Evert Witte (195) - Onbekend

Evert Witte was born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands in 1951.
From 1969 to 1972, he studied graphic design at the Academy of Visual Arts in Arnhem, NL. After his studies, he worked for the next ten years as a freelance illustrator. Around 1983, he began transitioning from commercial art to fine art and started exhibiting his work in the Haarlem area, his hometown, where the Frans Hals Museum was one of his first collectors.

In the late eighties and early nineties, he participated in exhibitions at the Jacob Smits Museum, Mol Belgium; Gallery Art Propos, The Hague NL; De Kunstkapel, Gouda, NL; Taller del Sol, Tarragona, Spain; De Vleeshal, Haarlem, NL; Gallery Kaai, IJmuiden, NL; and Gallery Ramakers, The Hague, NL. In 1991, Evert was awarded an artist grant by the Province of Noord Holland, and in 1992, 1993, and 1994 by the city of Haarlem. In 1991, he undertook a study trip to Indonesia and Thailand for the 'Temple' series, which he showcased in a solo exhibition in Beverwijk, NL. In 1992, he also exhibited his work, accompanied by the publication 'Imprints,' with two like-minded artist friends at Gallery Kaai, IJmuiden, NL.

In 1993, he embarked on a road trip across the U.S. from Miami to San Francisco, which marked the beginning of the 'Made in America' series. During that trip, he met photographer Sandra Russell Clark in New Orleans. Evert returned to New Orleans as a visiting professor of painting and drawing at Loyola University in 1994. At the end of that year, he moved from Haarlem to New Orleans, where he and Sandra got married the following spring. In 1996, Evert joined the Cole Pratt Gallery in New Orleans and participated in 'The Louisiana International Exhibition' at Clark Gallery, Southeastern University in Hammond, LA, and at the '2nd Annual Entergy Louisiana Open Juried Exhibition' at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. After his first solo show at Cole Pratt Gallery in 1998, he and Sandra moved to Bay St. Louis on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, about an hour outside New Orleans. During the first half of the next decade, Evert exhibited his work in group and solo shows at Cole Pratt Gallery, Perry Nicole Fine Art in Memphis, TN, Graighead Green Gallery in Dallas, TX, and at the Carroll Gallery of Tulane University in New Orleans. His work appeared in 'New American Painting' magazine, and he was profiled in 'South' magazine.

On August 31, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed Evert and Sandra's house and studios, along with everything inside. Hundreds of artworks were lost. For the next two years, to rebuild their lives, they moved to Long Island, NY, where they had studios in Amaganset and East Hampton.

In 2006, Evert exhibited at Cole Pratt Gallery and participated in 'Surviving Katrina' at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. He was awarded a grant from the Jackson Pollock Foundation as well as an artist residency in Santa Fe, NM. Between 2006 and 2010, Evert exhibited his work at Cole Pratt Gallery, Perry Nicole Fine Art, and Gebert Contemporary in Santa Fe. He participated in 'Mapping the Terrain, New Directions in Abstract Painting' at the Contemporary Art Gallery of Southeastern University in Hammond, LA; 'The Red Dot' Art Fair in New York; 'The Miniature Show' at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, MS; and 'A Tribute to Cole Pratt' at the New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans.

Evert's work was selected by Franklin Sirmans, curator of contemporary art at LACMA, for the Mississippi Museum of Art's 2011 Mississippi Invitational, from October 2011 to February 2012. In conjunction with the exhibition, Evert was awarded the Jane Crater Hiatt fellowship to study Italian Renaissance art in Rome, Florence, and Venice. In April 2012, he served as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. Evert's work was also included in the Mobile Museum of Art's 2012 exhibition, 'Southern Abstraction, A Fresh Look'.

2013 exhibitions include 'Art in Bloom' at the New Orleans Museum of Art and 'Crossing the Tiber' at Cole Pratt Gallery. 'Tribute Dinner,' from Evert's last series Crossing the Tiber, has been selected by the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson to be included in their permanent collection. In 2014, Evert's work was included in the Luciano Benetton Collection IMAGO MUNDI, exhibited.
At the New Orleans Museum of Art during Prospect 3. REPARATION, Contemporary Artists from New Orleans was published to accompany the exhibition. In 2015, Evert's new work was exhibited at the Lionheart Gallery in Pound Ridge, New York.
November 4th, 2017, Inventory of the Possible, opened at Cole Pratt Gallery in New Orleans.

Evert's work is also included in numerous museum, corporate, and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
Evert lives and works in New Orleans, LA, and is represented by Cole Pratt Gallery, http://www.coleprattgallery.com, and The Lionheart Gallery in NY, www.thelionheartgallery.com.

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