Artist Statement:
My work is a form of visual exegesis. Using symbols and characters borrowed from philosophy, theology, and literature I reconstitute them into images and sculptures, teasing out mythic narratives that hold resonance personally and collectively. Biblical archetypes have been central to this project. I am interested in creating a cross-section where history collapses in on itself and the material and transcendent can become singular. This link between past and present is essential to the narrative substance of my work. The conceptual and academic exploration of my practice is equally met with a ceaseless commitment to material process. Much of my work is carved in wood, whether as sculpture or a matrix. The potency of the work rests in the physical manifestation of beauty which is disclosed through this unfolding relationship with material and a deep commitment to the pursuit of revelation.
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Eva Sturm-Gross is an artist and woodworker originally from Vermont. She graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in studio art and religion. Her prints and sculptures have been exhibited nationally including at the Wharton Esherick Museum in Pennsylvania, at the Kent Museum in Vermont and the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus. She has been awarded multiple fellowships including Winter Resident at Penland School of Craft and Vermont Studio Center. She has worked as a studio technician at Haystack Mountain School and has been awarded scholarships and work studies to take classes at Penland school of Craft, John C. Campbell Folk School, and Lost Art Press. Eva is the art director of Gashmius Magazine and teaches wood carving at Makeville Studio and Bien Hecho Academy in Brooklyn.