Evelyn Winter's work explores themes of religion, power, control and manipulation by focusing on the way that goddess culture has been purged from stories, history, and artifacts, creating passed-down misogyny, which she believes is used as a primary tool in women’s spiritual, political, and social subjugation. Winter's artwork combines symbolic images from the book of Genesis along with contemporary objects of power to question the motives of the single perspective story that puts women in the perpetual role of destroyer and men as the everlasting holy redeemer.
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Through The Serpent, I reclaim the snake as a feminine symbol of power by humanizing it and therefore using it as a metaphor to question the villainization of women in religion. The snake is also personalized through this piece, with my fragmented and distorted self-portrait being used as the scales.
In this installation, I explore the divine feminine through a contemporary lens, reimagining sacred spaces that honor women's experiences and collective narratives. The Red Tent is an ancient concept used across many cultures, and serves as a metaphorical and literal space where women gather to share their stories and support one another, reclaiming a lost ritualistic sanctuary.
This hard ground aquatinted etching explores psychological separation, fear of myself and my emotions, and the trauma that accompanies change.
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Award-winning art in a variety of mediums.
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