Biography

Amy Evans has been a photographer for the past twenty years. She earned a BFA in photography from The Cooper Union in 1986 and an MA from Kean University in 1995. In 1991 Amy received her first major grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, awarded for a community art and journalizing project. The Dodge Foundation awarded her a second major grant in 1998 as part of their program to fund working artists. Additionally, Amy has received mini grants each year since 1998 for ongoing artistic development both personally and for the art classroom. Her work has featured in many exhibits including those at the Ellarslie Museum, Morris Museum, Polaroid Corporation and numerous galleries. Amy Evans lives in northern New Jersey where she works professionally as an artist and educator.

Artist Statement/ Process

My current personal work has evolved over the past several years. As a photographer I'm drawn to the way a camera represents varying qualities of light, form, and line. Similarly, like most artists, my work parallels the events in my life and is in effect self-reflection. Mirroring imagery together is a common theme throughout my work, in all three of my current series, botanicals, landscapes and family composites. The doubled or tripled image serves as the basis for my work; these images joined together often create a sense of familiarity and mystery. Using cameras ranging from digital to a traditional large format 4x5, images are printed in a darkroom, scanned, and redesigned using digital technology. This process of marrying both tradition and technology has allowed me to produce seamless prints of continuous line that metamorphoses into a new reality. The images are created using a high quality printer on 100% rag paper, as Archival Giclee prints.