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KATIYANA NOVA

Oil, plaster, and the weight of being seen.

STUDIO — AUSTIN, TX

Textural portraits and sculptural works exploring belonging, transformation, and the body as vessel.

AUSTIN, TX — EST. 2020
SERIES

Faces

Built from layers of paint, scraped and rebuilt.

SERIES

Human Form

The body as vessel, in motion and at rest.

SERIES

Sculptural

Plaster, pigment, and slow time.

Featured works

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METAMORPH / 2025
AURA / 2025
BURST / 2025
MASK / 2025
TRANSFORMATION / 2020
UNTITLED / 2025

In the studio

EACH WORK BEGINS ON THE FLOOR — BUILT IN OIL, ACRYLIC, OR PLASTER, IN LAYERS, ALLOWED TO TAKE TIME.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Katiyana Nova

Austin-based artist working in oil, acrylic, and plaster.

Born in Europe, her practice traces themes of belonging and transformation through the human face and body.

Her work blends abstraction and figuration into emotive, textural surfaces.

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Studio notes

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