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Karina Akopyan is a London-based interdisciplinary artist with Russian - Armenian background. Her formal training was in illustration, though she has since developed work into painting and wearable textile sculptures. The works are abundant with symbolism and narrative, and each displays a careful consideration of the medium in which they exist. In the illustration and visualisation of these narratives, various characters and subjects are interwoven and form part of a shared collective consciousness. Her work reacts with her own family history: Karina’s fascination for traditional stories and their symbols, folk tales and religious Orthodox mysticism. Each subject is afforded a generous focus on the body, and corporeality is central in every form of the work, but especially so in the wearable sculptures, where the piece figures itself around the negative space of the body. Her work can also be found in the National Gallery of Australia.

 Residencies

La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de la Napoule, France, 2025

Solo Shows

Martyrs and Matryoshkas, Truman Brewery, London, 2016

Selected group shows

"Sex and Politics' Art-Icon, Bastille Design Center, Paris, France, 2025; 'Talisman' (curation Gemma Rolls -Bentley) Art Academy, London, 2025; Appendix Index' Hypha Studios,London, UK, 2025; Parajanov and Fashion', Parajanov Museum, Yerevan, Armenia, 2024; 'UGLY"', Yiri arts, Taipei, Taiwan, 2022; ‘Beyond The Bushes Vol. IlI', Art Sablon (Cabinet de Curiosités Contemporain), Brussels, Belgium, 2021; 'Fair for Saatchi", Art Sablon, Saatchi gallery, London, Uk, 2019.