Eva Sjøwall

Artist statement
Experiences from interactions between people depend on chemistry, just as encounters between different materials depend on chemistry. Human encounters are first visual, and then we connect senses, experi¬ences, interpretations and emotions.
My approach to the artistic process is based on the notion that "Enco-unters are chemistry". It is said that "an individual's ability to perceive an object they draw is the most important stage in the drawing process". I want to experience the opposite - what happens when I let "the brain be in the hands". I am fascinated by the Dadaists' idea of automatic drawing, namely let¬ting the hand move on the paper to create, without thought or aware¬ness of what it will necessarily become. It requires me to let go of any notion and conscious content at the moment I begin the work. I use im¬pulse, composition and tools to create movement, tones and expression. It's about sensing, discovering and creating, without there being any goal beyond creating in it self. The interesting occurs when I connect per-ception after the work process. When I look at the painting, I tend to want to find something that I can "see" and connect to experiences from my own life - such as objects, stories, symb...

I have my art education from both Sweden and Norway. In Sweden, I first went to the Stockholm School
of Arts and later at the Uppsala School of Arts. In Uppsala I had the acclaimed Swedish artist Stina
Wollter as my teacher. Later, I spent 6 years at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. I hold a master’s
degree in Visual Communication.
In addition to my art education, I have an education in Marketing, Economics and Operational
Management from The Oslo Business Academy.