Evan Hobart

Oil Spirit, 2024

ceramic, glass, and resin

28 x 15 x 10 inches

$5,000

C-lective Curator’s Cut:

Oil Spirit continues Evan’s exploration of humanity’s impact on the natural world, serving as a darker twin to Pachamama. Where the white dinosaur holds a charged stillness, this creature roars with intensity. Rich maroons, deep purples, and earthy greens give the form a sense of weight and depth, while bold black spikes and horns jut outward like warning signs. At its base, carved trucks and mining vehicles move across the pedestal in an ant farm–like network, suggesting the relentless industry that burrows into and erodes the earth we inhabit. Balancing mythic presence with critique, Oil Spirit becomes both symbol and mirror, asking us to consider the lasting marks human ambition leaves behind.

We Love Evan. Based in Petaluma, he is a ceramic and flame-work glass artist whose sculptural pieces explore ecology, industry, and the human relationship with nature. His whimsical yet intense dinosaurs and expressive faces immediately draw us in, but it’s the deeper themes that make us stay. Each piece is rich with detail, inviting close inspection and revealing layered worlds, both literal and symbolic.

Evan Hobart

  • Masters of Fine Art in Spatial Art from San Jose State University

    Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Humboldt State University

  • Current Visual Arts Instructor at St. Vincent’s High School in Petaluma, CA (2020–present)

    Adjunct Professor of Ceramics at Mendocino College (2014–2020)

    Ceramics Program Director at the Mendocino Art Center (2014–2019)

    Artist-in-Residence at Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada (2011–2012)

    Highlighted in the Ceramics Annual of America (2012)

    Exhibited widely across the United States and Canada through solo and group shows, including regional arts centers, college galleries, and community art spaces.

“My artwork acts as an interrogation of modern life, utilizing the intersection of humanity and nature to comment on global climate change, politics, war, religion, society, overdevelopment and possibly eventual extinction.”

Evan’s work is wildly imaginative, filled with expressive faces, surreal dinosaurs, and sculpted forms that balance humor with intensity. With an easygoing presence, he channels big ideas about ecology, society, and human nature into tactile, detail-rich worlds. His sculptures pull you in with their playful strangeness, then hold your attention with deeper meaning and expert craft.

Interviews in progress, please check back soon!