Eva Fernandez

born Toronto, LIVES perth

Born in Toronto, Canada and living in Perth, Western Australia, Eva Ferndandez investigates her own pluralistic identity in relation to contemporary issues of global displacement and Spanish Diaspora in the 20th century. As the child of post Spanish Civil War migrants, Fernandez’ family, like many others, were displaced and left with a fragmented history. By carefully delving into the spaces of her past, she unearths narratives in order to evoke images which piece together a shattered, emotional and forgotten past. Drawing on these fragments, her works embodies the traces, voices and memories from the past that are blended and embedded with reference to Spanish art and history.

Eva completed a Master of Arts at Edith Cowan University in 2002 and is currently undertaking her PhD. She has had six solo exhibitions and exhibited in several group shows nationally including, Girls on Film and Mix Tape at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Transient States at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and more recently at the National Gallery of Victoria.

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Eva Fernández
Born Toronto, Canada, lives Perth WA.

QUALIFICATIONS
2026 Adjunct Fellow, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, WA
2025 Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, WA
2002 Masters of Creative Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
1996 Diploma of Applied Science – Photography, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, WA
1992 Bachelor of Visual Arts – Photography, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Renegade Women, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, VIC
2023 Queens and Conquests, Gallery 25, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
2022 Edith Cowan: An Extraordinary Woman, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, VIC
2020 A rare bird in the lands, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, VIC
2019 Island Tales; Taiwan and Australia, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei
2018 A rare bird in the lands, Turner Galleries, Perth, WA
2018 Re-Imagined Railways, Midland Junction Art Centre, Midland, WA
2016 Heresy to Heredity, Pakenham Street Art Space, Fremantle, WA
2013 Anonymous Sculptures, Midland Atelier, Midland, WA
2012 Tilt, Heathcote Museum and Gallery, Applecross, WA
2011 (terra) australis incognita, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle, WA

SELECTED CURATED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Foreigner Within, Wallace Gallery, Perth WA
2024 Forecast, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2024 Building Fabric, Midland Junction Arts Centre, WA
2023 Representing Differents, Parliament House, WA
2022 Crossroads 2022, curated by Ted Snell and Danielle Fusco, Gallery25, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, WA
2022 Crossroads, Gallery 25, Edith Cowan University, WA
2021 Ballarat International Photo Biennale, Say it with Flowers, Ballarat, VIC
2020 Moorditj Bridyas -Solid Bosses, honouring the COP Elders Advisory Group, Council House, WA
2020 Tracing the Swan, Holmes á Court Gallery, WA
2019 Invitation to Johannesburg & Capetown Art Fair, South Africa
2019 The Botanical: Beauty and Peril, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2019 Tides: Swan River Stories Bidgoo bidjoo Derbal Yerigan bardip, Council House, Perth WA
2018 TILT Retrospective, Heathcote Gallery and Museum, WA
2018 Antipodean Encounters, Midland Junction Art Centre, WA
2018 The Spaces Between Us, Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, Ireland
2018 Dark Swan, Pakenham Street Art Space, Fremantle, WA
2017 Stations of the Cross, Westley Uniting Church, Perth WA
2017 The Space Between Us, Gallery 25, Edith Cowan University, WA
2016 The Space Between Us, Bunbury Museum, Bunbury WA
2016 Makers and Machines, Mundaring Art Centre, WA
2015 No Second Prize, Gallery Central, Perth, WA
2015 Still Life - Extraordinary, Everyday, Mundaring Art Centre, WA
2015 I am, you are, we are, Chapter House Lane, Melbourne, VIC
2015 Home and Housed, Spectrum Art Space, Edith Cowan University, WA
2014 PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
2014 Eggtooth, Spectrum Gallery, Edith Cowan University, WA
2014 The Swords of Damocles, Art Collective, Perth, WA
2014 Where Lies the Land, Marshall Arts Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2014 Florid, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Florid, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2014 Beautiful Vermin, Gallery Central, Perth WA
2013 PCP 21 Years, Perth Centre for Photography, WA
2013 PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
2012 Assemblage, The Gallery – Ellenbrook WA
2012 Divergence, Atelier, Midland Railway Workshops, Midland WA
2012 Sixth Sense, Central Galley, Perth, WA
2012 Manifestations of Now, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
2012 est. Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2011 Heroes or Villains? Old Court House Museum, Perth WA
2011 Wildflower Bouquets, Holmes a Court Gallery, Cowaramup WA
2011 Turner Galleries, East End Gallery, Perth, WA
2010 Diagram, Junction Gallery, Midland, WA
2009 me-take: Indigenous self-representation in Photomedia, Perth Centre for Photography, WA
2009 Transient States, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth WA
2003 austrALIENS, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA

AWARDS AND AWARD EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW
2022 Mandorla Art Award, Holmes a Court Gallery, WA
2020 John Stringer Award, Curtin Gallery, WA
2018 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle WA
2018 Winner, Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, WA
2016 Highly commended, Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, WA
2016 Winner, Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, WA
2015 Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, WA
2014 Winner, Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, WA
2014 Winner, City of Bayswater Art Award, Bayswater, WA
2012 Fremantle Print Awards, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2011 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA
2011 Mid West Art Award, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2010 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA
2009 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA
2008 Sir Charles Gardiner Award (honourable mention)
2007 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA
2006 Australian Post-Graduate Award
2006 Edith Cowan University Research Excellence Award
2005 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA
2003 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA
2002 Invitation Art Prize, Joondalup, WA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Clarke, Rhiannon, (2024, 22 May) Forecast is an immersive exhibition that explores climate unpredictability in today’s world, National Indigenous Times
Harmsworth, Andrei (2023, 20 April) History’s trailblazer, The West Australian, p.
Watson, Bronwyn (2022, 16-17 April) Public Works, The weekend Australian Review, p.11
Yu Siying (2020) Two Cities Project: Island Tales: Taiwan and Australia. Supervised by: Taipei City Cultural Affairs Bureau; Planning unit: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (Taiwan). Wen hua ju, & Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Stoelwinder, Jessie (2019, 6-7 July) Digs under nature’s surface, The West Australian, Weekend Arts p. 87
Stoelwinder, Jessie (2019, 6-7 July) ‘Digs under nature’s surface’, The West Australian, Weekend Arts p. 87
Yeoman, William (2019, 3 November) ‘Ways of seeing’, The West Australian, https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/art/ways-of-seeing-ng-b881011028z, accessed 14 Nov 2018
Smith, Nyanda (2018) Towards Shared Social, Cultural and Visual Productions, https://rexptp.com/2018/08/28/towards-shared-social-cultural-and-visual-productions-by-nyanda-smith, accessed 17 Oct 2018
McNeill, Sarah (2016) The queen’s tale, Post, Oct 1 2016, p.49
Van Der Merwe, Jude (2014) ‘Florid’, Artlink, Vol 34 #3 p. 95
Wilson, Laetitia (2014, July 12) ‘Complex goods with boxes and dead birds’, The Weekend West p. 102
Wilson, Laetitia (2013, July 13) ‘Works connect with historic site’, Weekend West, p. 87
Nicholls, Andrew (2013) ‘Undiscovered Artists’, Art Collector, p. 92
Weston, Gemma (2012, Dec 15) ‘A sleek, clinical coldness’, The West Australian, Weekend West, p. 75
Corbet, David (2012, May) ‘FotoFreo 2012’, Art Monthly pp. 23-26
Fitzpatrick, Donal (2011, June 1) ‘A message from moving furniture’, The West Australian today, p. 7
Spencer, Ric (2009, May 22) ‘Photos seize momentum’, The West Australian Today, p. 7

SELECTED GRANTS, COMMISSIONS AND RESIDENCIES
2026 Artist in Residence – Nation Trust of WA – Woodbridge WA
2026 (5 year) Distinguished Alumni Award Artist in Residence, Murdoch University, WA
2025 National Trust Artist Residency, Woodbridge at Mandoon on Whadjuk Nyoongar Country
2025 Creative Development Grant from the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport
2021 Parliament House – Edith Cowan University Artist in Residence
2019 Postgraduate Research Scholarship
2018 Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries - Culture and the Arts (WA) Creative Development Program Grant
2018 Heathcote Cultural Precinct Artist Residency
2015 Department of Culture and the Arts, Mid-Career Fellowship $25000
2015 FORM Residency at 100 Hampton Road Fremantle, WA
2014 Artsource Ignite Initiative Grant
2014 Brookfield Place Perth portrait commission- International Women’s Day 2014
2013 FORM residency – Midland Railway Workshops
2012 Brookfield Place Perth installation commission
2012 Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts, Development Grant
2011 Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts, Development Grant
2010 Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts, Development Grant

COLLECTIONS
Parliament House Canberra ACT, Parliament House WA, Artbank Art Gallery of Western Australia Janet Holmes A Court, WA City of Perth, WA Central Institute of Technology WA, Royal Perth Hospital, St John of God Hospital WA, City of Melville WA, Central Institute of Technology WA, Joondalup City Council WA, Polytechnic West WA Murdoch University WA, Edith Cowan University WA, Charles Sturt University NSW , City of Perth, City of Armadale WA, City of Stirling WA, City of Bayswater WA, City of Swan WA, Ronald McDonald House - QEII Medical Centre WA, New Norcia Art Collection WA.