Practice
Katiyana Nova works at the threshold between figuration and abstraction. Her paintings begin on the floor — built in oil, acrylic, and plaster, in layers, allowed to take time. Each surface is a record of decisions made and revised.
The work asks what it means to belong to a body, a place, a moment. Faces emerge and dissolve. Forms gather, scatter, and re-form. The materials hold the trace.
Background
Born in Europe and based in Austin, Texas since 2020, Nova came to painting through a long study of figure drawing and ceramics. Her studio practice now spans paintings on unstretched canvas, plaster reliefs, and freestanding sculptural works.
She exhibits regularly in Austin and works on private commissions for collectors across the United States.