Evan & Katori’s 20/20 Pop Show & Art Retrospective is the first show at the Blue Door Art Center for the new decade. This Yonkers-based creative couple chose the theme “20/20” for this art show to celebrate the clarity of their collective artistic vision. They will have a combination of paintings from their private collections, prints and original art for sale during this three day event.
Gallery Times
Thursday and Friday, January 9 and 10, from 3 - 6pm
Saturday, January 11 from 1 - 7:30pm, Reception from 5:30 - 7:30pm

ARTIST BIO KATORI WALKER
Katori Walker is a self-taught artist that was born in New York and raised in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. She is a Yonkers resident that is passionate about her community.
The purpose of her work is to celebrate children and uplift adults through self-healing.
Her bold, bright colors and simplistic illustrations are meant to stimulate the brain subconsciously into seeing more than what is in front of us by allowing us to use our own creativity and imagination to evoke memories and stories in our minds. Katori hopes that a connectiveness and empowerment of self-awareness will promote positive responsive actions within us and will create conversations relating to the social constructs within our society.
Katori has exhibited her work in art shows in New York and Maryland. Her work as also been used in empowerment workshops and also class discussions at Manhattanville College. Her work can also be seen in doctor’s offices, schools, and most recently at the PowerLab in Yonkers.
Her past outdoor work has been displayed on community garden sheds and most recently she painted an 18 foot American Flag in Yonkers in memory of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Her collaborations in the community as co-curator with Yonkers resident Evan Bishop have included the “100 Words Of Wisdom Exhibit,” the “YES YONKERS! Community Project,” which are now partially displayed at the Grinton I. Will Library in Yonkers, and “We Are Family Celebrating Black History & Culture” at the BDAC.
In 2017 Katori was given a Proclamation by the Westchester County Board of Legislators for her contributions to the city she loves. Her motto is “healing the world with one piece of her art at a time...over and over again.”

ARTIST BIO EVAN BISHOP
I am a two-time ArtsWestchester Grant recipient that was born and raised in the Bronx during the 70s. This provided the perfect environment for a lifetime love of visual arts. With the emergence of Hip-Hop as a global cultural movement in the ‘80s, I gravitated to the visual expression of the culture, graffiti. During my teens, I discovered the power of painting bright and big murals as a tool to convey a message and capture the attention of the public. My desire to paint superseded the dangers of rival graffiti artists, active third rails and the police.
In the ‘90s, my art expanded as I explored a variety of materials while attending college. I took a liking to murals, serigraphy and anatomy. I also began to incorporate more
cultural themes as I proudly proclaimed my African heritage and experienced fatherhood for the first time. During the early 2000s, digital graphic art dominated my
time and my art reflected the visions of clients for business logos and commissioned portraits and murals. This took up all of my creative time. While rewarding on many
levels, I was not creating art to express myself.
The time from 2010 to 2019 allotted me opportunities to take the experiences from the previous decades and produce art that infuses all that I have learned along the way. During this time I created a private collection of paintings for exhibition, commissioned murals in Harlem, the Bronx, Peekskill and Yonkers. In a time span of four years I
created a body art portfolio of over 1,200 individual designs.
I was awarded grants from ArtsWestchester and produced two public art projects that engaged and empowered residents in the City of Yonkers. In 2017 I, along with fellow Yonkers-based artist Katori Walker, produced The 100 Words Of Wisdom Exhibit. This photo exhibition featured body art on 141 senior citizens, including Majority Leader New York State Senator Andrea Steward Cousins. During 2018 and 2019, the two produced The YES YONKERS! Community Quilt Project, an all-inclusive Yonkers public art activity is unofficially considered the largest community art project in the history of Yonkers. As I enter 2020 and reflect on my journey as an artist. While I prefer to work in acrylic, I am confident and capable in other mediums. My style possesses the bold, vibrant colors reminiscent of graffiti art. My private work depicts my social views, my spiritual truths,and my love of Black people and culture.