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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 sculpture. Her work reacts with her own family history: Karina’s fascination for traditional stories and their symbols, folk tales and religious Orthodox mysticism.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. Each subject is afforded a generous focus on the body, and corporeality - questions of gender and sexuality are central in every form of the work. Akopyan’s work has been exhibited internationally in UK, Europe, and Asia, including Saatchi Gallery, and the Parajanov Museum. Her work is also held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.