JB Evans 
b. 1980

John is an artist, film and television director, and writer based on Ynys Môn, North Wales. Born and raised in North Wales and grew up in Bangor along the Menai Straits, surrounded by a mixture of urban and rural life.

A former soldier, John was a Royal Engineer and served in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Balkans and Northern Ireland. During his time in the military John often used his art to sketch the people and landscapes, as well as to decorate the rest areas.

John is a Bangor University graduate has won an RTS award and has seen his work nominated for multiple awards including a BAFTA.

John has been nominated by the Fine Art Trade Guild and the Visual Arts Association.

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The smell of excess

If you just.....

J.B. Evans creates war and military art to reflect both his and the service of others. Every year he creates a piece for Remembrance.

Y Wawr (Dawn)

An acrylic on canvas, 101 x 81 cm (40 x 32 in) depicting a service man being executed during the First World War. Many of them killed for erronious offences caused by the poorly understood mental health of war fighting soldiers.

Domination of the Houyhnhnm

The 2024 sculpture 'Domination of the Houyhnhnm’ depicts the suffering and loss if innocence due to war.

What I have seen

This acrylic on canvas depicts the glazed state of a soldiers knowing.

A view of excess

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