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 

Founder and President Old Time Radio Revival and historical society of university Wisconsin Milwaukee, 

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/2010/08/art-gallery-cuts-hair-day
http://www.thisisbrandx.com/2010/08/actual-size-art-gallery-offers-free-haircuts.html
http://try-har-der.blogspot.com/2010/08/haircuts-and-popsicles-actual-size-part.html

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,