
karin averkin
drawings
mixed media
paintings
about my work
My work confronts the unstable boundary between nature and architecture. I am interested in what happens when structure begins to erode — when rigid systems meet organic force.
Using collage, I develop an archaeology of public space working with recovered fragments from my surroundings such as posters and advertisements. These materials carry cultural memory. Once tools of communication and consumption, they are dismantled and rebuilt into new spatial tensions where past and present collide.
In ink and acrylic, the process shifts. Gesture replaces control. Emotion leaves direct traces on the surface. These works emerge through impulse, allowing vulnerability and intensity to remain visible.
Nature, for me, is both landscape and metaphor — a reflection of human resilience, vulnerability, and transformation. Through the interplay of structure and fluidity, my compositions seek to invite contemplation and encourage a conscious focus on beauty, balance, and positive forces within our environments and ourselves.
Across mediums, my work negotiates construction and collapse, order and growth, structure and freedom.







