Eva Zasloff is a family doctor and a painter. She is the founder of Tova Health, a home-based model of care integrating newborn and postpartum medicine. She is also one of the sisters of Sisters Body, a microbiome-friendly hair and body line that donates 40% of their profits to reproductive rights.
She received her BA in visual arts from Barnard college and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Her paintings are gestural and experimental and often focus on biology and birth. She has a studio /work space at the Barn at Schwamb Mill in Arlington, MA where she also hosts gatherings and curates group exhibitions.
She lives in Arlington with her husband Aaron and their three kids- Rafi, Felix and Hugo.
EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
A Gathering: Gardens, Portals, Protests (group), Kniznick Gallery, WSRC, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (June–Aug)
Collaborative exhibition exploring community, identity, and collective experience. Curated by Olivia Baldwin. (Art Spiel) 2025
New Moon Play House (group, artist + co-curator), Barn at Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA (Nov–Dec)
Immersive, interactive exhibition exploring play and freedom. Featured artists: Polly Apfelbaum, Loren Erdich, Bhen Alan, Sarah Stefana Smith, Oliver Strand, An Hoang, Hannah Altman, Eleanor Conover, S. Billie Mandle, Erin Woodbrey, Emily Auchincloss, Jessica Shearer, Eva Zasloff.Rebirth Reimagine (group), The Substation, Roslindale, MA (Oct)
Collaborative exhibition highlighting themes of transformation and renewal. 2024Nude Architecture: Women’s Painting Right Now (group), Worlds Fair Gallery, Providence, RI (Sept) 2024
Invisible Labor (group), Firefolk Arts Gallery, Waitsfield, VT (Sept–Oct) 2024
Befriend (two-person), Ishibashi Gallery, Concord, MA (Sept–Nov)
Examined friendship and human connection through figurative painting and ceramics with Megan Morris 2023
Raw Emotions: Small Vignettes of Motherhood (group), Jameson & Thompson, Jamaica Plain, MA (May–June) 2022
In the Fourth Trimester (group, artist + curator), Barn at Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA (Mar)
Curated exhibition and contributed paintings reflecting early postpartum experiences. 2022
Color Forms (solo), Misha & Puff, Newburyport, MA (Dec–Jan) 2021
Views from the Studio (studio show), Barn at Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA (Sept)
Intimate presentation of works-in-progress emphasizing process and materiality. 2021
Reflections of Light on Breastmilk Particles, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA (Apr)
Interactive installation examining the cultural and personal histories of breastfeeding. 2018
RESIDENCIES & APPOINTMENTS
Scholar, WSRC, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2025–2027
Focus on art, maternal health, and feminist research projects.Artist Resident, Arts & Sciences Residency Program, Peaked Hill Trust, Provincetown, MA, June–July 2025
Engaged with natural landscapes to create site-responsive works exploring ecology and memory.Board Member, Catalyst Conversations, Cambridge, MA, Spring 2025–Present
Advancing arts access and community dialogue through programming and advisory work.Advisory Board, MIT Breastpump Hackathon, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, 2018
Supported innovation in maternal health technology through art-informed perspective.
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
Jacqueline Houton, “A Doctor Paints Motherhood in an Arlington Barn”, Boston Magazine, 2025. Link
Joanna Wolfarth, “The History of Breast Milk in Art”, Hyperallergic, 2023. Link
Cate McQuaid, “A doctor-painter shows what life is like in the fourth trimester”, Boston Globe, 2023. Link
Nicole Lipson, “The Fourth Trimester Plight of New Mothers During the Pandemic”, Boston Globe Magazine, 2020. Link
Brooke Bobb, “This All-Natural Beauty Line by Three Sisters Will Change the Way You Shower”, Vogue, 2018. Link
Andrea Shea, “A Gift, A Challenge, An Isolating Experience: Artists Explore The Complexities of Breastfeeding,” WBUR News, 2018. Link