Eva Lou is an artist, dramaturge, and creative facilitator currently based in Amsterdam. She creates performances, contemporary theater, workshops, and publications. Her practice centres on relationality and ways of being together, drawing on social practices and curatorial frameworks. Through her work, Eva examines modes of participation, the power of silence and encryption, and the (re)production and fictionality of collective memory. Co-creation and collaboration are vital to her artistic beliefs: she is a member of the _ao_ao_ing ensemble, a performance collective based in Shanghai.
Her work has been presented in theatres, contemporary art museums, and cultural institutions in the United States, China, and the Netherlands, as well as in mountains and rivers, on the street, in shopping malls, the back of a caravan, a sex shop, and virtual spaces. Eva is an active ally of art education initiatives for children living in rural China and the Deaf art scene in Shanghai. She weaves her artistic sensibilities into these contexts through leading art camps and workshops, planning events, and co-curating programs.