About EVE Art Project
Biography
A. is a self-taught and fiercely independent artist born in Italy, whose journey into the realm of painting started in 2020, while her visual design experience spans over a decade.
Her professional career flourished as a Visual Designer, where she collaborated with dynamic fashion publishers and renowned betting companies in Italy and internationally.
2020 marked a pivotal moment for A. while residing in Malta.
A thoughtful Christmas gift of canvases, brushes, and acrylics rekindled her artistic flame. This gift became particularly significant during the solitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting her to deeply reflect on dedicating more time to her burgeoning artistic passion.
Under the pseudonym “Eve“, she launched the “eveartproject” on Instagram, a digital gallery showcasing her diverse and experimental artistic studies.
A. has fully embraced her calling as a full-time artist since 2023, experimenting from her intimate studio space in Bologna, Italy.
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Artist Statement
Eve’s artistic vision has its roots in celebrating freedom, self-expression, and introspection through the two worlds of figurative and abstract art, using acrylics as her primary medium.
Her work is a journey towards self-acceptance and an embodiment of her values of freedom, authenticity, enthusiasm, creativity, peace and self-awareness.
Eve is interested in exploring and communicating themes of psychology, sexuality, the connection between humans and nature, and the dualities of life. She often represents social disease and depression but also the incredible energy and resilience of the human spirit.
Her figurative pieces speak symbolically through surreal characters, animals, and vivid portrayals of nature. Recurring elements with symbolic meaning she frequently adds are snails, octopuses, frogs, flower-eyes, wood, grass and shape-like plants and leaves, rolled-back eyes, grimaces and words/thoughts, which want to represent critical thinking, resilience, observation, connection with nature, societal refuse and burnout. Nudity is a symbol of anti-capitalism, vulnerability, and the need for respect for human rights.
When emotions run high and defy explanation, she embraces abstract art, where spontaneous colour choices and bold brushstrokes capture the essence of her message.
She paints with acrylics, pencils, soft pastels, and markers, and she often chooses bright and fluorescent colours to recreate a powerful and energetic atmosphere.
Her ultimate goal is to encourage the observer to think beyond the painting representation and explore the concept further, discovering more about him/her self in the process.
The process
Each process is unique as it is guided, each time, by different emotions.
I choose to paint in abstract mode when I am driven by the need to act spontaneously, to express myself freely. An emotion, a sense of urgency, and a fierce desire for freedom lead me to the welcoming chaos that embraces and listens to me for who I am. This interaction allows me to welcome and accept this chaos, and in doing so, to accept myself.
Amidst the embrace of colours and shapes born from instinct and with a compositional intent that might seem accidental, I find myself feeling understood and accepted. It’s here that I connect with the essence of my depth.
When figurative art beckons, I don’t always think and plan what I aim to portray. Instead, I begin to draw or paint, allowing the images to reveal themselves on the canvas as I explore how to continue and how to compose the scene.
Only at the end do I seek to interpret the meaning of what has emerged. I find pleasure in this, despite it seeming contradictory and despite the frustration of explaining images that spring from the mind and seem to lack apparent meaning. In the quest to decipher the painting’s message, I embark on a journey of self-discovery, reveling in both myself and this freedom.
