Karen Yurkovich’s artistic practice centers on nature and its relationship to culture. Through community-engaged projects, painting, and multi-media installation, she elaborates themes such as GMOs, classical still life painting of the 16th century, the use of plants in medicine and culinary practices, and issues of biodiversity, to deepen our connection to nature and reconsider our ecological impact. Her work has been widely exhibited and includes projects with institutions such as the Beaty Museum for Biodiversity in Vancouver, Canada, and Archeologia Arborea, a biodiversity foundation in Italy. Yurkovich was inaugural director of and professor in the MFA Studio Arts program at SACI, Florence, 2013-16, and continues to teach at Emily Carr University and La Salle College in Vancouver.

Her work can be found in both private and public collections including the Bill Gates Foundation, Unicredit Bank, Italy, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Cy and Lissa Wagner Collection, Texas.

Karen Yurkovich’s CV

Karen Yurkovich PC1

PC1 2006
Oil on canvas  20″ x 20″
$2,000.00

 

PC8  2006
Oil on canvas  20″ x 20″
$2,000.00

 

Karen Yurkovich Something From Nothing

Something From Nothing  2011
Oil on canvas  24″ x 36″
$3,400.00

 

Karen Yurkovich Oracle

Heavy Heart  2004
Oil on canvas  30″ x 36″
$3,900.00

 

Karen Yurkovich Heavy Heart

Oracle  2013
Oil on canvas  41″ x 41″
$5,800.00

 

Magnolia sieboldii 1  2021
Oil on canvas  20″ x 20″
$2,000.00

 

Magnolia sieboldii 2  2021
Oil on canvas  20″ x 20″
$2,000.00

 

Magnolia sieboldii 3  2021
Oil on canvas  20″ x 20″
$2,000.00

 

Magnolia sieboldii 4  2021
Oil on canvas  20″ x 20″
$2,000.00

 

Karen Yurkovich Magnolia Sieboldii Grande

Magnolia sieboldii grande  2021
Oil on canvas  24″ x 24″
$2,600.00

 

Karen Yurkovich The BC Moment

The BC Moment  2013
Oil on canvas  48″ x 40″
$7,300.00

 

Karen Yurkovic Elements

Elements  2013
Oil on canvas  48″ x 50″
$9,500.00

 

Karen Yurkovich Slots 2

Slot 2  2015
Oil on linen  47.5″ x 31.5″
$5,200.00

 

Karen Yurkovich Slots 1

Slot 1  2015
Oil on linen  36″ x 10″
$2,800.00