Eve Dent has been a practising artist since 1999 and has performed widely both in the UK and Europe. 'Dent has consistently pushed audiences in their expectations of performance. The subtlety of her work cuts through some of the po-faced bombast of much performance work'. (Anthony Shapland)
Influenced by ideas of embodiment in relation to environment, in particular Roger Caillois' 1935 essay examining
Qualifications
BA hons Fine Art, Cardiff School of Art 1999
PGCE Further and Higher Education, UWIC, Cardiff, 2002
Taught as a visiting lecturer at University of Wales Institute Cardiff and Gloucestershire University.
Exhibitions
2013 Corps fertile Body, Chataeu de tinteillac, Dordonge
2011 ‘Breastcups’ with Zoe Gingell, Metre Cube Gallery, Montignac, France,
2011 ‘Breastcups’ with Zoe Gingell, Café des Halles, France
funded by Welsh Arts International and assisted by Article 19, France
2010 'Breastcups' with Zoe Gingell, Barbican Art Gallery, London
2010 ‘Breastcups’ with Zoe Gingell, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff
2009 ‘Breastcups’ with Zoe Gingell, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff - funded ACW
2007 SPILL: a festival of performance, London Bridge Vaults, London.
2005 The Addition, Galleria Acbeu, Salvador, Brazil
2005 Flourish, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2003 The Separation of Light and Dark, g39 gallery, Cardiff
Commissions
2006 Anchor Series: Wolverhampton Art Gallery - Fierce Festival
2006 Anchor Series: La Bisbal Castle - Gresolart, Girona, Spain
2006 Anchor Series: Arnolfini Bookshop - Inbetweentime, Arnolfini, Bristol
2005 Anchor Series: Baltic and MS Stubnitz, Navigate Live Art Festival, Newcastle
2005 Homeland, video installation, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
2003 On the Page, DVD commission, Performance Research Magazine
2003 Mewed up Fresco, Invisible Bodies commission, Arnolfini, Bristol
2003 Good His Labour, Sense and the City, Architecture Week, V&A Museum, London
2003 Anchor Series: Bern - Bone6, Women and Performance, Bern, Switzerland
2002 Anchorhold, liveartmagazine commission, TACTILEbosch studios, Cardiff
Other Performances/Residencies
2007 Anchor Series: UWIC, Cardiff - CAT show, Trace Gallery, Cardiff
2006 Artist in residence, Dance Encounters 3: Someplace, WAI
2003 Anchor Series: Kuopio - Anti Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
2003 Anchor Series: Bristol Dockside-Dialogue Project, IAN
2003 Anchor Series: The Arches - National Review of Live Art, Glasgow
2002 Anchor 3, Welcome to the Glassworks, TACTILEbosch studios, Cardiff
2002 Anchorage, HOME, 1a Flodden Street, London
2002 Artist in residence, Body Limits Season, Les Subsistances, Lyon, France
2001 Floored/In Perfect Condition, Site Gallery, Sheffield
2000 My Niche, Trace Gallery, Cardiff
2000 Just Below the Surface, Transeuropa Festival, Hildesheim, Germany
1999 Just Below the Surface, Expo, Nottingham
