About

Geraint Ross Evans is a figurative artist who uses picture making as a playground to explore complex contemporary issues through the lens of people and place. Through the malleability of pictorial space, he creates complex realities that bring together firsthand observations into large scale compositions exploring modern life and the human condition. A commitment to drawing is at the heart of his practice and drawing from life forms the foundation of all his large-scale works. Since returning to Wales, Geraint has focused on public facing residencies and commissions in search of a social function for his large-scale images.

Biography

Geraint Ross Evans was born in Caerphilly 1988 and grew up in Ely in Cardiff, Wales. Following graduation from Swansea Metropolitan University in 2009 (BA (Hons) fine Art; painting and drawing), Geraint became closely involved with the South Wales art scene, particularly artist led gallery and studios Tactile Bosch.
Following his first solo exhibition, Geraint relocated to London where he was awarded a scholarship to study at The Royal Drawing School on their postgraduate program The Drawing Year (2014-15). On completion he was awarded the Director’s Prize and shortly after, The Richard Ford Award from the Richard Ford Fund (Royal Academy of Arts) to study the paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid. Geraint’s studio is now in Cardiff. He continues to work and teach between Cardiff and London as Royal Drawing School faculty.
He was awarded the Artists Respond to the Now award from the Arts Council Wales and National Museum partnership, as well as SSE's Sustainable Future’s artist in Residence in 2021 and BBC 6Music Festival artist in residence in Cardiff in 2022. Geraint has created large-scale permanent public artworks for the National Trust at Tredegar House in Newport, the Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran and University Hospital Llandough in Penarth.