BIOGRAPHY
Evamaria Schaller, born in Graz, lives and works in and around Cologne. In 2011, she graduated with distinction in Media Arts from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, where she studied with Julia Scher, Matthias Müller, and Thomas Schmidt. Prior to that, she earned a Magistra degree in MultiMediaArts in Salzburg. Her artistic work oscillates between performance, video art, and photography and is an attempt to translate “time into images in space.” She often works in a site- and topic-specific manner, examining women’s representation and gender roles. She is part of the artist duo Jellyspoor (2013) and co-founder of the performance network PAE Aktionslabor in Cologne (2011). She is currently Artistic Director of the Künstlerverein Malkasten and board member of the Frauenkulturbüro NRW.
She has received numerous awards, including the Chargesheimer Scholarship of the City of Cologne, the Peter Mertes Scholarship of the Bonner Kunstverein, the Dr. Dormagen-Guffanti Scholarship, Atelier Galata Istanbul, travel scholarships, and artist-in-residence grants in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and Canada, among others.
Hospitality and encounters are an essential foundation of her artistic practice. She presents her performances and works internationally, including in Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Morocco, Turkey, Poland, and France, as well as at institutions such as Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, BRUSEUM Neue Galerie Graz, Städtische Galerie KUBUS Hannover, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Le Lieu Centre en art actuel Quebec, Museum Abteiberg, and Kunsthaus NRW.
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