
DEBORAH BAKOS
TAKE IT LIKE A WOMEN – Paintings from the She Thread Project
Opening Reception
Saturday May 28, 2022 2 – 5pm
Exhibition
May 28 – June 24, 2022
Lipont Gallery presents Take it Like a Woman – paintings from the She Thread Project by Vancouver artist Deborah Bakos.
Opening May 28th, the exhibition of mixed media paintings and found object installations offers viewers a sense of shared history and an opportunity to explore the construction of gender.
Featuring a survey of antique, vintage and contemporary photographs embellished with paint, embroidery, lace and gems, Deborah’s work is femininity reimagined.
The main characters in her narratives provide an alternative view of womanhood; the bride holding a beating heart bouquet, the paper-doll groom who has ‘lost face’, Medusa in a mirror putting on pink lipstick. Accompanying this collection of altered photographs is a selection of the artist’s abstract paintings that reference female focused idioms and origin myths. The exhibition also includes found furniture embroidered with text and re-purposed with paint and textile notions. All of Deborah’s visual commentaries are aimed at challenging traditional definitions and harmful tropes about women.
About Deborah Bakos
Deborah Bakos explores femininity and the historical construction of womanhood using a variety of mediums. She works with vintage photography, paint, fabric and embroidery to embellish her subjects and to invite dialogue about binary definitions of gender.
Deborah works in Vancouver’s East Side, at Parker Street Studios, where she has maintained her full-time practise for over 12 years. She is a founding and exhibiting member of the annual Parker Art Salon and 13 Feet Off The Ground, a collective of traveling, women artists. She holds a Certificate of Fine Arts/Painting from Emily Carr University and a Bachelor of Education in English/Media Literacy from Simon Fraser University. She also studied Fashion Design at the University of the Fraser Valley.
Her art works are exhibited in public spaces, commercial galleries and international publications with paintings held in collections in Vancouver, Toronto and Canmore Canada, Istanbul Turkey, San Jose Del Cabo Mexico, Treviso Italy and Graniti Sicily.

The Opening
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
Image: 48 x 54 x 1.5 inches
Framed: 49.5 x 55.5 x 2 inches
Framed – white wood
2018

Urban Oracle
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
Image: 36 x36 x 1.5 inches
Framed: 38 x 38 inches framed – white wood
2018

Pandora’s Box IV
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil, Cold Wax, Spray Paint, on Birch Panel
49 x49 x 2.5 inches
Framed – Bevelled Wood with Silver Trim
2022

Glass Slipper
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil, Cold Wax and Lace on Panel
Image: 36 x 60 x 1.5 inches
Framed: 37 x 61 x 3 inches
Framed – Bevelled Wood with Silver Trim
2017

Pandora’s Socks
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Birch Panel
37 x 61 x 2.5 inches
Framed – Bevelled Wood with Silver Trim

Atalanta
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Wood Panel
48 x 48 x 1.75 inches
Not framed
2017

Persephone’s Moon
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
19.75 x 19.75 x 1.75 inches
Washed wood with silver Trim framed
2022

Persephone’s Wound
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
10 x 10 x 1.5 inches
white wood framed
2021

Study for Persephone’s Wound
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil, Cold Wax and Embroidery Floss on Mylar
8 x 8 inches
12 x 12 x 1 inches white wood framed
2019

A Fragile Party
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
24 x 18 x 1.75 inches
25 x 19 x 2 inches White Wood Framed
2018


Oracle II
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Wood Panel
48 x 48 x 1.75 inches
Not framed
2021

Medusa's Mirror
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Mixed Media (Paint, fabric, lace, notions, faux gems, fabric flower, ribbon, craft puff, feather puff and embroidery floss) on ink jet photograph, mounted on wood panel,
24 x 24 x 1.5 inches,
30 x 30 x 3 inches White Wood Framed
2021

Vittoria and The Uroborus
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Acrylic and Embroidery Floss on Photograph
Image: 9 x 6 inches
Framed: 14 x 11 inches – white wood shadow box framed
2019

Medusa's Mirror - Study
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Acrylic, embroidery floss, machine stitching, gold leaf and beads on photograph
Image: 6 x 4 inches
Framed: 10 x 8 inches – white wood shadowbox framed
2020

Altar Ego
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil, Cold Wax, Embroidery Floss and Gold Leaf on Vintage Inkjet Photograph (framed),
17 x 23 inches,
22 X 28 X 1 white wood shadow box framed,
2018,

Altar Ego II
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Acrylic, Embroidery Gloss, Lace, Faux Gems and Gold Leaf on Vintage Ink Jet Photo with lace trim,
(Shadow Box Framed),
17 x 14 inches,
24 x 18 x 1.25 White wood shadow box framed,
2022,

25 to Life
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Vintage Inkjet Photo (shadow box framed),
Image 17 x 23 inches,
Framed 22 x 28 x 1 inches,
2018,

Paper Dude
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Limited Edition Archival Print (1 /5),
Image: 24 x 24 inches
Framed: 26 x 26 x 1.25 inches
White Wood framed
2022

Lit II
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Limited Edition Archival Print (1 /5)
Image 19 x 24 inches
Framed 21 x 26 x 1.25 inches
White Wood framed
2022

Gilead
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Acrylic and Embroidery Floss on Gloss Photograph
Image: 4 x 6 inches
Framed: 8 x 10 inches – white wood shadowbox framed
2020

Arm Candy
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil and Cold Wax on Ink Jet Photograph
Image 10 x 8 inches
Framed 14 x 11 x 1,25 inches
White wood shadow box framed
2018

The Farmer’s Wife
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil, Acrylic, Cold Wax, Embroidery Floss and Faux Gems on Photograph mounted on wood panel
16 x 16 inches
17.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches
White Wood Framed
2019

The Farmer’s Daughters
Artist: Deborah Bakos
Oil, Acrylic, Cold Wax, Embroidery Floss and Faux Gems on Photograph mounted on wood panel
16 x 16 inches
17.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches
White Wood Framed
2019