Eva Resende (Porto, 1995) explores phenomenological processes in image construction, focusing on how images can be formed, altered, revealed, and concealed through repetition. Her investigations delve into the ontological nature of images.

Resende employs diverse methodologies, utilizing the magic lantern, photomontages, and Google Earth images as tools to conceptualize the function of the human eye from psychological, sensory, and cognitive perspectives.

In addition to her exploration of image formation, Resende delves into themes such as memory, the Anthropocene, and the life and death-drive, drawing from Melanie Klein's psychoanalytic theory. She expresses these concepts through a biographical photographic archive.

Despite her background in painting, Resende works across various disciplines, seamlessly integrating analog photography, cameraless processes, engraving, video, installation, and digital media. Her multidisciplinary approach is informed by both theoretical and practical considerations.

Recently, Resende has been exploring the intersection of traditional analog practices and new digital media, driven by conceptual and visual research.

Bio

Eva Resende (b. 1995, PT) works as a multidisciplinary visual artist, curator, researcher and freelance writer.

Her professional career was marked by collaborating in Tacita Dean's studio (Berlin, DE), 2022-2023. Resende studied under artists Massimo Pulini (MA Painting) and Agata Amato (MA Printmaking) during her Mobility Studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna (Bologna, IT), 2020-2021. As part of her academic career, she also completed a BA in Fine Arts (Painting) at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (Porto, PT), 2021. Eva Resende has recently exhibited at venues such as Fórum de Arte e Cultura de Espinho (Espinho, PT), 2023; AL 859 Art Gallery (Porto, PT), 2023-2021; Museu Santa Joana (Aveiro, PT), 2022; Mira Fórum (Porto, PT) 2022; Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna (Bologna, IT), 2021; Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (Porto, PT), 2021-2013; Universidade de Muxia (Muxia, ES), 2021; Universidad de La Plata (Plata, AR), 2021. …

Her work is in collections such as Banco BPI; Museu Municipal de Espinho (FACE); the Ana Marin and Jorge Gaspar collections, as well as private collections. In her short career she has been awarded the XII Vila Verde Biennial of Young Art (2022); 7 Espinho International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2023). She was also awarded an Erasmus + Studies and Internship scholarship.