"Evgenia Emets is an international artist and poet working with forest ecology and community creating visual art, films, artist’s books and large-scale ecological artworks. Eternal Forest (launched 2018), an ongoing multidisciplinary project, marks an integration of ecological thinking into her art. Eternal Forest is creating a network of 1,000 forest sanctuaries to be protected for 1,000 years through art and community. 

Eternal Forest has been presented in Portugal, Spain, Mexico and the UK: Bienal de Coruche in 2019 and CI.CLO / Bienal Fotografia do Porto, Roots & Seeds, Quo Artis, Barcelona in 2021, Pela Terra, an encounter for earth and community in Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal in 2023 and at Municipal Gallery of Porto, Crystal Palace Gardens in 2024.

Recent solo shows: 2022, National Museum of Natural History and Science and Botanical Garden of Lisbon, 2023, Forest Time, Estufa Fria and Monsanto Forest Park in Lisbon, 2024 Rewilding Time, Hall of Biodiversity – Ciência Viva Center, Porto.

Evgenia’s visual works and artists’ books are in museums (Stella Art Foundation and MOMA, Russia), libraries (National Poetry Library, London, British Library and Gulbenkian Art Library) and private collections in the UK, Europe, Japan and Russia."

Email: info@evgeniaemets.vision

Artist Statement

I am an artist and poet and Founder of Eternal Forest, working with forests, ecology, biodiversity and community through my visual works, poetry, installation, performance, and forest art. 

Since making Portugal my home I started the ‘Eternal Forest’ project (2018), first as an attempt to understand the human drivers behind deforestation and the disappearance of biodiverse natural forests, and then with a vision to create Eternal Forest Sanctuaries through art and community engagement as spaces for deep connection with nature worldwide. 

Through my art, I explore the issues of plant and forest sentience, more-than-human narratives and ecological consciousness. I am interested in the subject of time in the context of cultural perceptions, through the prism of history, philosophy, science and nature. The ongoing project Eternal Forest is a series of investigations and artistic resolutions placing cultural phenomena and spheres of human and non-human activity in the context of time.