Evergon

Evergon (born Albert Jay Lunt, 1946), in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He studied at Mount Allison University

and graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1974.

Throughout his career his work has used the medium of photography and photo-collage. Major themes

in his work include personal sexuality, gender construction, aging, and body image. His work frequently

includes art historical references and questions accepted interpretation of certain canonical art. He was

among the artists of the 1960s and 1970s who reacted against of the conventions of studio photography

established through the post-World War II period. He has had over a thousand shows in Canada and

internationally. He is widely collected across Canada with over 250 works in public collections.

Evergon's work has been recognized with awards from the Canada Council and Petro-Canada. He

currently lives and works in Montreal and teaches at Concordia University.