CV
* 1980 in Switzerland
Lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin
Grants / Awards / Nominations
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2018 - 2020 Publication Grant, Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam
2017 - 2018 Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam
2017 Longlist, Preis der Nationalgalerie, Berlin
2015 Förderbeitrag, UBS Kulturstifung, Zürich
2013 Nominated for the Fotopreis des Kantons Bern, Kantonale Kunstkommission, Bern
2013 - 2012 Project Grant, Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam
2011 Artist in residence, Nida Art Colony / Vilnius, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2009 Nominated for Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2009, Amsterdam
2008 Startstipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Amsterdam
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Sequoia Grove, Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands
2017 Agrarian Magic, Bäckerei, Berlin
Stimulus of Light, STAMPA Galerie, Basel
2014 CARAVAN 2/2014: Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
2013 Transmutationen, STAMPA Galerie, Basel
2012 Žolės Namas / House of Grass, Malonioji 6, Vilnius
2011 Hortus Conclusus, STAMPA Galerie, Basel
2009 Salad Days, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim
2008 Die dritte Natur, STAMPA Galerie, Basel
2007 The Factory, Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2022 Nature <--> Art group exhibition Katrin Korfmann, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Sjoerd Buisman and John Hilliard, Art Rotterdam
Bradwolff & Partners
2022 Ribischenke, Ribigut, Malans, CH
2021 dialogue - sjoerd buisman en eva fiore kovacovsky, Bradwolff Projects, Amsterdam
2019 Haus Werk: Das Bauhaus in contemporary art, Mc Clelland, Victoria, Australia
The trees are inviting the wind, Willem Twee, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Wonderland, Kasteel Assumburg tuin, Heemskeerk, Netherlands
2018 UM Festival, Gerswalde
Back to the Future, C/O Berlin, Berlin
Capitalo, Chthulu, and a Much Hotter Compost Pile, (with Between Us and Nature),
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2017 Materialist Photograph, Jarvis Dooney, Berlin
Systema Naturae, curated by Mirja Majevski, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
Power, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm
Grüne Oase im Wandel, Kunstmuseum Thun-Thun-Panorama, Thun
Whispering Woods, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau
2015 Walking on the Wald Side, curated by Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Stadtgalerie Bern
Sarah Bernauer, Sabo Day & Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Studio 47, Amsterdam
Imagination of nature, curated by Alexandra Blättler, Gebert-Stiftung für Kultur, Rapperswil
2014 Midsummer Night, curated by Sara van der Heide, If I Can‘t Dance, I Don‘t Want To Be Part Of Your
Revolution, VU Hortus, Amsterdam
Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium, Kunsthaus Langenthal
2013 Mina, reconstructie van een decennium, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
Fotopreis des Kantons Bern, Kantonale Kunstkommission, Bern Photography
Extended, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
2012 CANTONALE BERNE JURA 2012, CentrePasquArt, Biel
2011 Regionale 12, Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel
Still life, Dutch Contemporary Photography, Foam, Amsterdam
2010 A Group Show, curated by RE:, Croxhapox, Gent
Schone Schijn, Beeldende Kunst Manifestatie Heemskerk, Heemskerk
New York Photography Festival, curated by Erik Kessels, Brooklyn, New York
Quickscan #01, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2009 Rietveld Arsenale, Venice Biennale, Venice
StressedSpaces, Parkeergarage Paleiskwartier, Hertogenbosch
Crop, Land, art in de Zeeuwse Wilhelminapolder, Goes
2007 I heart Photograph, Higher Pictures Gallery, New York
‘Plat(t)form 07’, Portfolio presentation, Fotomuseum Winterthur
2006 Regionale7, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Bibliography / Text
2017 Kunstbulletin, Sequoiatypien, Stefanie Manthey, 5 2017
2014 Monday Art, interview by Mirja Majevski
Kunstbulletin, Daniel Morgenthaler, 7 2014
Potatoo, interview by Merel Kamp, Amsterdam
2013 Photograms, Aperture Magazine, New York
2011 Foam magazine, with text by Alex Klein, Amsterdam, NL
2008 Architecture Bulletin #04, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam
Ein Strohhalm nach der Natur, Annette Hoffmann, Basler Zeitung
2007 Stillevens uit de diepvries, Merel Bem, Volkskrant
Deconstructie van heimwee, Dirk Limburg, NRC Handelsblad
Archivo #01, Harold Strak / Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Van Zoetendaal, Amsterdam
Capricious#06, Capricious Magazine, New York
Assignments / Collaborations / Artist Initiated Projects
2017- ong. Between Us and Nature - A Reading Club mit Sina Ribak, Zabriskie, Berlin
2015 Walking on the Wald Side, curated by Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Stadtgalerie Bern
2014 Krebsforschung in der Schweiz, Ausgabe 2014, Stiftung Krebstforschung Schweiz
Victory Boggie Woogie, De Gids, Amsterdam
2011 - 2012 4 x, lecture series in the length of 4 minutes, Amsterdam
Teaching / Workshops
2016 Guest teacher, Communication Design Department, Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
Cyanotype workshop, KASK, Gent
2014 - 2015 Workshop, Photography Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Collections
Graphische Sammlung, Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek NB, Bern
Kunstkommission des Kantons Bern
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Zoom Collection - FOAM, Amsterdam
Kunstkredit Basel Stadt
Kunstkomission der Stadt Biel
Baudirektion Kanton Zürich
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
Private collections in Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Germany and the USA