Eva Poyato (b. 1972, Cartagena) is a Spanish visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans printmaking, illustration, and mixed media. Educated at the University of San Carlos in Valencia and later specializing in printmaking at the CIEC Foundation in Galicia, her work is rooted in a deep engagement with materiality, craftsmanship, and poetic composition.

Poyato’s artistic language unfolds through a rich interplay of textures, found objects, and hand worked techniques. Rejecting formal rigidity, she embraces a fluid and exploratory process, what she describes as having “grasshopper wings”, moving freely between mediums to sustain a sense of curiosity and discovery. Her compositions are carefully structured yet imbued with a lightness that invites contemplation.

Drawing from childhood memories and the natural landscape of El Carmolí and the Mar Menor, her imagery is populated by birds, marine forms, and dreamlike elements. These coexist with figures from fantasy, princes, fairies, and mythical creatures, forming a visual universe where reality and imagination merge. Through this lens, Poyato constructs symbolic narratives that evoke both nostalgia and wonder.

Her work is often described as poetic, balancing clarity of form with emotional resonance. At its core lies a personal system of creation, “heart, head, composition”, through which each piece becomes a quiet meditation on order, beauty, and the transformative power of imagination.