James H. Evans (b.1954)

James H. Evans is an American photographer, who after taking a hiking trip to Big Bend National Park, decided to drop everything and move to the small town of Marathon, Texas. Evans dedicated his life and work to documenting the Big Bend Area. His work encompasses traditional landscapes, nightscapes, portraits of the unique inhabitants of the area, and defining subject matter. Evans has released two books of photography and he and his work have been featured in numerous publications.

Born 1954

1988, Moves to Marathon

1990, Becomes regularly featured in Texas Monthly and is presently a contributing photographer for the publication

2003, Publishes Big Bend Pictures

2008, Receives commission from the Westin Galleria Hotel, Dallas to supply photographs for their hotel.

2011, Publishes Crazy from the Heat

· Exhibitions

· 2019 Foltz Fine Art Houston, Texas

· 2016 Hunt Gallery San Antonio, Texas

· 2015 Stephen L. Clark Gallery Austin, Texas

· 2013 Stephen L. Clark Gallery Austin, Texas

· 2008 Stephen L. Clark Gallery Austin, Texas

· 2008 Art Museum of South Texas Corpus Christi, Texas

· 2008 Al Rendon Gallery San Antonio, Texas

· 2008 Stephen L. Clark Gallery Austin, Texas

· 2007 Westin Hotel Dallas, Texas

· 2007 Alpine Gallery Night Alpine, Texas

· 2005 Adair Margo Gallery El Paso, Texas

· 2004 Al Rendon Gallery San Antonio, Texas

· 2004 Tadu Contemporary Art Santa Fe, New Mexico

· 2004 Adair Margo Gallery El Paso, Texas

· 2003 Stephen L. Clark Gallery Austin, Texas

· 2003 Galveston Arts Center Galveston, Texas

· 2003 Museum of the Big Bend Alpine, Texas

· 2002 Adair Margo Gallery El Paso, Texas

· 2002 Terlingua House Alpine, Texas

· 2001 El Paso Museum of Art El Paso, Texas

· 2001 Houston Center of PhotographyHouston, Texas

· 2001 Afterimage Gallery Dallas, Texas

· 2001 Anam Cara Gallery Ketchum, Idaho

· 2001 Marfa Book Company Marfa, Texas

· 2000 Longview Museum or Art Longview, Texas

· 1999 Austin Museum of Art Austin, Texas

· 1998 Stephen L. Clark Gallery Austin, Texas

Collections

Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas

The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas

El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas

Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas

Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas 

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas

Westin Hotel, Dallas, Texas

Wittliff collections, San Marcos, Texas

James H. Evans

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