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{{Short description|Dutch visual artist}}
'''Eva Pel''' is a Dutch [[visual artist]] living and working in [[Amsterdam]].
Pel's work has dealt with the role of power and control in contemporary society. Her work has taken many different forms, like sculptural interventions, photographic research and publications.
== Education ==
From 1993 to 1997 Pel studied [[Urban geography]] at the [[University of Amsterdam]] and in 1996 at the School of Urban Planning at [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. She finished her degree with the thesis ''Skateboarders exploring urban public space: Ollies, obstacles and conflicts''<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1023/A:1010166007804 | volume=15 | issue=4 | journal=Journal of Housing and the Built Environment | pages=327–340|year = 2000|last1 = Karsten|first1 = Lia| last2=Pel | first2=Eva | title=Skateboarders exploring urban public space: Ollies, obstacles and conflicts | s2cid=79006156 }}</ref>
She went on to study art in 2001 at the [[Gerrit Rietveld Academie]] in Amsterdam, where she graduated with a BA in fine arts in 2005 <ref>Archive Rietveld alumni {{cite web |url=http://www.rietveldacademie.nl/exit2005/ |title=Exit2005 |access-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135558/http://www.rietveldacademie.nl/exit2005/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}</ref>
From 2010 to 2012 Pel studied at the [[Royal Academy of Art, The Hague]] for a MA in Artistic Research.<ref>Master Artistic Research [http://www.masterartisticresearch.eu/?page_id=1094] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019183423/http://www.masterartisticresearch.eu/?page_id=1094 |date=2014-10-19 }}</ref>
== Residencies, collections and publications ==
*2012 Salzamt, [[Linz]], [[Austria]]<ref>Salzamt Linz [http://www.linz.at/kultur/salzamt/Default.asp?action=rueckblick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407100728/http://www.linz.at/kultur/salzamt/Default.asp?action=rueckblick |date=2015-04-07 }}(in German)</ref>
Pel's work is part of several public and private collections including [[De Nederlandsche Bank]], Amsterdam, the [[Port of Amsterdam]] and [[Baker & McKenzie]], Amsterdam.
In 2009 she published ''Observations of a Celebration NL&NY 2009'' in collaboration with graphic designer Claudia Doms. The interview newspaper ''Fame'' was published in 2005 with graphic design by Natasha Chandani.
== Selected exhibitions ==
* 2014 ''Janson's and other stories - Lucas Hoeben'', 37PK, Haarlem<ref>37PK, Haarlem http://www.37pk.nl/agenda {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083346/http://www.37pk.nl/agenda |date=2014-10-06 }}</ref>
* 2013 ''Over het Huis en de Dingen'', Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam<ref>Exhibition archive Huize Frankendael [http://www.huizefrankendael.nl/nl/kunst/contact/] (in Dutch)</ref>
* 2012 ''Expand, Explore, Expose'', Salzamt, Linz, Austria (+ catalogue)<ref>Linz Presse [http://www.linz.at/presse/2012/201209_65069.asp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114721/http://www.linz.at/presse/2012/201209_65069.asp |date=2014-10-06 }} (in German)</ref>
* 2010 ''Tv Talkshow; the story of the Netherlands'', Gallery Witzenhausen, NYC<ref>Official website of 'Story of The Netherlands' [http://www.storyofthenetherlands.com/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218101557/http://storyofthenetherlands.com/ |date=2014-12-18 }}</ref>
* 2011 ''Research and Destroy'', Royal Gallery, Royal Art Academy, The Hague
* 2008 ''LadyFest Amsterdam 2008'', Chiellerie, Amsterdam
* 2008 ''MudPie, Artistic research on art as art and art and life'', [[W139]], Amsterdam.
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://evapel.nl/}}
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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch artists]]
[[Category:Artists from Amsterdam]]
[[Category:People from Purmerend]]
[[Category:University of Amsterdam alumni]]
[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni]]
[[Category:Gerrit Rietveld Academie alumni]]