“These sculptures address connection through time and space. They are self-portraits of Nava as lineal artifacts, indicating that our features are sacred living archives of the eternal connections, DNA, and histories that survive through us. Throu
       
     
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Enveloped in red, 2023
       
     
Grounded in chocolate & pink, 2021
       
     
Grounded in chocolate & pink, 2020
       
     
Marble Queen, 2022
       
     
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Self portrait with horns, 2020
       
     
Self portrait with horns, 2020
       
     
Purple rain, 2020
       
     
Karen with rams in black & pink, 2021
       
     
Self portrait in pink hair, 2020
       
     
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Caressing the vertical / Baby pink, 2020
       
     
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   “These sculptures address connection through time and space. They are self-portraits of Nava as lineal artifacts, indicating that our features are sacred living archives of the eternal connections, DNA, and histories that survive through us. Throu
       
     

“These sculptures address connection through time and space. They are self-portraits of Nava as lineal artifacts, indicating that our features are sacred living archives of the eternal connections, DNA, and histories that survive through us. Through these works, we follow Nava into a realm where she has learned not only to transcend the limits of separation from physical matter, but dissolve the boundary of time, suggesting that the border between ourselves and our ancestors who have passed is all but illusory”. Jessica Duby, independent Curator

Egyptian head, 2022

Wax, resin, pigment, wire mesh, plaster, epoxy, fabric, feathers
9 x 9.5 x 10 inch

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Enveloped in red, 2023
       
     
Enveloped in red, 2023

Wax, resin, pigment, wire, plaster, epoxy, scarf, feathers, beads

9 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch

Grounded in chocolate & pink, 2021
       
     
Grounded in chocolate & pink, 2021

Wax, resin, pigment, epoxy clay, wood, oil paint, glitter, fur, wool

10 x 8 x 13 inch

Grounded in chocolate & pink, 2020
       
     
Grounded in chocolate & pink, 2020

Wax, resin, pigment, epoxy clay, wood, oil paint, glitter, fur, wool

10 x 8 x 13 inch

Marble Queen, 2022
       
     
Marble Queen, 2022

Wax, resin, pigment, aluminum wire, plaster, epoxy, hair extension

10.5 x 8 x 10.5 inch

Nava Gidanian-Kagan_Marble Queen2.jpg
       
     
Self portrait with horns, 2020
       
     
Self portrait with horns, 2020

Wax, resin, pigment, wire mesh, Papier-mâché, epoxy, hair, feathers

11 x 17 x 10 inch

Self portrait with horns, 2020
       
     
Self portrait with horns, 2020

Wax, resin, pigment, wire mesh, Papier-mâché, epoxy, hair, feathers

11 x 17 x 10 inch

Purple rain, 2020
       
     
Purple rain, 2020

Wax, resin, pigment, epoxy clay, wood, oil paint, glitter, wool, hair extension

12 x 9 x 12 inch

Karen with rams in black & pink, 2021
       
     
Karen with rams in black & pink, 2021

Wax, resin, pigment, wire mesh,aluminum wire, plaster, epoxy clay, oil paint, glitter, hair, feather

9 x 9 x 12.5 inch

Self portrait in pink hair, 2020
       
     
Self portrait in pink hair, 2020

Wax, resin, pigment, oil, wire mesh, aluminum wire, plaster, epoxy, cloth

8 x 11 x 12 inch

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Nava Gidanian-Kagan_feet 2.jpg
       
     
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Caressing the vertical / Baby pink, 2020
       
     
Caressing the vertical / Baby pink, 2020

Wax, resin, pigment, cloth, ink on a cradled panel

20 x 12 x 4 inch

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