Eva Rothschild RA (born 1971) is an Irish artist based in

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. Eva Rothschild was born in

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. She received a BA in Fine Art from the

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(1990–93), and an MA in Fine Art from

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, London (1997–99). Her work is predominantly sculptural and she works across a range of materials including aluminium, jesmonite, leather, fabric and perspex. She has a materials based studio practice but also works on major public and outdoor commissions. Her work references the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, such as

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and is also informed by the contemporary aesthetics of protest and spirituality. In 2014 she was elected

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. Rothschild's work has been the subject of institutional solo exhibitions including Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (2018), Dublin City Gallery, the Hugh Lane (2014),

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(2012),

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(2011),

South London Gallery The South London Gallery, founded 1891, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London. Until 1992, it was known as the South London Art Gallery, and nowadays the acronym SLG is often used. Margot Heller became its direct ...

(2007), and

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(2004). In 2009 she was awarded the

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annual Duveens' Commission, for which she produced ''Cold Corners'', a vast rambling geometric sculpture that occupied the length of the neo-classical galleries. Rothschild's works are held by major public collections including

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, New York, Arts Council of England,

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

, Dublin,

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, and the

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, Minneapolis. In 2019, she represented

at the 58th Venice Biennale.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2020 * The Shrinking Universe, Ireland Pavilion, 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia Touring Show, VISUAL Carlow, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. 2019 * ''Furniture, Tapestry and Ceramics'', Blue Mountain School, London * ''The Shrinking Universe'', curated by Mary Cremin, Ireland Pavilion, 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy * ''Kosmos'', City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 2018 * ''Kosmos'', Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne, Australia
"Iceberg Hits", Modern Art, London
2017 * ''Kaufmann Repetto'', Milan, Italy * ''A Material Enlightenment'', 303 Gallery, New York, NY, USA * ''City Room'' (with Gary Webb), Galeria Mário Sequeira, Parada de Tibães, Portugal 2016 * ''Alternative to Power'', New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall * ''A Gated Community'', Sonneveld House, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2015 * ''Middle Temple'', Kaufmann Repetto, Milan, Italy 2014 * Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland, 2014
"What the Eye Wants", Modern Art, London
* ''This and This and This'', Art Parcours, Art 45 Basel, Basel, Switzerland 2013 * ''Narcissus'', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland * "New Sculpture", New Art Centre, Wiltshire, 2014 2012 * The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2012 * ''Sightings'', Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas, TX, USA * ''Childrens Art Commission: Eva Rothschild: Boys and Sculpture'', The Whitechapel Gallery, London * The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland 2011 * ''Hot Touch'', Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany * 303 Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2011 * ''Hot Touch'', The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield Empire Public Art Fund, New York, NY, USA 2009 * Cold Corners, Tate Britain Annual Duveens’ Commission, Tate Britain, London
Modern Art, London, 2009
* Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy, 2009 * Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland, 2009 * La Conservera: Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Murcia, Spain, 2009 2008 * The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland * Tate Britain, London 2007 * South London Gallery, London, 2007 * 303 Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2007 2006 * Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland 2005 * Modern Art, London, 2005 * Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2004 * Kunsthalle, Zürich, Switzerland Artspace, Sydney, Australia, 2004 2003 * ''Heavy Cloud'', The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, 2003 * "Sit-In", Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy, 2003 2002 * Modern Art, London, 2002 * Project Art Centre, Dublin, Ireland, 2002 2001 * ''Peacegarden'', The Showroom, London * ''Peacegarden'', Cornerhouse, Manchester * ''Francesca Kauffman Gallery'', Milan, Italy * ''Els Hanappe Underground'', Athens, Greece 2000 * Camden Arts Centre, London 1999 * The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland 1998 * Titanik Galerie, Turku, Finland 1996 * Great Wall / Black Hole, Iain Irving Projects, Aberdeenshire * Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow 1995 * Bercsenyi Galleria, Budapest, Hungary

Selected collections

*Aïshti Foundation, Antelias, Lebanon *Arts Council Collection, London *Berezdivin Collection, Santurce, Puerto Rico British Council, London *Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood *Cloud Art Space, Seoul, South Korea *Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA *Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland *The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA *The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield *Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland *Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel *Leeds City Council, Leeds *The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA *Museum Voorlinden, Waasenaar, Netherlands *New Art Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire *Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk *Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney *Pilane Heritage Museum, Klövedal, Sweden *Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, USA Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany *Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton *Swiss Re Art Collection, Zürich, Switzerland *Tate, London *TBA21 – Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA *Würth Collection, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany *Zabludowicz Collection, London

References

External links

Public Art Fund Eva Rothschild "Empire"Eva Rothschild information at 303 Gallery2006 Tate TriennialRothschild on ArtFacts.net

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