Evan Nesbit

American | 1985

Evan Nesbit is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1985. Numerous key galleries and museums such as James Harris Gallery have featured Evan Nesbit's work in the past.Evan Nesbit's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 483 USD to 12,830 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is 12,830 USD for Proposity (Steal Softly Thru Snow), sold at Piasa in 2015. Evan Nesbit has been featured in articles for Artillery Magazine, ARTnews and Arte Fuse. The most recent article is Now on View at Roberts Projects: 'Evan Nesbit: /ˈSɪn.kə.sɨs/ and Wanderlust' written for ArtDaily in June 2023.

Material Study, 2015

Acrylic, mixedmedia on canvas

40.5 × 30.3 cm (16 × 11⅞ in.)

Porosity, 2015

acrylic, dye on burlap

79 x 68 in. 200.7 x 172.2 cm.

Bay Leaves and Sandalwood IV , 2014 - Evan Nesbit

Bay Leaves and Sandalwood IV , 2014, 2014

acrylic and dye on burlap

70 x 60 in 117.8 x 152.4 cm

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Porosity VD3

By Evan Nesbit

-70%

below mid-estimate

Sotheby's London

The Art of Forgetting

By Evan Nesbit

-40%

below mid-estimate

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Home and Away

By Evan Nesbit

-15%

below mid-estimate

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

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Past Exhibitions

Moment Momentum

James Harris Gallery

Dallas | Texas | USA

Sep 18,2023 - Dec 21,2023

Color Fields

Long Beach Museum of Art

Long Beach | California | USA

Apr 28,2023 - Aug 20,2023

Evan Nesbit: /ˈsɪn.kə.sɨs/

Roberts Projects

Los Angeles | California | USA

Jun 10,2023 - Jul 08,2023

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Articles

Now on View at Roberts Projects: 'Evan Nesbit: /ˈSɪn.kə.sɨs/ and Wanderlust'

ArtDaily 23/06/2023

Evan Nesbit: /ˈsɪn.kə.sɨs/ is now on view at Roberts Projects through July 8.

Gallery Rounds: Roberts Projects Group Show "Wish You Were Here II"

Artillery Magazine 14/04/2022

Now that we are finally emerging from the stronghold of isolation in the wake of COVID-19, the familiar phrase “wish you were here,” takes on new meaning.

Emerging Artists Reign amid Absence of Mega-Galleries in Expo Chicago’s Online Fair

ARTnews 12/04/2021

Since the pandemic’s lockdowns began last year, Expo Chicago has postponed its upcoming ninth edition twice: first from September 2020 to April 2021, then from April 2021 until later this year, with dates still to be announced.

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Coverage

“ ..Nesbit's recent paintings are made using .jpegs printed in UV curable ink on vinyl coated mesh fabric as the site for performatively gestural abstractions... ”
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Romer Young Gallery

“ .. Nesbit incorporates striking colors, vivid textures, and volume to create paintings that elicit an experience reaching beyond the confines of what is seen, to summon what is perceived... ”
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Roberts Projects

“ ..Nesbit achieves his Porosity paintings by working from behind the picture plane, pushing vibrant acrylic paint through the pores of a burlap surface which he initially dyes, cuts, and re-sews to create... ”
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Eleven Rivington, Rivington Street

“ ..Affixing objects – a ping pong paddle, plastic fruit, a microscope – to a steel wire, Nesbit creates a sculptural substrate on which he layers white paint, molding paste, and tar gel... ”
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Eleven Rivington, Rivington Street

“ ..Nesbit’s paintings are modified abstract color fields, capturing a performative gesture in the process of distributing paint and pigments to stain, bleach, coat, and color textiles and objects... ”
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Weiss Berlin