Evan Wilson
Born 1953, Tuscaloosa, AL
Lives in Hoosick, NY
Education
North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Schuler School of Fine Arts, Baltimore, MD
1978 Recipient of Greensheild's Foundation Grant to study in Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibits
2001 - Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
2000 - J.R. Leigh Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
1997 - Bartlesville Community Center Gallery, Bartlesville, OK (Also 1986)
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Also 1995, 1990)
1996 - Robert M. Hicklin, Jr., Fine Art, Inc., Spartanburg, SC (Also 1994)
1994 - Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
1983 - National Arts Club, New York, NY
1982 - La Prima Galleria, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
1979 - II Punto Gallery, Florence, Italy
Group Exhibits
2007 - LEGACY, A Tradition Lives On: "Four Generations of painters
and sculptors" Butler Institute of American Art, Salem OH
2007 - Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2007 - University Museum, University of Toledo, OH
2007 - Alabama Originals: Classical Approaches, Alabama Arts
Gallery of the Alabama State Arts Council
2007 - The Art of History, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
2000 - Group Exhibition, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Also 1986-99)
1997 - Group Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1996 - Gracious Plenty: Still Life Paintings from Southern Collections,
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA;
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL;
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN;
Telfair Academy of Art, Savannah, GA
1995 - Alabama Impact: Contemporary Artists with Alabama Ties,
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL;
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Evan and Friends, J.R. Leigh Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
Group Exhibition, J.R. Leigh Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (Also 1983, 1987-89)
1991 - Impressions of America: The Warner Collections of Gulf States
Paper Corporation, Montgomery
Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
1989 - The Food Show, Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Pierre's Gate, Manchester, VT
1988 - Group Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Also 1984-87)
Group Exhibition, Stevenson Gallery, Manchester, VT
Mid-Year Show, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (Also 1986)
1987 - Group Exhibition, Talisman Gallery, Bartlesville, OK (Also 1986)
1986 - Group Exhibition, Knickerbocker Artists, New York, NY (Also 1985)
Group Exhibition, O'Brian's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, AZ
Portrait Show, Francesca Anderson Gallery, Boston, MA
1985 - Gallery Portrait Artists, Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, McKenna Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Group Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY (Also 1983-84)
Group Exhibition, Portraits, Inc., New York, NY
1984 - Founders Show, Grand Central Art Galleries,
New York, NY (Also 1973-75, 1981-84)
1980 - Group Exhibition, The Royal Portrait Society, London, England
1976 - Group Exhibition, Washington Portraits, Inc., Washington, DC
1974 - Group Exhibition, Charcoal Club, Baltimore, MD
1973 - Group Exhibition, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
Honors & Awards
2006 -William Bouguereau Award, for Emotion, Theme and the Figure, Art Renewal Center Annual International Salon.
2006 - Chairman's Choice Award, Art Renewal Center Annual International Salon.
1999 - Alabama Arts Award, The University of Alabama,
Society of Fine Arts, Tuscaloosa, AL
1987 - Macowin Tuttle Memorial First Prize, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1986 - Gold Medal of Honor, Knickerbocker Artists, New York, NY
Jane Peterson Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Salmagundi Club Prize, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1985 - Alice B. McReynolds Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Don Donaldson Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Kenneth Fitch Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Lee M. Loeb Memorial Award, Knickerbocker Artists, New York, NY
1984 - Robert Bruce Stevenson Memorial Award for Portrait in Oil,
National Arts Club, New York, NY
1982 - Artist in Residence, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
1978 - Grant Recipient, Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Public Collections
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, AL
The Fine Arts Center, Highlands, North Carolina
Warner Westervelt Museum of Young America, Tuscaloosa, AL