About Eva Petric

Eva Petric (b. 1983) is a Slovenian full multimedia artist based in New York, Vienna and Ljubljana.
Petrics international multicultural background is reflected in the impressive body of work ranging from photography, video, performance and installation art often involving scent, writing, and most recently EVAcuate project; art installations translated into sound waves.

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Eva Petric (b. 1983) is a Slovenian full multimedia artist based in New York, Vienna and Ljubljana.
Petrics international multicultural background is reflected in the impressive body of work ranging from photography, video, performance and installation art often involving scent, writing, and most recently EVAcuate project; art installations translated into sound waves.

As Petric states, using various media seems indispensable to me. When moving from one cultural space to another, which has been my way since I can remember, I spontaneously reached for the media at hand to be able to communicate and be understood.

Petric creates a unique atmosphere with the aim of communication, as with photography where there is an exploration of the past and future into the present by using the imagery of shadows as an installation; creating a new space immersing the viewer into the artwork.

The series Earth, Earthlings and Webs, currently on view at Newel, are a series of plexiglas figures with Idrija lace etchings after the artist's human shadow. These series serve as a catalyst and reminder of one's connection to our surroundings and our human interconnectivity.
These artworks are the result of both an artistic exploration of artistic mediums and originates from Petric work with astronauts for the ESTEC ESA moon mission; Want it or not, being aware of it or not, everything in this universe is interconnected- meaning, that the extreme isolation I felt during the Moon Mission Simulation, does not exist in this universe.

Petric holds a BA in psychology and visual arts from Webster University Vienna, and an MFA in new media, from Transart Institute (New York /Berlin) and Danube University Krems. Petric art has been shown in over 100 solo and 140 group exhibitions all over the world.

AWARDS ( SELECTION ):

2022, Excellency award in photography, Utazu Art Awards Biennale, Japan; 2017 Best Performance Art Award, United Solo Festival, New York City; 2017 Grand Prix 6th International Fine Arts Festival Kranj, Slovenia; 2017 Grant of the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia; 2016 SNBA Silver medal for photography, Paris, France; 2011 Pfann Ohman Preis,Vienna, Austria; 2010 Vordemberge-Gildewart Grant; Art critics choice 2008 by Association of Slovenian Art Critics; 2006 Cicek award for best short digital video in Slovenia.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

- In the Web of Infinity Loops - Artistic hubs of Eva Petrič at Bled Castle, Bled, November 15 2023 – February 4, 2024
- Totem for Humanity – Tree of life, Site specific art installation, Austria Culture Forum New York, November 16 2023 – January 18, 2024
- E@motion Tapestries, Newel Art Antique Gallery, New York, November 3 – November 18, 2023
- Thoughts without skin, floating, Art installation in the Guest of Honor Slovenia’s Pavilion, Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, October 17 –October 23, 2023
- DataBank@FutureGARDEN, Vesel’s Garden. Association of Slovene Fine Arts Societies, Curated by Olga Butinar Čeh, Ljubljana, October 10 – October 28. 2023
- Eden Retransplanted, 50-minute performance, St. Stephan’s Cathedral, Vienna, June 2, 2023
- Recycling Shadows, 28 Liberty Fosun Plaza, New York, May 3 – July 31, 2023
- Human Butterfly@ArtScienceSirituality, Stephansdom Wien, April 8 – June 5, 2023
- Where’s my shadow, are you my shadow? SKS, Klagenfurt, April 34 - July 3, 2023
- Human Cocoon, Fastentuch 2023, Stephansdom Wien, February 21 - April 7, 2023
- Post-corona Rose Hybrids I, Franciscan Monastery Kostanjevica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, March 24 - September 30, 2023
- Playing the Angels – AngelHound@Hz, Curhaus, Vienna, February 21 – June 5, 2023
- Collective Solar Cell, art intervention at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Ljubljana, November 27, 2022 – January 14, 2023
- TRANShomoPLANTATION, Eden transplanted, Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore, India, November 21 – November 29, 2022
- Magic in the Making, curated by Melanie Allegra, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, November 17 2022 – January 7, 2023
- Celebrating Life, multimedia art intervention, Uniqa Tower, Vienna, October 17 – December 17, 2022
- Hematoma Cdur, White Cube Tsukumo Gallery, Takamatsu, Japan, curator Noriaki Sangawa, October 11 – October 23, 2022
- Orakelj, Multimedijska imerzivna instalacija, Križevniška cerkev, Festival Ljubljana, August 17 – September 1, 2022
- Eva Petrič: Safety Knot – lace found in translation, Municipal Museum Idrija, Idrija, June 16 – August 31, 2022
- Corona Rose No.2 in 3 Movements, coming home, Parish Church of St. Joseph the Worker, Idrija, Slovenia, June 16 – August 31, 2022
- Recycling Earthlings, Mizuma & Kips New York, June 1 – June 26, 2022
- Current of Emotions, Church of St. Rochus, Brioni National Park, Croatia, May 18 – August 31, 2022
- Memory Game – Thorns & Roses, Atrium of ZRC, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art, April 22 – May 26, 2022
- Mary-GO-round, Artwork Art Space, Vienna, 30.3.- 22.4.2022