There are many forms of violence—but few are as insidious, as pervasive, and as silenced as femicide: the gender-based killing of women and gender-diverse individuals. These deaths are not random. They are targeted, intimate, and deeply embedded in social and cultural structures that often render them invisible.

In 2023, the United Nations reported that every ten minutes, a woman was killed by a partner or family member. These acts do not occur in distant or anonymous places—they take place in homes, behind closed doors, within relationships that should offer care and protection. The violence is personal, and yet it is systemic.

This exhibition brings together artists who confront the realities of femicide through a wide range of materials, methods, and perspectives. Some works draw from specific cases and real individuals, honoring lost lives and tracing their stories. Others turn to myth, using symbolic figures to speak to contemporary violence. Through commemorative portraiture, forensic reconstructions, visual mapping, and acts of mourning, the artists featured—Roya Amigh, Isabella Baraona, Natalia Bravo-Barbee, Yiannis Christakos, Donna Ferrato, Fay Ku, Cyriaco Lopes, Arlene Love, Despo Magoni, Nefeli Massia, Emma McGagg, Elise Rasmussen, Mary Ting, Lydia Venieri, and Alison Whitmore—offer critical and compassionate responses to an ongoing global crisis.

Femicide is a space of reckoning and resistance. It asks us to witness, to remember, and to question the cultural norms that allow this violence to persist. At times, the work may be difficult—this is an exhibition that grapples with trauma, and its impact may be felt in unexpected ways. We urge visitors to move through the space with care, for themselves and for the stories held here.

This is not just about loss. It is also about visibility, solidarity, and the transformative power of art to speak where words fall short.