With a series of silkscreens on blackwrap and organza, Eva Mitala’s fourth solo exhibition, Blackwrap, examines the multilayered nature of femininity and moral autonomy, emphasizing personal responsibility and critical thinking grounded in individual values rather than societal norms. The artist explores themes of alienation and nostalgia, creating a sense of narrative mystery. She often draws from photos, historical images, pop culture, and film.

Blackwrap, an opaque material that blocks and absorbs light, contrasts with the transparency of organza, creating a dialogue between materials that invites reflection on what is visible and what remains hidden. Her silkscreen process, entirely experimental and created in the studio, often leads her to new materials spontaneously, reflecting the possibilities of the unknown where each material becomes a dialogue within her evolving dynamics.

Transparent films, glass, wood, and fabric merge in her process, while the materiality of blackwrap embodies the intimate emotions of her years in West Berlin, reflected in the underground muse Tabea Blumenschein. After moving to the West Coast and navigating feelings of isolation, the artist redefined her sense of empowerment through her engagement with the San Francisco muse, Honey Mahogany.

Each material choice becomes an expression of evolving freedom, reflecting the correlation and transition between different materials and their tactile nature. Material experimentation is central to her recent work, shaping deeply personal themes. Through choices in the contrast of black and white and in form, she follows her intuition, navigating her struggles, and remaining devoted to her practice, whether pushing forward or pausing to begin anew.

The work proposes alternative pasts and possible futures, questioning history and culture to create space for rethinking the present. Referencing stereotypes and motifs related to identity and gender, she connects everyday life with anthropology and futurism to rediscover new presentations of race, gender, and nationality. In this series, created over the past two years, disparate elements come together and interact in space, transforming it into a continuous flow of interaction and interconnection.