Whitney Evans
Artist based in Washington
EDUCATION
June 2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
June 2016 Baking and Pastry Certificate, Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
EXHIBITIONS
Feb 4-26th, 2022 "Home: Imagining the Irrevocable," Gonzaga University Urban Arts Center, Spokane, WA
Sept 7-Dec 18, 2021 "The Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition," Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, WSU, Pullman, WA
July 2020 "Express Yourself," Terrain Art Projects, Cracker Building, Spokane, WA
December 2019 "MOOD," YES IS A FEELING gallery, SteamPlant, Spokane, WA
October 2019 Terrain 12 Jensen Byrd Building, Spokane, Wa (juried group exhibition)
October 2018 Terrain 11, Jensen Byrd Building, Spokane, WA (Juried Group Exhibition)
2018 2 Sharp 7 Turns, EWU Gallery of Art, EWU BFA Exhibition, Cheney, WA
2018 HOW TO GROW ROSES, EWU Downtown Student Gallery, Cheney, WA
2017 EAGLE MADE: Student and Alumni Bazaar, EWU Downtown Student Gallery,Cheney, WA (Invited)
2017 EWU Creative Works Symposium, EWU Gallery of Art, Cheney, WA (nominated)
2016 History of Contemporary Art Art Show, The Bickett, Downtown Spokane, WA (Class Curated Exhibition by Greg duMonthier)
PUBLIC WORKS AND/OR COMMISSIONS
2018 Shoes and Studs, Spokane Teen Closet, Spokane, WA
2017 Signal Box, Queen and Division, Spokane Arts, Spokane, WA
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
2022, Feb 10th Spokesman Review
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/feb/10/ideas-of-home-black-spokane-artists-are-featured-i/
2022, Feb 2nd Instagram: gonzagacas. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZezZ7DJn8F/?utm_medium=share_sheet
2021, https://museum.wsu.edu/events/exhibit/2021-black-lives-matter-artist-grant-exhibition/
2020, Aug 7th The Spokesman-Review, Page E1,
2018, "Emerging Artists," Pottery Place Plus, Spokane, WA public announcment event card
2017 Photos By: Grace Pohl, EWU Student and Alumni Bazaar opens in downtown Cheney, Cheney Free Press, Thursday, November 16, 2017
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2021 Grantee of WSU Schnitzer Museum’s Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition will celebrate and showcase twenty Washington artists who are using their voices, experiences, and artistic expression toward social justice efforts in response to systemic racism.
2018 GAP Grant, Artist Trust
2018 Emerging Artist, Pottery Place Plus, Spokane, WA
2017 Philip Grubb Art Scholarship Cheney, WA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2018 ART SALE (Part 2), EWU Art Department, Cheney, WA Co-curated with Joel Gaytan
2018 ART SALE, EWU Art Department, Cheney, WA Co-‐curated with Aziz Jamal, and Olivia Evans
COMMUNITY EVENTS
2019 Terrain Brrrrzaar, Downtown Riverfront Mall, Spokane, WA (Juried Entry)
2019 Terrain Bizzarre Downtown Spokane, Wa
December 2018 "Small Works Sale," Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Wa
June 2018 Terrain Bizarre, Downtown Spokane, WA (Juried Entry)
May 2018 Cheney Mayfest, Cheney, Wa
2017 Cheney Rodeo Round-up, Cheney, WA
May 2017 Cheney Mayfest, Artist Alley, Cheney, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018- Present vendor FROM HERE By Terrain. Riverpark Square Mall
2018 Pop up shop BY Terrain, Steamplant, Spokane, WA
September 2018- June 2019 Ceramics Lab Tech Assistant, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA