Betty Kovacic Art
A Roomful of Missing Women
Georgina Papin
Acrylic on canvas
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Francis Anne Young
Vanished 1996
Mixed Media and collage on canvas.
22″ x 26″
Not For Sale
Elsie Sebastian
Ink momotypes, graphite, India ink on rice paper collaged on canvas.
Vanished 1992
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Elaine Allenbach
Graphite, frotage, acrylics and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1986
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Dorothy Ann Spence
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1995
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Dianne Rock
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Diana Melnick
Graphite, media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1995
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Deborah Lynne Jones
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Dawn Crey
Mixed media, flower and screen on canvas.
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Danielle Larue
Acrylic and fishnet on canvas.
Vanished 2002
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Cynthia Feliks
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Cindy Louise Beck
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Catherine Maureen Knight
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1995
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Catherine Louise Gonzalez
Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas..
Vanished 1995
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Brenda Ann Wolfe
Acrylic, graphite, India ink, frotage, acrylic transfer.
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Angela Rebecca Jardine
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Angela Arseneault
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1994
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Andrea Joesbury
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Andrea Fay Borhaven
Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Wendy CrawfordVanished 1999
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Tiffany Louise Drew
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Taressa Ann Williams
Acrylic, mixed media and objects on canvas.
Vanished 1988
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Tanya Marlo Holyk
Acrylic, vellum and rice paper collaged on canvas.
Vanished 1996
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Stepanie Marie Lane
Acrylics collage and graphite on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Sherry Lynn Rail
Acrylics vellum and India ink collaged on canvas.
Vanished 1984
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Sherry Irving
Acrylics and photo transfer on rice paper collaged on canvas..
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Sheila Catherine Egan
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Sereena Abotsway
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Sarah Jean de Vries
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Ruby Anne Hardy
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Patricia Johnson
Acrylics and monotypes on rice paper collaged on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Olivia Gale Williams
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1996
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Mona Lee Wilson
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Michelle Gurney
Mixed media objects and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Marnie Lee Frey
Acrylic, mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Marcella Helen Francis Creison
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Leigh Miner
Acrylic and rice paper on canvas.
Vanished 1993
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Laura Mah
Graphite, on rice paper, India ink monoprints and acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1985
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Kerry Lynn Koski
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Kathleen Dale Wattley
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1992
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Julie Louise Young
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Jennifer Furminger
Acrylics and photo transfer on rice paper collaged on canvas.
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Janet Gail Henry
Acrylic, vellum, pastels, graphite and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Jacquiline Michelle MacDonell
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1999
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Jacqueline Maria Murdock
Mixed media and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Ingrid Soet
Mixed media on canvas.
Vanished 1989
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Inga Monique Hall
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
Vanished 1998
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Helen Mae Hallmark
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 1997
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Heather Kathleen Bottomly
Mixed media on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
Heather Gabrielle Chinnock
Acrylic on canvas.
Vanished 2001
22″ x 26″
Not for Sale
A Roomful of
Missing Women
..The Issues
The issues around Vancouver’s Missing Women were the focus of my art for six years. I was compelled to deal with issues that impacted the lives of so many, including my own. I created an installation that provides opportunity for movement on an intellectual, emotional, and perhaps spiritual level to a plane where the shared commonality of humanity is not limited by social constraints, life circumstances, or geography. “A Roomful of Missing Women” is a non-site specific installation that symbolically restores each woman’s identity and individuality while acknowledging her intrinsic human worth. Additionally, it acts as a reminder that while all humanity shares the trait of dreams and goals, these women will never have the chance to realize theirs.
My Experience
As the daughter of Yugoslavian woman who survived the Nazi Concentration Camps, I was profoundly influenced by my mother’s stories of horror and torture. The Nazis did more than kill millions; they also subjected many young women to prostitution, forcing them to satisfy the sexual desires of higher ranked officials. Women who refused were tortured to death in front of the other women. I have met women who endured and survived these events.
I also remember my sense of loss and the bewilderment that occurred when my childhood friend became entangled in sex work. She was twelve years old. Years later, I was horrified to read that Debbie’s 14-year-old daughter had been brutally murdered. Due to her life on the streets and probable involvement with drugs, people seemed indifferent to this lost child’s death.
I have always been aware of the unimaginable events that can occur when a group of people becomes marginalized, objectified, and dehumanized. Knowledge that the human condition frequently embraces violence, along with my earlier experiences, has profoundly impacted my art.
The Human Condition and Humanity
My fascination with humanity has and continues to inform the content of my creative process. My passionate concerns about social issues, the marginalized segments of society, world events, and the human condition have converged with my desire to explore the format of a complex installation. I communicated the enormity of loss while honouring each woman’s humanity. In “A Roomful of Missing Women.”. I created a physical, visible, sound filled space that integrates and expresses a socio-political consciousness within the format of a conceptual installation.
Diversity of Life
And . . . Then There Are . . .
Connections
Too Much of Not Enough
A Roomful of Missing Women
Legacies
Soul of The City
Regarding Humanity
Public Art
Art Informed by the Past
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