Eva Maria Ocherbauer studied Scenery at "Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst" in Graz and performed on stage at "Serapionstheater" in Vienna before joining the "Werkstatt für Photographie, VHS Kreuzberg" in Berlin in 1983 to get trained as a photographer. There she met John Gossage and continued studying with him.

Her work has been featured in numerous exhibtions in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Kroatia, Greece, Ukraine, Iceland, Canada, Australia, the United States and Nigeria, including:
SCHRILL BIZARR BRACHIAL Bröhan Museum, Berlin 2014
RÖCKE TRAGEN Museum der Moderne, Salzburg 2012
MILK DROP CORONET Camera Austria, Graz 2010
THE PARK Galerie September, Berlin 2010
THE NEW OMEGA WORKSHOP Galerie September, Berlin 2009
BAROKOKO Chartgallery, Art Basel 2007
WINTERSHOW Laura Mars Grp., Berlin 2004
CITY PITY DAAD Galerie, Berlin 2000
DIE EIER Galerie Fotohof 1999
IM REICH DER PHANTOME Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach / Kunsthalle Krems / Fotomuseum Winterthur, 1997 STADTPARK EINS Fotofest Houston, USA 1993
STILL ALIVE Forum Stadpark, Graz 1993
LOUVRE BOUTIQUE Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 1989
KATATINGI Camera Austria, Graz 1989
trigon St. Herbst, Graz 1987
MEXICO Galerie Eisenbahnstraße, Berlin 1986

Eva Maria Ocherbauer teaches at "Neue Schule für Fotografie, Berlin" and establishes in collaboration with the "African Artist Foundation" the "LagosPhoto Summer School" in Lagos, Nigeria.