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“My paintings unearth new mythologies. We arrive at the scene as it is presented, perhaps too early or too late. I wish to create an insular world that is governed by its own logic, one that is queer, empathetic, horrifying, and provisional.
As the pendulum of queer liberation swings backward, I want to articulate new postures of defiance and defeat. Can a figure be devastated and remain complete? Degas and Warhol are precedents in my path of closing the gap between sketch and composition, eliminating doubt and unearthing mystery.
Representation thrives in the literal and manifests irony. There can be no other options than what is depicted and that is horrifying: defiantly pulling out your teeth with pliers – dragonflies yearning to reach the other’s branch amidst a ravaged world – two men making gory love – all challenging language’s inability to hold the consequences of love in our time.”
-from 2023
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Evan Pardue was born in Little Rock, AR. He received his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2014. He has exhibited nationally, including in the Disegno 6: Contemporary Undergraduate Drawing traveling exhibition & the Kansas City Flatfile Invitational hosted by the H&R Block Artspace. He lives in Houston, TX.
Education
2014 BFA, Painting
Kansas City Art Institute
Solo Exhibitions
Upcoming
Warnings: Small Paintings from 2019-2024, Reeves Art + Design, Houston, TX.
2021
Evan Pardue – Lisa Renz – Winston Taylor, Boswell Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock, AR.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
39th VAA Membership Exhibition Curated by Matt Reeves, Reeves Art + Design, November 2023.
2021
Season of the Self, Hardy & Nance Studios, November 2021.
The Big Show (Curated by Ceilia Farajado Hill), Lawndale Arts Center, June-August 2021.
2014
Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO, May-August 2014.
Senior Thesis Exhibtion, Dodge Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO, May 2014.
2014 BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO, April-May 2014.
2012-2013
Disegno 6: Contemporary Undergraduate Drawing, Travelling Exhibition to:
Maryland Institute College of Art, Kansas City Art Institute, University
of South Carolina, and Memphis College of Art.
2012
Lester Goldman Drawing Award Exhibition, Dodge Painting Gallery,
Kansas City, MO, August-September 2012.
Awards and Honors
2014 Painting Mentorship Award
2013-2014 Wilbur Niewald Endowed Painting Scholarship
Magic Sock Fund Grant Recipient
Lester Goldman Drawing Competition Award – Honorable Mention
KCAI Outstanding Foundation Student Achievement Award
Private Collections
Mr. & Mrs. Topper Johntz
Mr. Kyle Boswell & Mr. Jon Mourot
