Katya Popova
www.popova.space on Instagram
My work combines installation, printmaking, performance, and participatory processes to explore the human condition, spirituality, memory, and our relationship to the natural world. Working with recycled materials and found objects, I create environments and assemblages that invite reflection on transformation, impermanence, and interconnectedness. Inspired by the Russian avant-garde of the 1920s, and contemporary environmental concerns, I draw connections between the future and the present. Plastic waste and microplastics in the oceans often serve as points of departure, linking personal experience to larger ecological systems.
By combining playfulness with contemplation, my work creates spaces where the absurd and the profound coexist. I am interested in how simple actions, humble materials, and shared experiences can open pathways to wonder, empathy, and a deeper awareness of our place within both human and ecological communities.
