Eva Sajovic
Reliquary
March 26th - May 10th 2026
Special event: April 26th 4pm- 6pm. Eva Sajovic in conversation with Will Bindley, artist and publisher.
This work develops from research Sajovic began during her Fellowship at the British School at Rome, where she examined the systems and structures of the Roman Empire and their lasting impact. As part of this research, she explored the earthly and messenger realms, developing the figure of a messenger who appears in the film Rise and Fall of a Temple, made during the Fellowship; The messengers arrive on earth to assist people in dealing with the fallout of imperial collapse.
At m2, the gallery’s windows are repurposed as reliquaries: sites for holding fragments of a broken past. Limbs, wings, vases, made in tufting, knit, glass, ceramics, embroidery. The exhibition asks, what, and who, do we cherish?
About Eva Sajovic
Eva Sajovic is a Slovene artist working across live art, installation, and social practice, with a focus on material and social transformation. Her work is influenced by her personal experience of Yugoslavia’s disintegration during herteenage years, followed by the fast transition from a socialist to a capitalist state. This formative experience drives her efforts to understand and navigate the neoliberal world she inhabits.
Sajovic's practice often involves large-scale participatory projects, employing collaborative methods to inspire individuals to move beyond passive spectatorship and take active roles in fostering social change. She creates knitted, ceramic, and mixed-media objects that act as props, activators, or tools to support her interventions, and to help develop and refine her ideas during research.
She is also a Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts London (UAL) and the recipient of the UAL Fine Art Fellowship at the British School at Rome (2024/25).