Biography
Evie Cervine is an artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her work is influenced by literature, myths, legends, and untold stories; interrogating the link between narrative and experience. Cervine explores themes of desire and self-sabotage in the context of modern relationships and dating culture. She uses colour as a narrative tool, in which the figurative elements gain meaning in relation to traditional colour symbolism.
Utilising naive imagery and child-like motifs, Cervine links to a personal dream-like fantasy which exists within the work. Her paintings are often cryptic, layered with meanings that aren’t easily legible, resisting the idea that narratives should always be clearly perceived. Within her work there is an essence of the theatrical, portrayed through staged composition and reference to recurring characters. Cervine makes dream worlds, each building upon previous work as if the narratives are excerpts from a play; a story from which her artworks have been extracted.
Cervine is currently studying Performance Costume at the Edinburgh College of Art.
