Eva PETRIC
BIO
Eva Petrič, born in Slovenia, lives and works in between New Yorkn City, Vienna, (Austria), and Ljubljana (Slovenia), in photography, video, performance, installation and writing. She is the artist of the Galerie Mourlot, New York City. 2005 BA psychology, visual art, Webster University Vienna; 2010 MFA new media, Transart Institute New York /Berlin. Up to 2018 she had 50 solo and 70 group exhibitions in Slovenia, Argentina, Austria, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Poland,Serbia, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Turkey and USA. She was selected three times for Beijing International Art Biennale (2012, 2015 and 2017), and nominated for Venice Art Biennale 2013 and 2015.
Awards (selection): 2017 Grand Prix of the 6th International Fine Arts Festival Kranj, Slovenia; 2017 (and 2010) Grant of the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia; Best Performance Art Award, United Solo Festival 2017, New York City; Red Carpet Tribute Award 2017, Vienna; 2016 SNBA Silver medal for photography, Paris, France; 2011 Pfann Ohman Preis,Vienna, Austria; 2010 Vordemberge-Gildewart award, "Art critics' choice" 2008 by Association of Slovenian Art Critics, finalist 2009 ID Consonni, public art intervention in Sondika, Spain. 2006 Čižek award for best short digital video in Slovenia.