My practice is a cross-disciplinary exploration of connections across the human experience. Primarily employing photography, I develop conceptual projects that delve into both personal and societal narratives. By incorporating mediums such as literature, video, and clay, I expand my investigation to capture the unseen yearnings that lie beneath the surface of reality.
Eva Vasilyeva is a Slovenia-based photographer with Russian-Ukrainian roots. In 2012, Eva left her career in marketing as a creative director to reignite her passion for photography. Armed with a Master’s degree in economics, she pursued further education in design, photography, creative writing, and clay which served as the foundation for her creative journey and infused her artwork with a unique sensitivity informed by her education and professional background.
While nature is a prominent theme in her photographic work, literature serves as the conceptual foundation for many of her series. Through the use of metaphor, Eva’s work takes on a multi-layered form, inviting the viewer to engage with the work on a deeper level.
With over a decade of professional photography experience in Venice and Paris, Eva exhibits her artworks, participating in solo and group shows, book publications, photography festivals, and art residency in the main creative hub of Slovenia, Center Rog.
Eva Vasilyeva is a talented photographer with high aesthetic criteria and a restless spirit. Eva’s series is excellent in every way and, believe me, I have said this only a few times. Images have high technical and artistic quality, the atmosphere is unique, diptychs are successfully structured, and conceptually there is more than one interpretive level. The personal character of her work is obvious and becomes its most crucial feature increasing its authenticity.
Eva has the gift, the intuition, and the knowledge to create a remarkable personal work and make it widely known if she continues shooting with the same passion, leave herself to be visible in her work (I speak metaphorically), and continue to invest in storytelling as regards the building of series. Overall, my engagement with Eva’s work was an exciting and pleasant experience. Be sure that I will show her project to my students for many reasons. I wish Eva Vasilyeva good luck, and I’m looking forward to seeing more from her in the future.
eva.vasilyeva.photography@gmail.com
Instagram @eva.vasilyeva
During the residency, Eva expanded her ongoing anti-war project Where Have All the Flowers Gone? by creating a new ceramic piece – a vase or an urn, depending on what we carry.
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024
L Galerie, Solo exhibition, May 2023
Paris, France
Galerie La Villa Des Arts, Group show, September 2023
Paris, France