Bevin Engman holds a BA in Creative Writing from College of William and Mary in Virginia, a BFA in Painting from Portland School of Art, and an MFA in Painting from University of Pennsylvania. She came to Colby College in 1996 to teach painting, foundations, and drawing. As an observational painter, Engman has worked primarily with still-life. Her interests include the actions of perception and color’s ability to promote a sense of light and space, while illuminating the potential of objects to produce symbolic meaning. Through the 1990s and early 2000s, Engman exhibited with Bachelier-Cardonsky Galley in Kent, Connecticut. In 2001, she became a member of the New York-based still-life painters group Zeuxis, with whom she exhibited at fine art and university galleries and regional museums throughout the county for 18 years. Her current work explores the nature of matter, presence, energy, and stillness. By placing objects in enigmatic arrangement, Engman works to construct metaphors that suggest deeper questions and meaning in visual terms.

2025 Faculty Biennial

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Bradley Borthwick

Bevin Engman

Gary Green

Luke Johnson

Alex Nelson

Hannah Subotnick

Takahiro Suzuki