The furthest down the line craftsman to join Speed Display is currently additionally the most youthful in its steady: 27-year-old English painter Pam Evelyn, who will have her most memorable show with the display at its London space this September.
Mega-galleries like Pace rarely take on young artists like Evelyn, who just graduated with her master’s degree last year. Jeff Koons, Robert Longo, and Adrian Ghenie are just a few of the well-known established artists on Pace’s roster.
Evelyn works in deliberation, some of the time creating pieces that include the layering and expulsion of paint throughout the span of months. Additionally, she creates paper-based works that come together more quickly.
She also had solo exhibitions in London in 2022 at the Approach gallery and Paris earlier this year at Massimodecarlo Piece Unique. She likewise showed up in a gathering show at Baert Display in Los Angeles.
Few of Evelyn’s works have been sold at auction, but a painting she made in 2020, before she even got her MA, sold for £81,900 at Phillips in 2022, more than six times its high estimate.
Pace Exhibition has been quickly adding craftsmen to its list in the previous year, with ongoing options including Grada Kilomba, Hank Willis Thoma