Geraint Evans

Geraint Evans (b. 1968) is a Welsh artist who is interested in the ways in which we perceive, encounter and experience the natural world. His work depicts manicured or fabricated gardens and parks, shopping malls and suburban green belts, national parks and theme parks. The fictional protagonists that populate these landscapes include heavy metal campers, nudist hikers and ornamental hermits. Geraint is interested in our complex perception of the wilderness and in the effect of ever evolving technologies and mass tourism on our relationship with the natural world. Geraint Evans grew up in Swansea and studied at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal Academy Schools, graduating in 1993. His solo exhibitions include Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Wales, 2012; Wilkinson Gallery, London, 2000 and 2004; Chapter, Cardiff, Wales, 2001; Glynn Vivian, Swansea, Wales, 2002 and CASA, Salamanca, Spain, 2003. He is currently the Acting Pathway Leader for BA Fine Art Painting at Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London. http://www.geraintevans.net