Eva Sajovic

Biography

I work as a Senior Lecturer on the BA Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Arts and as an artist in socially engaged arts practice.

After graduating in law with a BA degree from the University of Ljubljana and an LLM masters from the University of Utrecht, I studied communication design on the BA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins college. Following this, I obtained an MA in Academic Practice in Art & Design and a fellowship of Higher Education Authority. Between 2010 and 2019, I worked as an Associate Lecturer on the BA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins and a Theory Lecturer on the BA Graphic Design Communication at Chelsea College of Arts.

My research and work deals with colonisation of space and resource caused by gentrification, poverty, human trafficking, and climate change. Early projects included work with women in prison, Gypsy and Traveling communities, homeless people and those being displaced from the Elephant & Castle in London. Since 2016 I have been focusing on projects that confront the climate emergency, using participatory and collaborative methodologies to move people beyond passive spectatorship towards active social agency. Currently my main mediums are knitting & weaving, which I conceptualize as ethical photography (for their binary, time-based qualities, and dependance on plant-based photosynthesis as primary source of “writing with light”). Since there is no route back to the pre-industrial age we will need technology to meet the needs of humanity, I am exploring e-textiles as a synthesis of craft skills with the modern technology.


I exhibit internationally and had work commissioned by Tate, Whitechapel Gallery, The National Archives, AHRC, Ffotogallery, CREATE London, Cuming museum, In-Situ Pendle, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, 47/04, Photography Archive Research Centre, Siobhan Davies Dance.
Grants I received in support of my work from: the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Guerilla Foundation, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England, the European Commission, Darat Al Funun Foundation and the Ministry of Culture Slovenia.