My practice produces vibrant paintings of dream-like scenes exploring speculative scenarios. My recent thesis exhibition, ‘Daisyworld,’ imagines a world where several varieties of daisies are fusing into singular, collective bodies to create stronger, more reproductive, more toxin-sequestering mega-daisies. The name of the species, ‘Bellis Antifacus’ combines the Latin name for the daisy genus (bellis) with a play on the term ‘Antifa,’ referring to anti-fascist ideology. Engaged in worldbuilding, pop culture, surrealism, and environmental science, the mega-daisies’ embodied existence imagines a world that endures by giving way to change, and acts as a reminder to humanity that agency on earth is not a privilege claimed exclusively by our species alone.
Eva Foldy (she/her, b. Cleveland, OH 1994) was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016. She received a Masters in Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in May 2026, and has been awarded the Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year, also at VCU. Her work has been published in New American Painting Issue #177, and she was recently awarded the Grand Prize for the 2026 Emerging Artist for Impact Award. She has always loved drawing.