EPANK Art

Evan Indrek Pank

Australian/Estonian artist from Sydney, Australia

Mainly focusing on printmaking and the use of screenprinting and spray painting. Winner of the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award in 2017 and the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Prize in 2019.

Covid Abroad - Conscription, Residency and Covid Restrictions in Europe

At the end of 2021 I finally returned to Sydney after almost a year and a half living in Estonia and spending time around Europe. The time consisted of 8 months of military service in Estonia, of which I am a dual citizen. I organised an artist residency at ‘TYPA, paper and print museum’ in Tartu, Estonia. Initially this was only going to be a one month residency but ended up extending into an almost 6 month stint with a few weeks during this time to also do some travel around Europe. Utilising materials from my service I developed a method of printing with spent bullet casings that were squashed or cut down, printed onto recycled army newspapers. These were exhibited in a group exhibition alongside three other artists in residence, Kyle Lang (USA), Alexander Lapetov (Rus) and Charlie Hawksfield (UK).

Towards the end of this residency and having travelled around Poland, Germany and Denmark. I was fortunate to have seen lots of great art and inspirational street art, alongside some intense football and ice hockey games. I began producing new work based on my last year in Europe and not being able to return home with the covid and border restrictions of Australia. This work was shipped over for a solo exhibition at Gallery Lane Cove in Sydney, Australia. Still stuck overseas I participated in an artist talk over zoom with the gallery curator and a Q and A with people at the end of the talk. The link can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWGFb2iclI

Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2017, Winner!

To be selected as a finalist mid-way through the year was fantastic, I had my flights booked and ready for the opening.  To win the Print Award was another thing entirely, can't thank enough the support from my family, friends, peers and teachers.  It's such an incredible recognition of the work I put in and I couldn't be happier.

Baltic Artists in Australia – Celebrating 100 Years 

"A retrospective group exhibition of artists living and working in Australia, with origins from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

2018 marks 100 years since all three Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – first declared their independence. These have been rather eventful 100 years and unfortunately following the World War II all three countries were occupied for several decades. During the war, many people escaped its horrors and afterward the pressures of an occupied society in search of freedom and peaceful life. By now a third generation has grown up calling Australia their home, with origins from one of the Baltic countries.

The exhibition is showcasing works by selected artists with Baltic origins with different backgrounds: some may have fled their country during World War II as children or youths, others being descendants of Baltic origin or moved here in more recent times. Over decades they have integrated into Australian society and many have made significant impact on Australian culture."