Evan Bacon

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Evan Bacon
Evan Bacon, Design Technologist II at Frog Design.jpg
Designer at Frog Design
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSoftware Developer at Expo.io [1]
Years active2011–present
Known forLego Artist
Website https://evanbacon.dev/

Evan Bacon (born 3 July 1997) [2] is an American LEGO-artist [2] and software developer. [1]

His artistic debut came in 2011, when he displayed a life-sized LEGO Batman sculpture at Brick Fiesta [3] for Adam West. His Batman sculpture was awarded "Best Artistic", "Best Youth Creation", and "People's Choice Award" at Brick Fiesta 2011. [4] Following the initial success, Evan went on to construct LEGO sculptures full-time; building Iron Man, [5] Superman, [6] and Captain Kirk. Evan was awarded a Best of Austin award from The Austin Chronicle for his Breast Cancer awareness model. [7] In 2013 Evan turned his attention to the video game industry, collaborating with Rooster Teeth he built a Life-Size LEGO Minion from Despicable Me at RTX. [8]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardNominated workResult
2011 LEGO Brick Fiesta People's Choice Award for Best Exhibition LEGO Batman SculptureWon
2011 LEGO Brick Fiesta Best Artistic Exhibition LEGO Batman SculptureWon
2011 LEGO Brick Fiesta Best Youth Exhibition LEGO Batman SculptureWon
2012 LEGO Brick Fiesta People's Choice Award for Best Exhibition LEGO Iron Man SculptureWon
2012 LEGO Brick Fiesta Best Artistic Exhibition LEGO Iron Man SculptureNominated
2013 The Austin Chronicle Best of Austin: Best Big Lego Builder LEGO Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer awareness SculptureWon

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