Eva Faye

Eva Faye is from Oslo, Norway, currently living in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York prior to getting her Master of Fine Arts Degree at Hunter College in New York.

Over the past thirty years, Faye’s drawings and paintings have been exhibited in Norway and the United States including The Drawing Center in Oslo, Norway; The National Gallery of Art, Oslo, Norway; The Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; Ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY; K.U.K, Trondheim, Norway; and Gamle Munch, Oslo, Norway.

She is the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and numerous Norwegian grants and artist awards. Her work is in private and public collections such as The National Gallery of Art, Oslo, Norway; The Norwegian Council for the Arts, Bærum City Hall, Sandvika, Norway; The Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York; and the DNB Bank, and Montefiore Art Collection, New York.

“My work is rooted in the intimate observation of nature, translating its subtle, nonverbal essence into tangible forms and textures. Through organic patterns, I explore vulnerability and connection, applying them to materials like vellum, oil paint, linen, and wood. By puncturing, cutting, layering, and painting, I strive to capture moments of visual time and experience.

The large painting titled 3 belongs to a series of works created over 20 years ago. Following the birth of my daughter, I became deeply inspired by the shapes and forms found in trees, which led to a series of charcoal drawings called Organic Being. The 3 series, using charcoal, oil, and wax on linen, is closely connected to these early drawings. The number three, spelled the same as ‘tree’ in Norwegian, holds a special significance: it symbolizes body, mind, spirit, and creation.” Eva Faye