Christian Evers (*1980, Wittingen, DE) 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, watercolor and oil, 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 non-profit 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.
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
Direction and management of the sansaro art box (non - profit temporary exhibition space 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 (DE, FR, USA, EN, AT, CH)
Selected exhibitions
2025
The Beauties and the Beasts, Eisernes Haus, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, DE (duo)
Shattered Echoes, Kunstlabor 2, Munich, DE (group)
Artlab, Gallery Benjamin Eck, Munich, DE (group)
Worlds (Part One), Studio gallery, Munich, DE (solo)
The Jazz Series (Vol. 2), KKV Hansa Haus, Munich, DE (solo)
Living Silence - In the Spirit of Zen (Issue 3), Mohr - Villa, Munich - Freimann, DE (solo)
Collection Munich - Italy (Issue 4), Christian Smolka, Munich, DE (solo)
2024
Munich Impressions (Issue 1), Dr. Karl-Heinz Hoegerl, München, DE (solo)
Miami Art Week, Miami, FL, USA (group)
Collection Munich - Italy (Issue 3), Studio exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)
Collection Munich - Italy (Issue 2), 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 (Vol. 1), Studio exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)
Kult Kunst 2024, Central Swabian Museum of Local History, Krumbach, DE (award/ group)
In the Spirit of Zen (Vol. 2), Munich Arthouse | The Malt, Allach, DE (art fair)
Four Themes in Four Rooms, private exhibition, Munich, DE (solo)
Dynamic - Illustrative Works Vol. 3, private exhibition @ Giesinger Kultursalon, Munich, DE (solo)
In the Spirit of Zen (Vol. 1 - 3), sansaro art box, Munich, DE (solo)
2023
Private exhibitions (4), Munich, DE (4 solo)
Collection Munich - Italy (Issue 1), Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, DE (solo)
In the Spirit of Zen (Vol. 1), Munich Arthouse - Event, Munich, DE (art fair)
Horizon Line, Privatausstellung, 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, Munich, DE (solo)
2020
Küstenreihe, Privatausstellung, Munich, DE (solo)
2019
O.A.1, Silence is the Answer, Munich DE (solo)
