Acrylic Works by Evan Karatzas
Evan explores abstract imagery and mark-making through painting and drawing processes that investigate systems, constraints, and expressive visual structures. Working with acrylic ink and paint on handmade paper and canvas panel, he centers his practice on the concepts of gesture, movement and intersection.
His interest in high-contrast imagery and rules-based processes reflects his experience as a visual and interaction designer and his focus on traditional materials and techniques marks a deliberate departure from the digital tools that shaped his professional design work. Over the course of his 30-year career, Evan launched and led three design consultancies including Proximity Lab, a UX research and design firm based in Portsmouth, NH, which he founded in 2008. He teaches at the Dynamic Media Institute, the graduate design program at MassArt, where he received an MFA in Communication Design. He has also played key roles launching several creative nonprofit ventures—as a founding board member of 3S Artspace and as co-founder and organizer of TEDxPortsmouth.
