family originating from Garah and Mungundi near Moree. Throughout the 1990s Evans exhibited and sold her ceramic work through Gondwanna Indigenous Art Gallery in Alice Springs, Walkabout Gallery in Sydney and from her own studio/shop 'Chowk Ceramics’ in Enmore, Sydney. Her ceramics have been sold internationally, were exhibited at the 'Munich International Craft Fair’ in 1999 and 2000 and featured in The Journal of Australian Ceramics and Pottery in Australia .

Her artwork has appeared in group exhibitions, including 'Year of the Apology Exhibition’ at Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, 2008; Grafton and Tweed River Regional Galleries National Parks and Wildlife Service Art Awards 2007 and 2008; 'CommUnity’, a post NAIDOC exhibition, Boomalli Art Gallery, Sydney, 2002; and 'Homebrand – Contemporary Australian Ceramics’, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 1997.

In 2001 Penny’s work was Highly Commended in the Freedom Ride Poster Competition, Sydney Opera House.

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Arts Northern Rivers
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011

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