Over the last twenty-five years, Eva Rothschild’s sculptural practice has included both intimate exhibitions and large-scale public projects across Europe and the United States. Underpinned by the legacy of modernist sculpture – notably the work of Barbara Hepworth, Constantin Brâncuși, and Eva Hesse - and the enduring forms of classical architecture, Rothschild’s visual vocabulary also engages with the haphazard and aggressive realities of the contemporary built environment. Working with both traditional and new materials, including bronze, ceramic, polystyrene, Jesmonite and Perspex, she refers to her practice as ‘expansive’. Rothschild's sculptures are often episodic – her lexicon includes: totemic stacks, interlocking triangles, striped linear forms and block work partitions. Rothschild’s work is frequently presented as accumulated objects rather than singular solid form sculptures. She seeks to bring a wider range of materials and ways of looking into the work and often includes specifically made furniture in her exhibitions as a way to allow the viewer to feel present and welcome in the spaces created by the artworks. Understanding how objects acquire power, and perhaps even magical or spiritual meaning through the transcendent power of looking is central to her sculptural practice.

Eva Rothschild was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1971. She lives and works in London. She received her BFA in 1993 from the University of Ulster, Belfast, and her MFA in 1999 from Goldsmiths College, London. Rothschild has mounted solo exhibitions at Modern Art, London (2022); the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2018); the Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas (2012); the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2012); Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover (2011); Public Art Fund, New York (2011); and Kunsthalle Zürich (2004). In 2009, she became the sixth artist to be awarded the prestigious Duveens Commission at Tate Britain, London. Her 2011 solo Hot Touch was the inaugural exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield. In 2019, she represented Ireland at the 58th Venice Biennale. Rothschild’s works are held in public collections including the Arts Council Collection, London; the Columbus Museum of Art; the Dallas Museum of Art; MoMA, New York; Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar; Tate, London; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.