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.
PC1 2006
Oil on canvas 20″ x 20″
$2,000.00
PC8 2006
Oil on canvas 20″ x 20″
$2,000.00
Something From Nothing 2011
Oil on canvas 24″ x 36″
$3,400.00
Heavy Heart 2004
Oil on canvas 30″ x 36″
$3,900.00
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
Magnolia sieboldii grande 2021
Oil on canvas 24″ x 24″
$2,600.00
The BC Moment 2013
Oil on canvas 48″ x 40″
$7,300.00
Elements 2013
Oil on canvas 48″ x 50″
$9,500.00
Slot 2 2015
Oil on linen 47.5″ x 31.5″
$5,200.00
Slot 1 2015
Oil on linen 36″ x 10″
$2,800.00