Sam Evans is a visual artist specialising in photography, video and installation. She was born in the Harz Mountains in 1995 and studied Fine Art and Art Education at the HBK Braunschweig and Kyoto Seika University. She uses photography to create a space for self-positioning.

 

Her work lies at the intersection of identity, memory and nature, often drawing on the landscapes of her childhood in the Harz Mountains. Through the lens of queerness and neurodiversity, Evans explores the concept of intimate spaces and the boundaries between the self and the environment.

 

Her works translate human experiences of identity and vulnerability into the language of folklore and biological flora and fauna. She creates fictional realities in which the familiar meets the unfamiliar.

 

In her creative process, Evans engages with the tactile nature of photography and experiments with analogue techniques and hand-colouring to expand the medium beyond its representational function. Her visual language navigates the need for order and the acceptance of organic chaos and decay. Her work is a search for comfort and connection, as well as a reflection on the transformation of identity.