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 Cath is a British-Canadian visual artist who works across painting, collage, assemblage and installation.  She holds a BFA in Painting from the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, as well as a MA in Museums and Galleries in Education from London University, and trained in secondary art education at Goldsmiths College, University of London.  Cath began her career in education as a high school art teacher in London, then worked for a number of years as a freelance gallery educator, programmer, researcher and writer in some of the foremost London galleries such as Tate Modern, the National Gallery, and the National Portrait Gallery, as well as working as an Artist in Schools.  She moved to Vancouver in 2008 and now works across the Lower Mainland in the community and at Burnaby Art Gallery. 

Karen Yurkovich is a Canadian artist whose practice centers on nature and its cultural assimilation and use. The work explores themes such as native and immigrant plants, bonsai, classical still life of the 16th century, GMOs, ancient cultivars and cultivation, the use of plants in medicine and culinary practices, issues of biodiversity, and the symbolic role of plants within different cultures.  

She defined and implemented the MFA in Studio Art at Studio Art Centers International, Florence, as well as directing and teaching in the program from 2013-16 and continues to teach at Emily Carr University and LaSalle College in Vancouver.

Yurkovich’s 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.

 www.karenyurkovich.com