Karina Smagulova (b. Greece) is an artist and designer of Armenian and Kazakh heritage, living and working in London.

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Her practice explores the relationship between ancient craft, form, and identity, using clay as a vessel for self-reflection. Drawing on her architectural training and an intuitive approach to balancing asymmetry, Smagulova’s work understands the sculpture as a living body—embodying the tension between restriction and expansion.

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Smagulova’s layered lineage, marked by migration, informs her exploration of movement as a search for belonging. Through The Women Project, she creates space for otherwise unspoken her-stories to become visible, tracing the spiritual and ancestral legacies embedded in material practice.

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Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at London Craft Week, Maud & Mabel, Collect Art Fair, Isetan Mitsukoshi (Tokyo), and Thrown Contemporary.