Christian Evers is a contemporary painter
and draughtsman based in Munich. His dynamic,
high-contrast painting style emphasizes the fleeting nature of figures and
objects, while the surrounding space remains a still, eternal
element. This tension between
movement and stillness characterizes his work.
Evers combines elements of Japanese ink painting, which he deepened via
Zen practice, with Western comic art - a fusion,
which characterizes his distinctive and at the same time serene style. He
prefers to work with ink and watercolor, using different painting surfaces such as rice paper, watercolor paper or
canvas, depending on the desired effect.
His works are usually created in thematic series, which
are stylistically linked by a clear signature. Particularly influential
is “In the Spirit of Zen”, a series that emerged from a personal crisis
and gave his art a deeper meaning. A
characteristic feature of his work is the deliberate omission
of colors and contours in order to create visual stimuli and allow the scenes
to “breathe”.
In addition to painting, Evers works as an illustrator, gives private
drawing lessons and has been running the sansaro art box in Munich, an art and culture-promoting exhibition concept by SUSHIYA GmbH. Since 2023, he has been a recognized artist of the Haboku painting style of the 540-year-old Tenkei Sesshu painting school in Japan. His works can be found in national and international private collections as well as in public institutions.
Christian Evers,
born 1980 in Wittingen, DE,
lives and practices in Munich, DE
Education
Focused self-study in illustration and painting as well as trial-and-error methods shaped his style and led to his recognition among art critics and collectors over the years.
Awards / further activities
2024
Nominated for Kult Kunst 2024, Mittelschwäbisches Heimatmuseum, Krumbach, DE
Nominated for DA! Art-Award "Check Your Dogma!", Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, DE
Direction and management of the sansaro art box (Project space for arts and culture by SUSHIYA), Munich, DE
2023
Assignment of a Kanji character and naming (Zasei Sousetsu) according to a more than 500-year-old tradition of Zen painting by Tenkei Sesshu (2nd generation, heir and successor of the Sesshu ink painting school from the 16th century) and associated recognition as the first Western painter to be able to consciously apply and perfect the Haboku painting method (sensitivity arising from Zen, to paint intuitively and yet unerringly).
