In her exhibition Alles pelt zich, Veronika Eberhart presents new work unfolding the layered relationship between materials such as solid wood, veneer, and the machines and tools of woodworking themselves. Removed from their original function, the pieces displayed shift from being utilitarian devices to possessing autonomous existence, hovering between object and sacred presence. Fine incisions and nuanced gestures prompt questions of aesthetics, interiority, and personal experience.
With subtle surface interventions and manual processes, Eberhart considers how labor, design, and memory inscribe themselves into matter. Her works resist fixed interpretations and evoke an extimacy of space, where intimacy and distance blur.
About Veronika Eberhart
Veronika Eberhart is an artist, musician, and researcher working at the intersection of sculpture, text, sound, and moving image. Her practice evolves through speculative gestures, navigating the space between archive and fiction. Grounded in feminist and class-based theories, her work draws on a background in sociology (University of Vienna and Copenhagen) and fine arts (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna).
Her recent book Garten sprengen (Spector Books, 2024) accompanied the solo exhibition at IKOB – Museum of Contemporary Art. Other solo shows include Kunsthalle Feldbach (2023), Kunsthalle Graz (2022), Bazament Art Space, Tirana (2018), and Neue Galerie Graz (2017). She has participated in group exhibitions at institutions such as HKW Berlin, MAK Center for Art and Architecture (Los Angeles), Kunsthalle Vienna, Kharkiv Municipal Gallery, and A-Gallery, Tokyo, among others. Eberhart was awarded the Schindler Scholarship at the MAK Center in Los Angeles (2019) and completed the WIELS residency in Brussels (2020).
