Eva Wardi

Eva Wardi (born 1956) is a photographer mainly concentrating on documentary photography in black and white. She lives and works in Helsinki. Eva Wardi has held numerous solo exhibitions since 1995. Her photographs have appeared in several visual collages on Finnish television. She also works with film. She has worked for the Finnish Broadcasting Television Company and made museum films. Eva Wardis work underlines two perspectives, of which the prime one is the idea that the individual can change his or her fate. The second perspective maintains that the image of the world can be altered. Photography is a guest where more can be found than one expects.

ART EDUCATION 1976-79 The Department of Art and Drawing at the University of Helsinki1976-77 UIAH the School for Art and Crafts in Finland (private)1976-77 The Art Academy of Finland line for Art and Graphics(private)1977-78 Grafiska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden1985 Graduated in Social Psychology at the University of Tampere1989 Degree of Licentiate of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere2010 Doctoral Candidate in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of HelsinkiProfessional Status and MembershipsPhotographerUnion of Artist PhotographersARTISTIC WORKRsumArtistic debut: Photographies from South Africa 1995 private exhibition Galerie Grahn, Helsinki2005 Konstsalongen i tidenReview of Gallery and Collections of Bcksbacka The Finnish Broadcasting Television, YLE/FST2005 `The poet of light Zahara Schatz (52`48") documentary film at Israel Museum, The Gabriel Scherover Information Center of Israeli art DVD Collections2004 Dokumentary pictures from Kultaranta (the summer residence of finnish presidents) in the edition with the title: `A Summers Day in Kultaranta`, Tammi, Helmi-saeries, Karisto, Hmeenlinna2004 Pictures in the photography book Summer Day in Kultaranta2004 Portfolio `Kultaranta Series`including as well th...