Evan Blackwell Helgeson is an artist based in Atlanta, GA. She received her M.F.A from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA; and her B.F.A from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.Through her mixed media painting practice, Evan explores the varied archives and traditions of abstraction that permeate and inform memory, culture, perception, and history; with a primary focus on the means by which nature and place shape our individual and collective lived experience. Her work is focused on the inextricable intertwining of abstraction and representation and the multifaceted relationship each has to the construction of memory and reality.Evan’s work exhibits in various solo and group exhibitions across the Atlanta area and beyond. Her work, including custom, site-specific murals, can be found in corporate, government, and various private collections both local and abroad; as well as installed in a number of commercial spaces ranging from small businesses to corporate, commercial, and hospitality.