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Megan Evans is a Melbourne based visual artist known for her works about Australian colonisation. [1] She graduated from Victoria University of Technology with a PhD in 2003. [2] Evans describes herself as an interdisciplinary artist. Her work is held in a number of collections, including the National Gallery of Australia [3] and the Art Gallery of Ballarat. [4] She won the Footscray Art Prize in 2019 for her work, PARLOUR. [5]

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References

  1. Spaces, Creative. "MEGAN EVANS (Visual Artist) | Artist in Residence". Creative Spaces. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. Evans, Megan (2003). From the ridiculous to the sublime : examining the relationship between perception and reality in the context of a historical view of the virtual (PhD thesis). Victoria University of Technology.
  3. "Evans, Megan". NGA collection search results. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. "Megan Evans". The Art Gallery of Ballarat. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. "Alumna Dr Megan Evans wins the 2019 Footscray Art Prize". Victoria University | Melbourne Australia. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.