Evans, Terry Biography
Terry Evans (born 1951, Chetopa, Kansas) earned his Bachelors Degree in Craft Design and Retailing in 1973 from Ottawa University (Ottawa, Kansas). In 1975, he earned his Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Emporia State University as part of the Teacher Corps program. While at Emporia State, he had the opportunity to work in a hot glass studio, an experience he believes influences his work to this day.
He produced and sold work as a leather smith even before completing his undergraduate degree. He began his career as a woodworker in the 70s when he developed a line of inlaid wood jewelry, gradually evolving into ornately inlaid jewelry boxes. In the 80s he developed a unique style of band saw boxes involving laminated polychrome forms of unusual hardwoods. This technique remains the basis of the vessels and sculptural forms he produces today.
He has exhibited consistently since 1972 at major art fairs and has received Best of Show and comparable awards at top national shows such as The Palm Beach Craft Show, Main Street Fort Worth, Bellevue Art Museum Art Fair, The Plaza Art Fair, Naples National Art Fair, and St. James Court Art Fair (Louisville).
Evans work is in the Montalto Bohlen Collection of fine wood art and has been included in major wood art exhibitions at The Detroit Institute of Art, University of Michigan Art Museum, Museum of Art and Design, and most recently the Peabody and Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. He also has work in the Kamm Teapot Collection.
