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,

Christian Evers,
born 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).

Collections

Works in national and international private collections as well as in public institutions (DE, FR, USA, EN, AT, CH)

Selected exhibitions

2026

Klang und Tusche, Kultur im Oberbräu, Holzkirchen, DE (solo)

Bilder, Briefe, Noten XVIV, Autoren Galerie 1, München, DE (group)

Selected works, Münchner Stadtbibliothek, DE (solo)

Katharsis, Orangerie (Englischer Garten), Munich, DE (duo)



2025

Five Guys, ArtBunker, Grünwald, DE (group)

In the Spirit of Zen, Mohr - Villa, Munich - Freimann, DE (solo)

Die Schönen und die Biester, Eisernes Haus, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, DE (duo)

Shattered Echos, Kunstlabor 2, Munich, DE (group)

Artlab, Gallery Benjamin Eck, Munich, DE (group)

Worlds - Part 1, Studiogalerie, Munich, DE (solo)

The Jazz - Series, KKV Hansa-Haus, Munich, DE (solo)

Collection Munich - Italy, Christian Smolka, Munich, DE (solo)



2024

Munich Impressions, Dr. Karl-Heinz Hoegerl, München, DE (solo)

Miami Art Week, Miami, FL, USA (group)

Collection Munich - Italy, Studio exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)

Collection Munich - Italy, MVHS - Art forum Römerschanz, Grünwald, DE (solo)

DA! Art-Award "Check Your Dogma!", City Museum Düsseldorf, DE (award/ group)

Summer Exhibition 2024, private exhibition, Dietfurt, DE (group)

The Jazz Series, Studio exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)

Kult Kunst 2024, Central Swabian Museum of Local History, Krumbach, DE (award/ group)

In the Spirit of Zen, Munich Arthouse | The Malt, Allach, DE (art fair)

Four Themes in Four Rooms, private exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)

Dynamic - Illustrative Works Vol. 3, Giesinger Kultursalon, Munich, DE (solo)

In the Spirit of Zen, sansaro art box, Munich, DE (solo)


2023

Private exhibitions (4), Munich, DE (4 solo)

Collection Munich - Italy, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, DE (solo)

In the Spirit of Zen, Munich Arthouse - Event, Munich, DE (art fair)

Horizon Line, Private exhibition, Grünwald, DE (solo)


2022

Unreal, Private exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)

O.A.4, Vivid Silence, Munich, DE (solo)

Vivid Silence, Ärztehaus Harlaching, Munich, DE (solo)

Ink n´Nature, Munich, DE (solo)


2021

Meditative Welten, Private exhibition, Grünwald, DE (solo)

O.A.3, Meditative Welten, Studio, Munich, DE (solo)


2020

Küstenreihe, Private exhibition, Studio, Munich, DE (solo)


2019

O.A.1, Silence is the Answer, Studio, Munich DE (solo)