Eva Joy Lawrence London, United Kingdom
Eva is a multidisciplinary artivist whose ideas circulate around protest, connection, apocalyptic possibilities, climate change and utopia. She often takes an anarchic view to traditional spaces for art and prefers using public interventions and community collaborations to spark energy for change.
Eva graduated with a BA in Fine Art and Art History from Manchester School of Art and The University of Barcelona. She is currently based in London and has always lived in cities; the grit and absurdity of which are often captured in her works. Her 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. She regularly uses recycled materials and objects collected from the streets to make work as an act of community cleaning and through which she enjoys subverting the elitism which surrounds the art world.
Recent Projects/Features: 'SILENCED ~ REACTIVATED' residency with Idensitat in Alicante, Spain. https://www.idensitat.net/en/current-projects/transversal-aesthetics-2/id-cmcv/silenced-reactivated/1792-open-studio-shell-talk-3 https://www.beonloop.com/shell-talk-arte-ecologia-y-accion-comunitaria/
'Social Justice Art of the Twenties' Anthology by Jacqueline Amy Jackson released at Miami Art Week, available on Amazon.
'OJOS' (2022) residency with Enmolarte in Oaxaca, Mexico. https://www.instagram.com/j0y_artist/
Sky Arts Interview for 'Unmuted' Season 2 Episode 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7YAYIXut-c&t=7s&ab_channel=LicklemorProductions
'Video Art and Experimental Film Event 1' Film screening of 'Venting' (2020) with The Sea Foundation, Tilburg. https://www.seafoundation.eu/vaefe-walk-in-cinema-screening-event-short-films-experimental-video-first-edition/
'Radical Hope' (2021) billboard display and virtual exhibition for 'Future Visions' with CPP Hounslow Council. https://hounslowvisualarts.org.uk/future-visions-online-exhibition/
'Inner-City: Out of Place', virtual VR exhibition for Stay Connected. https://loisemmaharkin.wixsite.com/innercityoutofplace
Artwork
OJOS, Placards: mole and mixed media on canvas, wood, ribbon, acryclic., 2022
Radical Hope, Digital Collage, 2021
JOY, Paste-Ups, spray paint, ceramic, work on canvas/ scrap materials., Ongoing
Scraps, mixed media on canvas, 2017, on request
And So We Dig, thread, oil on paint rag, 2018
Suburb Life, collage, oil and acrylic on scrap board, 2017
MIRAN (They Watch), ink drawings onto original photographs, 2019
Turbines by a River, Lino print and mixed media, 2017
Sign Post (The Beginning, The Flood, War, Utopia), mixed media on concrete/plastic panels on wooden post, 2017
I Wish I Could Laugh, nitrous oxide canisters, tape, glaze, acrylic, 2020
Concrete Dutch Landscapes, Paper collage and acrylic on board, 2017
Bleach, Rise , spray paint and acrylic on board, 2018
Outside There Were Flowers, Installation: sterling board flowers, children's drawings, sound., 2018
Medusas (Jellyfish), recycled plastic, metal and thread, 2019, individually on request
Se Despiertan (They Awaken), bronze, 2019, as a pair £2,750, prints also available
A Curious Electricity Pylon, mixed media on scrap metal frame, 2020
Venting in Ryebank, Film, 2020
Pandemic Spring, Mixed media on canvas, 2020
Hate is Incompatible , oil and collage on watercolour paper, 2021
All this Wanting, graphite and acrylic on wood, 2022, 40x42cm
Shell Talk (La Concha Que Habla), Sound Sculpture / Public Intervention, 2023
Projects and exhibitions
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Shell Talk for Transversal Aesthetics silenced ~ reactivated Idensitat and Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana16/10/2023 — 16/12/2023 Activating community connections and public spaces with collaborations and workshops to culminate in a parade of talking Pinna Nobilis shells. These shells amplify the stories collected over the course of the residency which connect us to the sea and to each other. The Nacra, or Pinna Nobilis, is a Mediterranean inhabitant of Alicante and is... [Read more] |
El Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras, Alicante | Details |
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The Exquisite Corpse15/06/2023 — 21/07/2023 With SHIM Art Network and Amy Jackson, photographs of my bronze cast virus forms 'Se Despiertan' were exhibited as part of The Exquisite Corpse collating environmental-artworks. The concept of the Exquisite Corpse allows artists from all over the world to achieve representation in exhibitions without the need for expensive and unsustainable... [Read more] |
Bla Bla Projektraum Germany & World of MOCO USA, Berlin & Bridgeport | Details |
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The Absurd26/08/2021 — 30/08/2021 Curated by FUBAR Collective, The Absurd featured the work of forty artists responding to the theme. Set in the amazing space of London’s Crypt Gallery, visitors were invited to wander around the 200-year-old crypt & immerse themselves in visual, interactive & performance art. I displayed five works; my Venting in Ryebank short film, large A... [Read more] |
The Crypt Gallery, London | Details |
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The Postcard Project14/08/2021 — 15/08/2021 At the beginning of November 2020, and the start of the UK’s second national lockdown, ARTISTS RESPONDING TO ... sent 200 postcards across the UK to 200 artists. These artists were invited to reflect on the year 2020 and create artwork directly onto the postcards. The artistic responses in the project range from paintings, drawings, lino... [Read more] |
147 Stoke Newington Highstreet, London | 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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Inner-City: Out of Place VR Exhibition24/04/2021 — ongoing https://loisemmaharkin.wixsite.com/innercityoutofplace Inner-City: Out of Place was designed to challenge the possibilities of contemporary exhibition design and Post-Studio practice. With no physical site to attend, measure, design or curate, this exhibition takes a step towards representing and understanding a turn of abstraction in... [Read more] |
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 the Arts Society at Manchester School of Art, thematically exploring environmental concerns within an urban context. The works were displayed around this much loved community garden centre alongside workshops blending arts and permaculture practices. |
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 |