Eva Joy Lawrence London, United Kingdom
I am a multidisciplinary artivist whose ideas circulate around protest, apocalyptic possibilities, climate change and utopia. I often take an anarchic view to traditional spaces for art and prefer using public interventions and community collaborations to spark energy for change.
I have a degree in Fine Art and Art History from Manchester School of Art and The University of Barcelona. I am currently based in London and I have always lived in cities; the grit and absurdity of which are often captured in my works. My practice sits on a line between humour and horror, humour being a useful tool with which to approach hyperobjects such as the climate crisis and neoliberal global capitalism. I regularly use recycled materials and objects collected from the streets to make work as an act of non-monetary exchange, community cleaning and through which I enjoy subverting the elitism which surrounds the art world.
Recent features: 'Unmuted' Sky Arts Interview Season 2 Episode 5, 'Protest' exhibition at Fronteer Gallery Sheffield, 'The Absurd' exhibition at The Crypt Gallery London with FUBAR Collective, 'Climate Change & Visual Culture' virtual exhibition and publication with Temporary Contemporary Huddersfield, 'Future Visions' Hounslow Council, The FLUX Review V2 Exhibition, 'Spring Exhibition' with VANE Gallery, SHIM Art Network and TSDAP, 'Inner-City: Out of Place' virtual exhibition with Stay Connected VE, 'The Postcard Project' with Artists Responding To, 'Why?' Online exhibition for Cultivate Gallery and Organ Thing, 'Little Voices' exhibition Kensington and Chelsea Art Week, 'Grassroots' zine feature for The MASS, 'Walled' exhibition at Hulme Community Garden Centre.
Artwork
Pandemic Spring Triptych, Mixed media on canvas, 2020, £50 each
Venting in Ryebank, Film, 2020
A Curious Electricity Pylon, mixed media on scrap metal frame, 2020, £750 on frame, £550 canvas
Se Despiertan (They Awaken), bronze, 2019, as a pair £2,750, prints also available
Medusas (Jellyfish), recycled plastic, metal and thread, 2019, individually on request
Outside There Were Flowers, Installation: sterling board flowers, children's drawings, sound., 2018
Bleach Rise , spray paint and acrylic on board, 2018
Concrete Dutch Landscapes, Collage and acrylic on board, 2017, £40 each £100 for the triptych
I Wish, nitrous oxide canisters and pen, 2020
War, mixed media on canvas , 2017
Turbines by a River, Lino print and mixed media, 2017, £45-70 each
Underpass Studies, charcoal, acrylic and collage, 2017, £30-55
MIRAN (they watch), drawings onto own photographs, 2019, average £30 each
Suburb Life, collage and acrylic on board, 2017
And So We Dig, thread and paint rag, 2018
'Pylons by a River' and 'Extensive Landscape with Turbines, M4 beyond' , oil and charcoal on canvas, 2017-2020
Scraps , mixed media on canvas, 2017, on request
JOY, Postering, spray paint, paint., 2017-2021
Port Talbot, mixed media on canvas on wood, 2017
Radical Hope, Digital Collage, 2021
Projects and exhibitions
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Protest31/08/2021 — 03/09/2021 A pop-up group exhibition around the theme of protest. I exhibited three works. |
Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield | Details |
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Unmuted Sky Arts04/08/2021 — ongoing I was featured on Licklemore Production's 'Unmuted' to discuss my work and how art can engage in protest and environmental discourse. Series 2 Episode 5. |
Sky TV, Televised | Details |
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Photopocene Podcast27/06/2021 — ongoing https://anchor.fm/photopocene/episodes/Photopocene-with-Eva-Lawrence---Episode-10-e13egp7 |
online, Online | Details |
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Little Voices, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week11/10/2020 A group exhibition curated by Amy Jackson as the closing event of Kensington and Chelsea Art Week consisting of both emerging and established artists addressing the topic: transforming society to solve the climate crisis and the greatest inequalities of our time. Little Voices comprised of sculpture, performance, spoken word and visual art... [Read more] |
Chelsea Telephone Exchange, London | Details |
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Black Lives Matter Protest07/06/2020 I set up this event with the help of BLM West London and Extinction Rebellion Richmond to provide an opportunity to protest for those who did not want to risk going into Parliament Square to join the bigger marches in town. I timed the silence, publicised the event and provided large banners to line this busy street. I believe this protest... [Read more] |
Kew Green, London | Details |
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Street Exhibition16/05/2020 As an alternative to the final show of my degree I decided to put on an exhibition along the brick walls and back fences of my small street, inviting local kids and artists to join me. The day brought a sense of community to streets around us and has inspired me to keep making more unconventional spaces for art. You can view the exhibition at:... [Read more] |
Hounslow, London | Details |
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Walled, Hulme Community Garden Centre29/02/2020 — 03/03/2020 A group exhibition organised by likeminded young artists making work about climate in this much loved community garden centre. |
Hulme Community Garden Centre, Manchester | Details |
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All-Saints Takeover Protest14/02/2020 — 14/10/2020 I organised this protest event to raise awareness of the Save Ryebank Fields campaign among the student population as it is Manchester Metropolitan University who are selling off the land given to them by the council to be used as a student resource. The event coincided with a Climate Strike march into town and with Valentines Day hence the... [Read more] |
All Saints Square, Manchester | Details |
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30 Pieces of Bronze13/06/2019 — 15/06/2019 In this beautiful squatted art center in the hills of Barcelona myself and other artists from my metalwork class at The University of Barcelona Belles Artes put on an exhibition of our works in bronze alongside La Experimental’s weekend program of music and meditation events. |
La Experimental, Tibidabo, Barcelona | Details |