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Lina Eve is an Australian artist. She is also an activist, singer, songwriter, photographer, and filmmaker.

About Lina Eve's Life and Work

Lina Eve was born in Germany. Her parents were from Poland. Her father survived the Holocaust, a very sad time in history when many Jewish people were persecuted. To escape Europe after the war, her family moved to Australia in 1951.

When Lina was 17, she had a child. Sadly, in 1964, her baby was taken away from her. This was due to a practice called forced adoption. This meant that unmarried mothers often had their babies adopted without their full consent. This difficult experience later made her a strong activist.

Her Travels and Creative Journey

Lina traveled back to Europe. She worked on a kibbutz in Israel. A kibbutz is a special community farm. She also sang folk music in London. She worked as a model in Greece and Paris. Lina was also a silversmith, making things from silver. She traveled across Europe and Asia.

Back in Australia, she continued her creative work. She was a singer, songwriter, photographer, and visual artist. She also became a filmmaker.

Her Art and Activism

Lina started painting in 1994. She studied Fine Arts at Southern Cross University in Lismore, NSW. She sold her first paintings that same year. Her art has been popular ever since, selling all over the world.

Her "Bad Girl" series of paintings, music, and videos helped her activism. She worked to change adoption laws. Her "Reclaiming my Family History" series focused on her father's experience in the Holocaust. Both series have made her well-known in Australia, the United States, and Europe.

Filmmaking Success

Lina also became a filmmaker. In 2009, she won an important award. She won the Best Australian Music Video Award at the WOW Film Festival in Sydney. This was for her music video called Bitter Wind.

Lina Eve's Art Shows

Lina Eve has shown her artwork in many exhibitions. These shows helped people see her paintings and understand her messages.

Solo Exhibitions

She has had several shows where only her art was displayed:

• "Bad Girl" & "People and Places" at Roxy Gallery Kyogle in February 2008.
• "Tributes" at Upstairs Gallery, Lismore, from January to February 1999.
• "Reclaiming my Family History" at Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, in November 1997.

Group Exhibitions

Lina has also been part of many group shows with other artists:

• "Bad Girl Series" at Black Mountain Clubhouse, USA, in 2005.
• "Neurotic Visionaries & Paranoid Jews" in New York City, USA, in April 2005.
• "SAGAS" (Secret Adoption Grief Art Show) in New Jersey and Washington, USA, in 2000.
• "The Holocaust through the Eyes of the Artist" in Los Angeles, USA, in September 1999.
• "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" at Lismore Regional Gallery in February 2003.

Awards and Prizes

Lina Eve has won several awards for her artistic work:

• She won Best Australian Music Video for "Bitter Winds" at the WOW Film Festival in Sydney in 2009.
• She won 1st prize for photography at the Bentley Art Show in 1997 and 1998.
• She won First Prize in the Ilford Photographic Competition for tertiary students in 1997 and 1998.
• She was a finalist for the Mandorla Art Prize in Western Australia in 1996.