BIOGRAPHY
LUCA EVANS
(b. 1994 Cape Town, South Africa )
Luca Evans is a Cape Town-based artist who works with wood and text. In 2018 they completed a BA Honours in Linguistics at the University of Cape Town. After six years studying and working with language, they made a shift towards tactile art-making, completing a BA in Contemporary Art at the Cape Town Creative Academy in 2022. In 2022 they co-founded Under Projects, an artist-run experimental project space where they work as a curator and programmer. They also lecture part-time in Conceptual and Curatorial practice.
They currently work from a studio in Paarden Eiland, where they utilise a hit-and-miss experimental approach to carpentry and marquetry. Their pop-ish work plays with ideas around language, failure, mishap and humour. Since graduating in 2022, they have participated in a number of group exhibitions locally and internationally, as well as a Cubicle show at Everard Read Cape Town in January 2024. This is their first solo exhibition with the gallery.
EDUCATION
2022 Curatorial Fellowship, New Curators x A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town
2021 Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Art, Cape Town Creative Academy
2019 Honours in Linguistics, University of Cape Town
2016 Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Cape Town
Gender & Sex Project Workshop Facilitator Training, University of Cape Town
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Lead Balloon, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
Crash! Bang Pffffft (CUBICLE Series), Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2021
A Shape in the Clouds, graduate show, CTCA, Cape Town, South Africa
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
FNB Art Joburg, with Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
Offcuts, AVA, Cape Town, South Africa
Southern Light, Everard Read, London, UK
Waste, Breakroom, Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
2023
Under Water Love, pop-up Galerie Eigen + ART, Cape Town, South Africa
TEXT, curated by Brett Seiler + Kamyar Bineshtarigh, Yew Street Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
Anti-booth, Church Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
Paintings of Horses, Under Projects, Cape Town, Curated by Mitchell Gilbert Messina
Toolbox, Under Projects, Cape Town,
The Objects, Under Projects, Cape Town, curated by Sean O’Toole
Open Studios, Mowbray Studios, Cape Town, Curated by Sibu Masters
Far From Home, Bonne Espérance Gallery, Paris, Curated by Fanie Buys + Scott Billy
2022
At Odds, curated by Michaela Limberis + Siya Bangena, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pilot, Under Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
Fun House, curated by Khanya Mashabela, A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Sculptures of Cars, Under Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2021
Home is Where the Art Is, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Romance, 79 Buitenkant, Cape Town, South Africa (curator and artist)
Fluorescents, curated by Fanie Buys, Open Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
Good On Paper, The Commons, Cape Town, South Africa