Garth Evans

Garth Evans is one of Britain’s most prolific sculptors whose practice has largely been defined by the use of geometric, asymmetrical forms and a commitment to simple, everyday materials. Working in the generation between Anthony Caro and New British Sculpture, Evans is renowned for a practice that offers a bridge between 1960s modernism and the lyrical experimentation and material concerns that followed in the late 1970s. A hallmark of Evans’ long and deeply experimental career is his rejection of a singular aesthetic, continuously reviewing his practice through a sustained inquiry into new materials and processes.

Evans studied at the Slade School of Art (1957–60) and during the 1960s taught in the Sculpture Department at St Martin’s School of Art, where Richard Deacon studied under his direction. In 1979, Evans moved to the US, marking a radical break with the UK art scene. Evans lives in North East Connecticut and teaches in New York, where he is on the faculty of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.

Evans has exhibited widely across the UK and USA, including in the influential group exhibition British Sculptors '72, Royal Academy of Arts, London (1972) and The Condition of Sculpture, Hayward Gallery, London (1975). In 2013, Richard Deacon curated the survey exhibition Garth Evans at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. His work is represented in numerous collections, including Tate, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Victoria & Albert Museum and The British Museum. Evans is the recipient of 18 awards, including the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and the British Council Exhibitions Abroad Grant.