Eva Silberknoll

My name is Eva Silberknoll, I am a visual artist and photographer in love with the sewing machine.
I have been taking photographs since I was 14 years old, when I took my parent´s old Agfa Color during our fist holiday by the sea. Since then I am fascinated by capturing fleeting impressions and transforming them into something special, through my personal gaze. To this day, I am inspired by the almost infinite expressive possibilities of this medium.
My creative career began as member of a fashion label, that´s why I like to work interdisciplinary. My career as a designer did not last long, but my love for fashion remained and continues to inspire me. Textile techniques are therefore an integral part of my creative practice. Furthermore I love to experiment and merge different disciplines.
After fashion came art and I studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, focusing on photography and cultural studies. The photograph is at the centre of my artistic work. It either stands alone or is the canvas of my mixed media artworks, where combine photography, colours and textile techniques.
With the help of my artwork I tell stories – stories of personal journeys, places of desire and dreams. Staged photography enables me to visual...

academy of fine arts Vienna, MA in arts and cultural studies, 2010
fashion college Herbststrasse Vienna, BA in fashion and marketing, 1997
dressmakers examination,1997

2021
Rückblende – Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt;
Powerful Woman - Associazione Culturale “Sei l’Arte”,
virtual gallery Kunstmatrix;
2020
time travel – gallery ZUGängliche Kunst, Pörtschach;
a help - Associazione Culturale “Sei l’Arte”, virtual gallery Kunstmatrix;
Alla ricerca del sublime – Galleria Arttime, Udine;
Circle 17 – Maison 10, New York City;
2019
Intimists 3 – La Fenice Gallery, Hong Kong;
endemic vs. global – C3, UNAM, Mexico City;
The energy of places - MIMA Studio, Visogliano, Trieste;
global vs. endemic – C3, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoácan, Mexico;
2018
CONTEMPORARY – off festival Vienna, Foto Quartier Wien, Vienna;
2017
flashback – artclub Carinthia, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt
the long night of the museums – gallery at the rail head, Pörtschach;
topheavy - bodyimages-images of body – gallery at the rail head, Pörtschach;
2015
SMALL Objects - Kunstraum Super, Vienna;
photo::vienna - MAK, Vienna;
Dreiermischung - Arbachmühle, Mannersdorf;
2012
bangkok delight - Bangkok Delight, high restaurant, Vienna;