[1] His father was a theater producer, and his interest in the arts began as a child when he was cast in a production of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot.
[2][3] He began painting a few years later, and has said that many aspects of his current practice are rooted in the methods he learned from working in the theater.
[9] Everett's style has been described as theatrical and performative,[10] and involves placing objects from the studio, which the artist has called "obstructions" and "props," onto the surface of the canvas before making a mark.
[13] In 2013, Everett was awarded the Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship from the San Francisco Art Institute, and subsequently taught two courses and gave several lectures at the college.
[15] He has had solo exhibitions at venues including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2017); Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco (2012, 2016, 2018); galerie kamel mennour, Paris and London (2017, 2018, 2019); Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (2015, 2017); Office Baroque, Brussels (2015); and White Columns, New York (2009); among others.