Featured Artist of the Month - April 2025
Meet... Evany Zirul
In college I discovered the fun of 3 dimensions by carving piggyback figures on a 2x4 block of wood using a pen knife. I went on to earn a MFA in Sculpture and Design (University of Kansas) and taught college art for two years at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
Due to a recession, I lost my job and was spurred on to go to medical school. As an ENT (Head and Neck) surgeon, I could now afford to support my addiction to creating bronze sculpture. My work was and is primarily figurative.
My medium is now coathangers. My other media (since childhood) has been pen and ink drawings using a radiograph pen. The drawings are exclusively black & white. My sculpture, for the last 15 years, mirror the lines of my drawings.
Chris Sorensen mentored me in the unusual medium of coathangers.
Holding Peace by Evany Zirul
I weld the wires together into a semi-transparent figure. The sculpture is strong and challenges the stereotype of abstract steel with the fluidity of the human figure or animals. With this technique, I recycle this ubiquitous material that is regarded as trash. Recycling and adaptation have become very important aspects of my work.
I will have a show in Fresno at the Fig Tree Gallery in May 2025 of all animal sculptures. The public, children and visibility impaired will be invited to “Please pet the sculptures.” —Evany Zirul
Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno. May 1-30. Art Hop: May 1, 5-8 pm.
https://www.figtreegallery.us/evany-zirul
