Eva Petric (b. 1983) is a Slovenian multimedia artist based in New York, Vienna and Ljubljana.
Petric’s 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 her 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, 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’s 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.
