Evergon
Canadian, born 1946
and graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1974.
Throughout his career his work has used the medium of photography and photo-collage. Major themes
in his work include personal sexuality, gender construction, aging, and body image. His work frequently
includes art historical references and questions accepted interpretation of certain canonical art. He was
among the artists of the 1960s and 1970s who reacted against of the conventions of studio photography
established through the post-World War II period. He has had over a thousand shows in Canada and
internationally. He is widely collected across Canada with over 250 works in public collections.
Evergon's work has been recognized with awards from the Canada Council and Petro-Canada. He
currently lives and works in Montreal and teaches at Concordia University.
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