BIO
Hailing from the swamps and tundra of Racine Wisconsin and with 20 years
experience as a designer in Los Angeles, Evan’s diverse works reflect symbolic
discovery and mastery of theoretical landscapes. Envisioning frontier worlds
where primitive skills are still needed, and are won from native guides and
hardship. With a style informed by his own gathering of these skills, his works,
from painting and sculpture, to music and film extend to the creation of vast
community-building experiential-events which act as a map for adventuring
through his, and our world. In addition to his professional design roster for A-list
celebrities and top brands. His personal works are the subject of the upcoming
documentary film the Settlement featured in the Raindance Film Fest London.
His experience founding and leading Settlers LA Inc in from 2011-21 allowed him
design and oversee large scale art installations and environments for film, events,
music videos, stores and stage, managing teams of specialized artists for
productions that range from the wild west to the far distant future, from lions dens
to supervillain lairs, high fashion to horror special effect designs, flying
hoverbikes, robots or spaceships to the stars. A man who can make real all the
dreams you can't buy at the store, his vast array of works must be seen to be
comprehended. With an eye to the future he founded a new company Dawn
Chorus LLC, focused on more renewable, long lived and meaningful human scale
design. To learn more about his professional accomplishments please visit:
dawnchorusdesign.com
In 2018 with help from a grant from Beam Center NYC he designed a month long
role play experience including hidden clues, games, storytelling, science fiction
props, special effects and hands on learning for the participants of Beam Camp,
culminating in the building of a full scale concrete temple by 150 staff and
campers, each setting in place their own hand made block in the woods of New
Hampshire
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BORN
Racine, Wisconsin February 12, 1983
EDUCATION
2005 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, Peck School of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Proficiencies
Design for Film / art/ event / retail / experiential , planning, oversight, 3d rendering, Artistic fabrication , sculptural and structural analysis, engineered solutions, Belief system design, Team Leadership
featured artist / production designer / art director
2018 "time tomb" Beam center NYC / Beam Camp Strafford n.h.
2018 Glowbot for "g.l.o.w" Netflix Robot design fabrication and performance
2018 Nike "Na power" Photo Campaign for franchise Productions
2018 GXZ robot design fabrication and performance for "stars around your heart" beta bandSteve mason
2018 Hover-bike for "polygon Pulse" Maceo-plex directed by joe sill
2017 Giant cake for "cake by the ocean" Joe Jonas
2017 Giant head for "took a pill in ibiza" mike posner
2017 Art direction "billy the kid new evidence" national geographic channel
2016 "hi, how are you?" Daniel Johnston (featured artist replication and environment designs)
2016 Daniel Johnston show @ Mama Gallery ( all Daniel's murals painted by me )
2016 fire breathing totem pole for"hotel Tacoma" Toyota influencer event in backcountry of Arizona
2016 "rebirth" Netflix, carl Mueller
2015 "the division" Ubisoft games
2015 "video Visions" HBO DAVID FINCHER, Robot design fabrication and performance
2015 "car Science" ford truck obstacle course, base productions
2014 "the Nightmare" official selection of Sundance Film Fest, Rodney ascher
2014 "american ninja warrior" interstitial sets for NBC, Base productions
2014 "nerf N Strike" Campaign for base Productions
2014 Pop Up Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2014 Nameless Bone gallery, Tokyo Japan
FESTIVALS
Work Featured in: SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto international film festival, Tribeca film festival, sxsw film festival, Raindance film festival, rotterdam film festival
INSTALLATIONS / PERFORMANCE
Actual Size Gallery Los Angeles, Peter Cooper Glue Factory, Bull Valley Mojave Desert CA, Tory Folliard Gallery, Elaine Ericson Gallery, Hotcakes Gallery, Gallery 218, Kenosha War Machine Museum, Western Publishing Water tower, Devils Playground, Pisgah crater, Soggy Dry lake, Dean Jensen Gallery, Fasten Coop Gallery, Dark-star Gallery, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Miad Gallery, Green Gallery Milwaukee, The Globe, Onopa, Cactus Club, Luther's Blues Madison, River-west Commons, 8th Note Café, Lyons Club Green Bay, moose club racine wi
FILM PRODUCTION / Freelance Experience
Brother willis Http://www.brotherwillis.com
Take 180 studios http://www.take180.com/
Directors Bureau http://www.thedirectorsbureau.com/
Hello and Co. http://www.helloandcompany.com/
M3 Television http://www.m3television.com/
TLC http://tlc.discovery.com/
Ghost Town Media http://www.ghosttownmedia.com/2010/
ACTOR
"the settlement" Feature documentary, primary subject
"Sgt. Slinky", Drew Rosas
"Snare", 16mm Eric Gerber
"Infection and Immunity", Video
"Bully", Video Evan Murphy
Hamlet A.D.D., Feature Film, as: the Messenger, Robot Gonzago, Robot Queen, Robot Claudius
Plastic Fangs, 16mm Color, Drew ROSAS as: Skeleton Skateboarder
Ghost Apollo, Documentary, as: self
Esta Tu Queres? Music video, franky martin, as: Mickey
PRODUCER / EVENTS
Executive Producer : Showdown, Interdisciplinary Arts Event Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee
Executive Producer : Donnerstag Interdisciplinary Arts Event Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee
Event Manager : Art Milwaukee
Event Manager : Turner Hall Ballroom
Producer : Hurricane Katrina Continued Relief Benefit,
Executive Producer : Zen Benefit, Concert Film Festival
COLLABORATION/GROUPS
Settlers La Inc, Hamdroid Productions, Special Entertainment, Franky Martin, Extreme Critique, Painted Love, Surgery Room Productions, Ghost Apollo, Enemy Red, Brownmark films
REVIEWS/ARTICLES/PRESS
http://www.neontommy.com/news/
http://www.thisisbrandx.com/
http://try-har-der.blogspot.
http://www.hobbytimeentertainment.com/paperboatweb/calendar.htm
http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/artvscraftfall06.html
http://www.milwaukeeindependentfilmsociety.org/index.php?content=2009fest
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152832/
MKE Magazine From Junk to Funk
MKE Magazine
UWM Post
The Onion (when it was in Milwaukee)
TRAVEL
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Monaco,
Denmark, England, Canada, Mexico,
Caribbean Islands, New York, Los Angeles, 46 United States
WORK
Artist and Designer working predominantly in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles,
Experiences
Film Production, Event production, Robotic engineer, Team leader, Gallery manager for Tory Folliard Gallery, Peltz
Gallery Milwaukee, Farm worker, Artist assistant, Truck driver, Art Director, Prop Master, Set Dresser, Leadman, Band member, Youth olympian, Feature films, Boy scouts, philmont scout camp,