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Suzanne Evans

Suzanne Evans is a conceptual visual artist based in Louisville, Kentucky. Her work blends sculptural forms, minimal compositions, and a refined use of light to create images that feel both intimate and monumental. Her images are carefully composed worlds—quiet yet charged—where found and repurposed materials take on unexpected elegance.

Suzanne’s images often invite the viewer to pause, to lean into stillness, and to feel the tension between fragility and strength. The deliberate negative space heightens a sense of contemplation, while subtle textures and shadow play evoke mystery and emotional depth.

The style of her imagery leans toward stark minimalism, yet never feels cold. There is a deliberate economy of elements—each object, shadow, and line given room to breathe—creating a visual rhythm that draws the eye deeper into the frame. Light and shadow are not just compositional tools but characters in the work, revealing form while concealing mystery. The result is a refined balance between precision and openness, where absence speaks as loudly as presence.

Emotionally, the work often evokes a meditative stillness, as if time has slowed within each image. Viewers may feel a sense of quiet reverence, tinged with curiosity, as they encounter textures and shapes transformed from the ordinary into the extraordinary. Beneath the surface calm lies an undercurrent of tension—the suggestion that beauty is fragile, fleeting, and worth protecting. This interplay of serenity and subtle unease invites reflection, offering space for personal interpretation and emotional connection.

Suzanne’s work has been exhibited in Provocative Perspectives: A Visual Conversation (2016) at 1619 Flux: Art + Activism (2018–2019), and the Louisville Photo Biennial (2013) at Tim Faulkner Gallery. Her portfolio stands as a visual meditation—an invitation to see beauty in restraint and poetry in the overlooked.