Evelyn Bencicova is a Slovakian visual creative born in Bratislava in 1992.
Specializing in photography and art direction, she experimented with various media to create works of art that reflect her personal vision of the world. She studied fine arts at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Evelyn works for various fashion and luxury brands like Gucci, Cartier and Nehera. She also collaborates with cultural institutions such as Berghain, Kunsthalle Basel, the Slovak National Theater and Ballet and the Museumsquartier in Vienna. The commercial and artistic work of Evelyn Bencicova featured Vogue Portugal, Vogue Czechoslovakia, ZEIT Magazine, ELLE, Dazed & Confused, GUP, HANT and Metal Magazin. Her works have also been published on important online platforms (Juxtapoz, iGNANT.com, Fubiz media), international photo books. She has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in Stockholm, London, Tokyo, Paris, New York, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, Amsterdam, Brussels, Prague and Rome. In 2016, Evelyn won the prestigious Hasselblad Masters and Broncolor GenNext awards. She was also pre-selected and awarded by LensCulture, Independent Photographer, Gomma Grant, Life Framer, Tokyo International Photo Award and OFF Festival.Evelyn was included by Artpil among the 30 under 30 / women photographers.
Publications
Magazines:
ZEIT Germany
Vogue Portugal, editorial and cover
Vogue Czechoslovakia, editorial and cover
Dazed Beauty, feature and interview
The Opera magazine, 4th an
d 6th issue
Aesthetica magazine
GUP magazine
HANT magazine
Tush Magazin
CAP 74024
Metal magazine
Odalisque Magazine
Bullet magazine
Kaltblut magazine
BLINK magazine
ELLE Czech Republic
Schon magazine
Contributor magazine
DASH magazine
LÁV magazine
PETRIe Inventory
Normal magazine
Sensitive skin magazine
online:
Juxtapoz, ign
ant, Fubiz, re:art, Huffingtonpost, etc.
books:
Fresh eyes (by GUP magazine) feature and cover
The Curated Lens
Hasselblad Masters Book
Normal Book
+ one ECCE HOMO picture
Awards:
2019
• Independant photographer, portrait award, editors pick
• Tokyo International Foto Award, New Talent of the Year
• 30under 30 Female Photographers, Artpil
2018
• Photography Grant, 2nd : Experimental
• IPA photography awards, 1st : People
• Winner of Emerging talent, Spotlight Awards for photographic Excellence
• Independent photographer, Open call winner
• Lens Culture, Art photography award, finalist
• Gomma Grant, shortlisted
2017
• Fashion film festival Milan, best new fashion film (Asymptote)
• Austrian- American Film Festival in NYC, finalist (Asymptote)
2016
• Hasselblad Masters winner, portrait category
• SHOW Studio finalist (Asymptote)
Solo Shows
2020
• (upcoming) Fotografiska NYC
• (upcoming), RASSON art gallery, Tournai
2019
• “Portrait of an anomaly” c|e contemporary, Milan, Italy
• Berlin photo week
2018
• MERROR, Fotografiska Stockholm
• WDSTCK Amsterdam
• “Warstwy” Metavera Art Festoval, Poland
2016
• ASYMPTOTE, Bratislava
2015
• Consume better, Bratislava
Group Shows
2019
• Reverence, National Centre for contemporary Art, republic of Belarus, Minsk
• 30 under 30 women photographers by Artpil, Maison de la Photography Lilly, France
• We Are Artists EXPO, Brussels, Belgium
• Visual performance at STRP,Eindhoven “next time, die consciously” collaboration with Labour
• Beyond Boundaries, Aperture Gallery, NYC
• Tokyo International Photography award winners exhibition, Shibuya Cultural Center, Tokyo
• Golden Touch – Alchemy, performance at Berghain Saule,
• LA Art Show, Art All Limite gallery , LA
2018
• Essence, Vienna
• Image Nation, Paris photo
• Gender Archive, Berlin
• Visual performance at Atonal Berlin, “next time, die consciously” in collaboration with Labour
• Inside Woman, Bratislava
• Festival Fo
tografico Europeo, Italy
2017
• OFF festival Bratislava,
• LA QUATRIEME IMAGE, Paris
• So weit so Gut, exhibition of Hant magazine
• Essence Vienna
• Fumes and Parfumes, Stuttgart
• Fake realities, Paris/ Rome
• Cvernovka, Bratislava
• Volume Berlin, Berlin
• gram_institute, virtual concept
• Austrian-American film festival (Asymptote)
2016
• AJNHAJTCLUB, Museumquartier Vienna
• Age of no retirement, OXO, London
• PhotoKina Cologne, Hasselblad masters winner
2015
• FOTO EXPO, Prague
