Eva LeWitt (b. 1985, Spoleto, Italy) works with manufactured synthetic materials to create sculptures and installations that engage with the specific environment in which they are placed, interacting with light and architecture. She carefully alters everyday commercial pieces by manipulating the dye and texture and thus gives them a new and individual aspect. The various pieces are then arranged by the artist in hanging abstract forms of varying colors that create a tension between suppleness and rigidity, transparency and opacity, gravity and lightness. Recalling stage sets or theater curtains, her compositions of repeating forms add rhythm to the space through the interplay of shape and color. Inspired by the musical and creative haven that is the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, the artist chose a prominent wall inside the building for her monumental installation to welcome visitors as they enter the building and generate an enthralling and joyful dialogue between the visual and performing arts. 

Recent exhibitions of her work have been presented at the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; the Jewish Museum, New York, NY; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; and the Clark Art Institute at Williams College, Williamstown, MA. A large-scale commissioned installation of her work was on view at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT in 2023. In 2022 LeWitt collaborated with choreographer Justin Peck to design the sets for the ballet Partita, performed by the NYC Ballet Company. LeWitt’s work is in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. and Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway, among others. She currently lives and works in New York City.

The site-specific installation will be celebrated at an opening reception with the artist on November 22, 6- 8 pm. 

The Moody’s innovative Platform series brings temporary, site-specific projects to campus by inviting artists to respond to artworks, architectural structures, and research at Rice University. Platform: Eva LeWitt is organized by Frauke V. Josenhans, Curator, and is made possible by the Moody Center for the Arts Founders Circle.