Evan Summer

Pennsylvania-based artist and professor Evan Summer earned his BS in chemistry from the State University of New York College, Cortland; a BFA from the State University of New York, Buffalo; and an MFA in printmaking from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT. He previously taught fine art at Kutztown University, PA. He is currently a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summer exhibits his art internationally at institutions including Zai Gallery in Shenzhen, China; Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, China; Monroe Gallery and Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington, DC; National Academy of Design, New York City; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan; Bulgarian Exhibition of American Printmakers, Sofia, Bulgaria; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan; Hongik University, Seoul, Korea; Jerusalem Print Workshop, Israel; Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway; and The Print Center, Philadelphia. 

His works are in the collections of institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum, New York City; National Gallery of Art and Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Achenbach Foundation for  Graphic Arts of the California Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Philadelphia Museum of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; and China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan.

Summer has won awards such as a Zelda and Josef Jaffe Purchase Award; Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Purchase Award; and an Educational Testing Service Purchase Award.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives

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Born

1948

Buffalo, NY

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

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