Evelyn Davis-Walker teaches graphic design.
emdaviswalker@valdosta.edu
www.evelyndaviswalker.com
Instagram: @profdaviswalker
emdaviswalker@valdosta.edu
www.evelyndaviswalker.com
Instagram: @profdaviswalker
Morton – 66” x 44” Digital collage and embroidery on canvas, 2019, $3,000
Artist Statement
I appreciate the art of clever text and hand drawn lettering paired with sophisticated and simplistic illustrations of classic advertising of the 1950s. This love of advertising aesthetics has crossed over into my fine artwork.
Advertising gave a voice to the American housewife’s social identity – a voice, not her voice. In a male driven business, advertisements were primarily written and created with a male undertone. As a graphic designer and professor of graphic design, I use the language of advertising copy in my artwork to manipulate social messages that once bombarded women – reversing their intended meanings. Using acetate transparencies, metallic papers, encaustic wax, thread and epoxy resin, I explore material and its relationship with my subject in ways akin to that of a housewife exploring home remedies for her family.
My intent is for viewers to look at the collaged advertisements reinterpreted, and when examined closely, one can hear the bustling noises of the advertisements that were an integral part of the housewife’s everyday life.
Bio
Evelyn Davis-Walker holds a B.A. in Visual Communication and Computer Art from Otterbein University and an M.F.A. in Advertising Design from Marywood.
Evelyn is a graphic designer. A maker. An educator. A social-engaged activist. She has taught graphic design at the university-level for over 13 years and has run her design business with her husband for the last 20 years.
In 2010, Evelyn was awarded 25 for 25 AOL International Art Grant where 25 winners (9,000 applicants) were funded $25,000. Evelyn designed individual memory games for 200 Alzheimer’s patients. In 2015, Evelyn received the Otterbein University Young Alumni Recipient for Community Engagement.
Evelyn has a strong affinity for all things paper – from mixed media collage, to creating typographical prints on her letterpress machine. She has received numerous awards and has exhibited in solo, group and juried exhibitions.
I appreciate the art of clever text and hand drawn lettering paired with sophisticated and simplistic illustrations of classic advertising of the 1950s. This love of advertising aesthetics has crossed over into my fine artwork.
Advertising gave a voice to the American housewife’s social identity – a voice, not her voice. In a male driven business, advertisements were primarily written and created with a male undertone. As a graphic designer and professor of graphic design, I use the language of advertising copy in my artwork to manipulate social messages that once bombarded women – reversing their intended meanings. Using acetate transparencies, metallic papers, encaustic wax, thread and epoxy resin, I explore material and its relationship with my subject in ways akin to that of a housewife exploring home remedies for her family.
My intent is for viewers to look at the collaged advertisements reinterpreted, and when examined closely, one can hear the bustling noises of the advertisements that were an integral part of the housewife’s everyday life.
Bio
Evelyn Davis-Walker holds a B.A. in Visual Communication and Computer Art from Otterbein University and an M.F.A. in Advertising Design from Marywood.
Evelyn is a graphic designer. A maker. An educator. A social-engaged activist. She has taught graphic design at the university-level for over 13 years and has run her design business with her husband for the last 20 years.
In 2010, Evelyn was awarded 25 for 25 AOL International Art Grant where 25 winners (9,000 applicants) were funded $25,000. Evelyn designed individual memory games for 200 Alzheimer’s patients. In 2015, Evelyn received the Otterbein University Young Alumni Recipient for Community Engagement.
Evelyn has a strong affinity for all things paper – from mixed media collage, to creating typographical prints on her letterpress machine. She has received numerous awards and has exhibited in solo, group and juried exhibitions.