Evergon
Artist, teacher and activist, Evergon (aka Celluloso Evergonni, Eve R. Gonzales, Egon Brut and Big Hellion) is a real cultural icon. Throughout a prestigious career of more than fifty years, he has always been recognized to be at the avant-garde of experimentation in the field of photography and lens-based mediums. An important precursor of homoerotic contemporary art and iconic figure for the homosexual communities, his works have been at the heart of numerous major exhibitions worldwide. His works are included in private and institutional collections among which are the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the National Gallery of Canada. Evergon : Théâtres de l’intime, a major retrospective of his works was recently presented at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. In 2023, Evergon received the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts and the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas. [Source: VOX, 2025]
