“Present Griefs, Recent Disappointments” is a process of reconciling with my teenage self using photographic practice as a therapeutic tool. By visually poeticizing feelings of self-doubt, insecurity and body discomfort, I reconstruct aspects of my past with greater control and agency as an adult woman. Τhrough reshaping everyday objects, I explore how texture, weight, and placement can alter an object’s purpose. My main focus is on commonly used symbols of girlhood and on the awkwardness of the body during puberty. Through this process, I aim to replace feelings of shame with a sense of (constructed) nostalgia over that period.
Bio: Eva Vei (b.1996) is a visual artist from Thessaloniki, Greece. She is a graduate of the Fine Arts School of University of Ioannina (2020) and has also studied at Focus School of Photography in Athens (2021). In 2022 she was one of the Fresh Eyes Talent by GUP Magazine, and in 2023, she was nominated as a Futures Talent by Void, Athens. In 2024 she graduated with an MFA in Photography from HDK-Valand Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden. She lives and works in Sweden.
