Eva Stenram

In her work, Eva Stenram interacts with and re-interprets imagery, meticulously using fragments of found materials and finding similarities in photographic styles. As a kind of photographic archaeologist, she uses a multitude of sources including negatives, slides, magazines, Internet images and photographic prints and alters them through digital, analogue or physical manipulation. By editing the original pieces, their functions become disrupted and often subverted—the contexts are now ambivalent and timeless, which generates curiosity and a desire to see.

Solo exhibitions include The Function Room, London, Drape, which toured to Moscow, Amerstam and Liverpool (2013), Arles, France, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen and Pavilion, Leeds. Eva has been featured in various international group shows since 1995. Earlier this year included Foley Gallery, New York, Galeria Szara Kamienica, Krakow, andThe Photographers' Gallery, London. In 2013 she was a finalist for the Aperture Portfolio Prize. 

Courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery