Eva Backofen
Eva Backofen is a German freelance graphic artist and sculptor living and working since 1980 in Dresden.
Life
Provenance, education and training
Eva Backofen was born in Meissen in laboratory and fine chemicals. Because of her artistic talent Backofen now took a job as a stage assistant and sculptor behind the scenes at the Berlin Comic Opera in 1968. She combined this with a part time study course at the Berlin-Weissensee arts academy. Between 1973 and 1975 she studied "Theatre sculpture" at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, which she followed up by studying visual arts at the same institution between 1975 and 1980. She concluded her time at the Fine Arts Academy under the supervision of Gerd Jaeger, receiving her degree in 1980.
By this time she was living in Dresden with the "alternative" author-artist, Sascha Anderson, their daughter and Anderson's son. She supported herself as a freelance sculptor in Dresden and, after the young family had, in 1981, accepted an invitation from the singer-journalist Ekkehard Maaß At some point during the 1980s the close relationship with Anderson seems to have ended, however, since after he crossed to West Berlin in 1986 Eva Anderson continued to live and work in East Berlin and Dresden.
Professional
In 1984 Eva Anderson became a member of the Verband Berliner Künstler. She then in 1989, joined the "Sächsische Künstlerbund". The imperative to participate in membership of professional associations as part of any career plan changed in various ways after 1989, and the reunification that followed in 1990. In 1991 Eva Anderson became involved with "Künstlergruppe Kartoffel", described in sources as "a kind if communication based public project Backofen's website lists many exhibitions in which she has participated since 1983.