About Phill Evans

Phill  Evans- Written by Renee Tessier

Phill Evans

People, Places and Things

Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1946 into a family of eight children, Phill experienced a childhood filled with exploration. He traveled to parks, museums, historical monuments as he toured the country with his family. Phill’s family finally settled in California, where the climate and culture continued to nurture his early experiences. Resulting from this broad and fortunate exposure, Phill developed his keen sense of curiosity and wonderment, particularly for the visual. These experiences laid the groundwork for his early twenties, when he lived and traveled extensively through Europe. His then well-developed passion for discovery found him scouring the museums, cathedrals and cultural events of the continent, including Italy, where he met his first of two Muses, Leonardo da Vinci.

Returning to the United States, as well as following his heart, Phill enrolled in Louisiana State University, graduating in 1973, with a degree in Sculpture, with an emphasis in Applied Design.

It was there that Phill became intimately acquainted with the works of his second Muse, Alexander Calder. Shortly after graduation, Phill returned to Sacramento, CA with his Louisiana bride, Sue and opened a sculptural design business.

In the ensuing thirty-plus years, his studio has operated on a twofold approach. First, as a design/build endeavor, it has provided a vehicle in which to create and manufacture commercial signage; restaurant interior elements; mechanical display; and ornamental architectural metals.

Secondly, buy investing the proceeds from the design/build venture into fine arts component of the studio, Phill has devoted his talents in developing wind kinetics, sculptural furnishings, as well as contributing diversified studio sculpture to parks and other public facilities. Over the years, Phill has been the recipient of several national awards for ornamental and animated displays, along with national and international awards for kinetic public art and sculptural environments. Those wanting to see Phill’s work up close and personal may visit his studio located in the village of Fair Oaks, California.

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Phill Evans

Phill Evans Studio & Sculpture Park

Office & Fax: (916) 966-7686

7958 Entrance Street

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

Web-site: www.phillevans.com

E-mail: phillart@sbcglobal.net

EDUCATION

1973 B. F. A. -. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge – Sculpture

1965-69 United States Air Force Electronic Technical School & Service

SCULPTURAL DESIGN

1975— Self- Employed Designer/Fabricator/Consultant

Public Art, Galleries & Private Commissions

Sculpture – Kinetic, mixed media, furniture, environmental

Architectural & Ornamental metals

AWARDS

2004 KAO International Kinetic Art Competition Association 1st Place Public Art

2004 National Ornamental Metal Manufactures Association Silver Top Job Award

2002 KAO International Kinetic Art Competition – Functionetic 1st Place

1982-2000 National Ornamental Metal Manufactures Association

Aviary, Gates, Arch, Benches, Gazebo, Staircase, Fence & Trellis

1986-1993 California State Fair Counties Exhibit – Mariposa County Most Innovative Design, People’s Choice & Best use of Artifacts

1987-1993 Los Angeles County Fair Best of Show – Four Years

1999 Palm Springs, California – Phill Evans Day – April 3, 1999 – Dog Park

MUSEUM

                                         Di Rosa Preserve – Sonoma, California

                                         Grounds For Sculpture – Hamilton, New Jersey

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES

                     2007 Wind Ship SCOTTSDALE GONDOLA-                    Interactive Public Art – Scottsdale, AZ

2006 Bicycle Parking Sculptures- Longmont CO

2005 Kinetic Wind Sculpture – “Sky Fleet Celebration”- University California Davis

                                        Medical Center- Cancer Survivors Park.

2002-2004 Kinetic Wind Sculpture – “Rain Feather” Sacramento, California- Water Utilities

2002 Wall Sculpture “Flight” Sarasota, Florida – Design Team

2001 Kinetic Wind Sculpture – “Cobblestone Dancers” – Folsom, California

2000 Robert Sinskey Wine Cave – Napa Valley, California

1999 Dog Park – “Desert Reflection” – Palm Springs, California

1997 Sculptural Memorial Garden – Bradley Hospital, Cleveland, Tennessee

1996 Mobile – “River Feathers” Bradley Hospital, Cleveland, Tennessee

1996 Kinetic Trellis – “Sky River” – Lemon Grass, Sacramento, California

1990 Five Kinetic Shade Structures – “Fleet Shadows” – Cosumnes, California

1988 Memorial Elk – Elk Grove High – Elk Grove, California

1969 German-American Friendship Plaque, -Kaiserslautern, Germany & US Air Fo

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ONE MAN SHOWS

1995 “Headdresses & Expeditions” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento 1994 California State Fair Animated Sculpture – Sacramento, California

1992 Branscomb’s Gallery – Bodega Bay, California

1992 Sacramento Fine Arts Center – Carmichael, California

1985-91 Art Works Gallery – Fair Oaks, California

1966-69 United States Air force, West Germany (Frankfurt, Garmisch, Heidelberg,

                                        Kaiserslautern & Wiesbaden)

GROUP ART SHOWS

2006 Momentum, Kinetic Art Show, Grounds for Sculpture, – Hamilton, New Jersey

2003 Heavy Metals Melted by Fire – Center for Contemporary Art – Sacramento, CA

1998 New Furnishings – CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, California

1997 Toy Show – Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento, California

1997 Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art – S. O. F. A. – Chicago, Illinois

1997 Sit on Sculpture – New Leaf Garden Gallery – Berkeley, California

1996 Sculptural Furnishing IV: An Artful Home, Solomon Dubnick – Sacramento, CA

1995 US Art – Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA Rep by Solomon Dubnick, Sac., CA

1994 Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art – S.O.F.A. – Chicago, Illinois

1992 Sculpture Show – Embassy Suites – South Lake Tahoe, California

1990 Steel & Stone – Fine Arts, Los Angeles County Fair – Pomona, California

1989 ART IN MOTION, Tempe Art Center – Tempe, Arizona

1987-88 Metal & Stone – Carmichael Artist League, Carmichael, California

1976 National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show – Corpus Christi, Texas

1974 Wood Sculpture – Old State Capitol – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1966 Woven Sculpture – Sembach AFB, West Germany

SELECTED Commission

2002-2004 Rumsey Rancheria – Wintun Tribal Council Homes – Railings & Gates

1997 English Garden, Ornamental Iron (Pergola – Arches) Wheatland, CA

1996 Bronze & Steel Pergola – Alamo, California

                    1993 Sculptural Steel Fence & Gate – Sacramento,

                    1992 Sculptures Curved Steel, Copper & Granite Staircase -                     Sacramento, CA

1991 Polished Granite Sculpture – Sea Ranch, California

1988 Gazebo Grande (30′ Diameter, Steel) Sacramento, California

1987 The University California Davis Bronze Plaque

1984 Copper & Steel Gate – Cable Data – Sacramento, California

1983 Private Driveway Gate(steel, wood & stone) – Sacramento, California

PUBLICATIONS

1997 ARTWORKS for Elementary Teachers – (Artists in Action)

                                        1996 Nouvel Objet – design jet Korea – (50 artists of                                             the world)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2007-04 Sacramento Fine Arts Center Judge – Carmichael, California

                                        1996-99 California State University Sacramento – Outdoor

                                         Art Committee.