Mary Evans was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1963, and immigrated with her family to north London in 1969. After a period of unsettled return to her homeland during her teens, she returned to England to study fine art at Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology, and at Goldsmiths College, followed by further study at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, Drawing on her upbringing and experiences of migration and diaspora, she creates large-scale site-specific works on paper which reflect on histories of imperialism and globalisation, and the interplay between ‘fine art’ and ‘craft’; alongside her art practice, she teaches Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts, London.

Listen to her story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/mary-evans-9e41