(Bonn, Germany, 1974)

Lives and works in Berlin. Solo exhibitions include A veil, a shadow, a bloom, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin; Eva Berendes & Michael Van den Abeele, Elisa Platteau Galerie, Brussels (both 2010); Silk, Grids & Souvenirs, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main; The Armory Show, solo presentation, (both 2009); Eva Berendes / Günter Fruhtrunk, Arndt & Partner, Zurich (2008) and Ancient & Modern, London (2007). Selected group exhibitions include The Long Dark, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (previously shown at International 3, Manchester and Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne); The Berlin Box, Kunsthalle Andratx /CCA, Mallorca; Bilder über Bilder, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (Mumok), Vienna (all 2010); Drawing Sculpture, Daimler Contemporary Berlin; From Yarn to Yucca-A Continuation of the Dialogue Between Abstraction and Figuration, John Connelly Presents, New York; All that is solid melts into air, Part II: The Thing, MuHKA Antwerp in collaboration with Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen (all 2009) and The Eternal Flame, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (2008). Berendes studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München, the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and most recently at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (2001-2002). She is the recipient of the following grants and residencies Art Scope, Tokyo, Daimler Foundation Japan (2009); Pollock- Krasner Foundation grant (2008-2009); Else-Heiliger- Fonds (2006-2007); DAAD (2001-2002).