Eva Moll (born June 15, 1975, in
Karlsruhe) is a German
contemporary artist. Moll works in the media fine art printmaking,
drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...
and
painting and its expansion in the areas of
performance art and
conceptual art. Beside works on canvas and paper;
Happening
A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events.
History
Origins
Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happen ...
,
video art and
installation count to her Œuvre. A large part of her work stands in the traditions of
appropriation art,
pop art,
fluxus and
action painting. She lives and works in
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
and
Berlin.
Life and work
As a student Eva Moll took weekend courses at the
Städelschule in
Frankfurt am Main in 1989. After her German preparatory school graduation in 1994 at the Rudolf Koch School in Offenbach am Main, she completed a one-year internship at the fine art painter and restorer Manfred Scharpf at the Castle Zeil in Leutkirch im Allgäu. There she acquired knowledge to old master techniques and processes in the studio and exhibition making.
From 1995 Eva Moll studied at the ''
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel .
Notable people
* Daniel Stieglitz
* Peter Angermann
* Si ...
'' in Germany in the fields of visual communication and fine arts. Her study focus was on free graphics, drawing and painting with old and new media and
interdisciplinary art. While studying Moll realized the global multi-media project: ''"The Ornamental Symbol"'' on traveling in Europe, Asia, Africa and America (1996–1998). This was followed by the urban visual diary project ''"Eva in The Big Apple"'' in New York City (1998–2000). 2000 Eva Moll graduated with an artistic university degree (M.f.A.) under the Professors Walter Rabe and
Paul Driessen.
In 2000 Moll migrated to
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
. From 2000 to 2002 she worked as an assistant in the studio of American pop-artist
Peter Max. In 2001 Moll had her first show at the La Mama Gallery in the Lower East Side. In 2002 she launched her first studio in New York after touring Los Angeles, San Francisco, Big Sur, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. In 2003 she founded the collective art group Galaxy Girls NYC. Since then the
visual artist with
curatorial practice organized exhibitions and happenings in interdisciplinary space. Moll is active in the public space of major cities as well as in the specialized areas of trade fairs, museums, galleries, art associations and in various groups of the international art market and art scene.
In 2006 Moll traveled with her project ''Europe ArtTourIsm'' to Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Copenhagen and Luxembourg. In 2007 she performed unofficially with her artistic figure ''EVE'' at the openings of the art fairs Documenta 12, at the
Armory Show in New York and at the Art Forum Berlin. That same year, she expanded her activities as a studio artist and exhibition maker in the New York Metropolitan Area to the Rhine-Main area of Germany. 2009 Moll became an active member in the international art club ''Kunstverein Familie Montez'' in Frankfurt am Main. In 2011 she was appointed professor of contemporary art at the ''Academy of Interdisciplinary Processes'' in Offenbach am Main. 2012 Moll got honored for the project ''Schrankstipendium'' with an art award by the ''maecenia Frankfurt - Foundation for Women in Science and Arts''. With the guerrilla-performance of her art figure ''EVE'' Moll provided at the opening of the
dOCUMENTA (13) in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
Germany for sensation. Moll is chairman of the New York organization ''Arts in Action''. Since 2013 Moll tours with the art figure ''EVE'' performances and exhibitions in Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Monaco, Paris, Berlin, London, Chicago, Miami and New York. In 2014 she moved with her German studio to Berlin. Her American studio remains in New York.
Exhibitions and performances (selection)
* 2000: "Eva Moll. Eva in The Big Apple", ''
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel .
Notable people
* Daniel Stieglitz
* Peter Angermann
* Si ...
''
["http://www.kunstaspekte.de/eva-moll"] (graduation exhibit)
* 2001: "Iluminati", La Mama La Galleria, New York NY
(First exhibit in New York)
* 2007: EVE Performance at the Art Forum Berlin
* 2009–2012: Participation of exhibitions and performances at the ''Kunstverein Familie Montez'', Frankfurt am Main
[Website of the ''Kunstverein Familie Montez'' in Frankfurt am Main with artist listing and exhibition program][Report about the exhibition ''Gut ist was gefällt''][photo shoot video of the invitation card to the Happening "Stadt Zirkus" auf Youtube, with Eva Moll as poster girl][Video of the performance of the art opening ''Draussen vor der Tür'' with an opening speech of Kasper König (Curator and Director of the Museum Ludwig, Cologne)][Text about the exhibition ''Und das soll Kunst sein?'']
* 2010: ''"Das Gute von gestern"'', Catalogue at the ''Deutsche National Bibliothek''
["Das Gute von gestern", Catalogue at the ''Deutsche National Bibliothek'']
* 2011: "Painting the town", Armory Show Week, New York NY (EVE Performance)
["Painting the town", Photo Gallery]["Painting the town", Flyer]
* 2012: ''"Neue Welten. Perspektiven aktueller Kunst"'', Kunsthallen Offenbach am Main
[Catalogue of the exhibition ''"Neue Welten"'' at the ''Deutsche National Bibliothek''][''Neue Welten'' artist include Barbara Klemm, Martin Liebscher, Sandra Mann, Tobias Rehberger and Micha Ullmann at Amazon][''Zeitweise Kunst: die Neue Welten auf altem Industriegelände'', Press article about the ''Neue Welten'' exhibition]
* 2013: "Facebook", booth installation of the Cloisters Gallery at the Fountain Art at The Armory, New York NY
[Artslant announces Michael Mut Gallery exhibition with Eva Moll in New York]
* 2014: ''"EVE – Die Kunst von Eva Moll"'', Kunstverein Offenbach am Main
[Text of solo show at the Kunstverein Offenbach am Main]
* 2014: "I'm going out for a coffee honey...", Galerie Villa Köppe, Berlin
''Berlin - Berlinische Galerie und Villa Köppe: Ältere und neuere figurative Malerei'', Blog by ''Walter Wortware'' includes critical report about art by Dorothy Iannone
Dorothy Iannone (August 9, 1933 – December 26, 2022) was an American visual artist. Her autobiographical texts, films, and paintings explicitly depict female sexuality and "ecstatic unity."Rosenberg, Karen"An Iconoclast Who Valorizes the Ero ...
and Eva Moll, 5/2014
* 2014: ''"La Costola Ingombrante di Adamo"'', Atelier Montez, Rome[Official Website of Atelier Montez in Rome with the announcement of the EVE Performance]
* 2015: "THE LIGHT OF ART IS IN YOUR HEART", Art von Frei Gallery, Berlin/ Germany[Eva Moll at the group exhibition "THE LIGHT OF ART IS IN YOUR HEART", Art von Frei Gallery, Berlin/ Germany]
References
External links
*
Kunstaspekte
with exhibition list
Profil of the Fine Art Adoption Network
Profile at ArtSlant
Profile at the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Landesverband Hessen e.V.
(2007–2014)
Solo exhibit at the Kunstverein Offenbach am Main (2014)
Gallery representing Eva Moll in Berlin (current art)
Gallery representing Eva Moll in New York (early and the performative work)
„Charlies adventures in the ultraworld" by John Eischeid, Moll bei den BOS Brooklyn NY
„Eve by Eva" by Timothy Herrik, Eva Moll at the Fish with Braids Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Report of the "maecenia Frankfurt" 7 ''Schrankstipendium''
Press article regarding EVE Performance by Eva Moll at the opening of the dOCUMENTA (13), Das Marburger
Foto stream with Eva Moll at the opening of the dOCUMENTA (13), Berliner Zeitung
Foto stream with Eva Moll at the opening of the dOCUMENTA (13), Wiener Zeitung
Press article about the performance of the master class of Eva Moll at the ''Akademie für interdisziplinäre Prozesse'' during the dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel 2012
SchirnMag reports about the benefit auction curated by Eva Moll
Listed artist at the Art Hamptons trade fair, Bridgehampton NY 2013
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Living people
1975 births
German contemporary artists
Artists from Karlsruhe
Artists from New York City
Artists from Berlin