Kim Evans

About

Melbourne-born artist Kim Evans is a contemporary surrealist painter and illustrator who has been working professionally for over 30 years.[1] Her detailed, otherworldly imagery draws from and explores the unconscious, dreams, and symbols, with recurring themes including the feminine psyche, transformation, and human-animal nature.[1] Evans began her artistic practice seriously at age 12-13, receiving her first professional commission in 1989 to paint an oversized fiberglass Eastern Rosella with sculptor Louise Skacej.[1] Beyond visual art, she is also a writer with published musings, interviews, and short stories, and has been working on a novel-length manuscript.[1] Evans worked as a freelance illustrator and editorial illustrator for major Australian publications including AFR's Boss Magazine, The Age, and Motor Magazine from the 1990s to 2010.[2] She taught art and illustration at NMIT (now Melbourne Polytechnic) from 1999 to 2012.[1] Her exhibiting career flourished in the early 2000s with participation in major group shows including 'Brave Destiny' in Brooklyn, New York (2003) and the 'Fantastic & Visionary Art' touring exhibition throughout Australian regional galleries (2003-2004).[1] She was one of the original artists in the Beinart Collective and has continued exhibiting at Beinart Gallery since its opening in 2016.[1] Currently based in Healesville in the Yarra Valley, Evans draws inspiration from Australian wildlife and her vivid dreams.

Contemporary surrealism with otherworldly, dreamlike imagery exploring the unconscious, symbolism, and the feminine psyche