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cristina popovici


Cristina Popovici transposes bold gestures in an action painting approach to her canvases, arresting their spontaneous and raw energy for our contemplation and visual delight. Her technqiue involves a combination of instant brush strokes and slow motion pouring; the results are vivid, rhythmic and sensuous.

Popovici works with a number of different supports such as traditional canvas, Perspex, PVC, fibre glass, and metal stencils; as well as different paint mediums ranging from industrial paint, glass paint, ink, plaster, acrylic, spray paints and oils. These materials are a means to express her unique visual vocabulary of techniques developed over years of practice.

Letting her materials and physical energy guide the process is key to creation of the work, as the artist describes: "I do not sketch new works prior to making them, instead there is a process of internalization where energy and emotion grows and builds until it bursts through my gestures and transposes on the canvas. I always say that there is no separation between body, mind and spirit, in the sense that the body is like a vessel for the energy to express itself. Therefore where I get inspired from is not as relevant as how I process it."

Popovici draws on a foundation of 
classical Fine Arts training; yet finds freedom in the modes of abstract expressionism. Popovici has over 30 years of exhibition history in New Zealand and Australia, with works in public and private collections.

EXHIBITION LINKS
Aotearoa Art Fair 2024 | here
Suspended Garden 2025 | here
With a range of tools, Popovici transposes bold gestures to her canvases, arresting their spontaneous and raw energy for our contemplation and visual delight. ​

AVAILABLE WORKS


Cristina Popovici Suspended III Mixed Media on Canvas 2024 1140 x 2650mm 2025
Cristina Popovici
Suspended III
Mixed Media on Canvas 2024
1140 x 2650mm
2025
​$12,000
​
Available
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​Cristina Popovici
Suspended Garden - Grenadier
Mixed Media on Canvas 2024
2000 x 1800mm 
2024
​$16,500
​
Available
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Cristina Popovici Unravelling Pink Mixed Media on Canvas 1450 x 2500mm 2023 $17,000Picture
Cristina Popovici
Unravelling Pink
Mixed Media on Canvas
1450 x 2500mm
2023
$17,000
​Available
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Cristina Popovici Suspended Garden - Center Stage II Mixed Media on Canvas 1700 x 1500mm 2025
​Cristina Popovici
Suspended Garden - Center Stage II
Mixed Media on Canvas
1700 x 1500mm
2025
​$15,000
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Available
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Cristina Popovici Diptych Mixed Media on Canvas
Cristina Popovici
Candles in the Rain (Diptych)
Mixed Media on Canvas

1520 x 1830mm​
2005
​$10,000
​
Available
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Cristina Popovici Suspended Garden - Alluring Mixed Media on Canvas  1700 x 1500mm 2025
​Cristina Popovici
Suspended Garden - Alluring
Mixed Media on Canvas 
1700 x 1500mm
2025
$15,000
​
Available
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Cristina Popovici Suspended Garden -Half Shark Half Butterfly Reservoir Mixed Media on Canvas 2000 x 1800mm 2024
​Cristina Popovici
Suspended Garden -Half Shark Half Butterfly Reservoir
Mixed Media on Canvas
2000 x 1800mm
2024
​$16,500
​
Available
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Cristina Popovici Suspended Garden - Grenadier Mixed Media on Canvas 2024 2000 x 1800mm  2024
Cristina Popovici
Fabric of a Feeling
Mixed Media on Canvas
2200 x 1800mm
2024
$18,000
​​​
​Available
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Cristina Popovici
In- Formation I 
Mixed Media on Canvas
2200 x 1800mm
2023
$18,000
​Available
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Cristina Popovici 3PM Mixed Media on Canvas 1820 x 1220mm 2024
Cristina Popovici
3PM
Mixed Media on Canvas
1820 x 1220mm
2024
$14,000
​Available 
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Cristina Popovici
Aura Silver
Mixed Media on Metal with colour changing light
1000mm Diameter
2024
$5,000
​Available 
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Cristina Popovici 9PM Mixed Media on Canvas 1820 x 1220mm 2024
Cristina Popovici
9PM
Mixed Media on Canvas
1820 x 1220mm
2024
$14,000 ​
​Available
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Cristina Popovici
Frame of Mind- Magenta
​
Oil on Canvas (Mixed Media Frame)
540 x 440mm
2023
$2900
​​Available
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Cristina Popovici
Tropical Black (Diptych)
Mixed Media on Canvas
2650 x 2300mm
2023
$20,000
​Available
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Cristina Popovici Frame of Mind Chrome ​Oil on Canvas (Mixed Media Frame) 540 x 440mm 2023Picture
Cristina Popovici
Frame of Mind- Chrome
​
Oil on Canvas (Mixed Media Frame)
540 x 440mm
2023
$2900
​​Available
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Cristina Popovici Yin ​Mixed Media on Laser Cut Aluminium 1840 x 910mm 2024Picture
Cristina Popovici
Yin
​Mixed Media on Laser Cut Aluminium
1840 x 910mm
2024
$6,500
​Edition of 5
Last Edition Available
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Cristina Popovici
Yin and Yang Pair
Laser Cut Aluminium, Back-lit with Miniature LED
2000 x 2000mm approx (pair)
2024
$12,000 for Pair
​Edition of 5
​Available
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Cristina Popovici
Yin- Abstract
​Mixed Media on Laser Cut Aluminium
Hand Painted Finish (unique)

1840 x 910mm
$7,200
Available
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Cristina Popovici Yang ​Mixed Media on Laser Cut Aluminium, Back-lit with Miniature LED 2000 x 1100mm  2024Picture
Cristina Popovici
Yang
Hand Finished Laser Cut Aluminium, 
​Back-lit with Miniature LED

2000 x 1100mm 
2024
$6,500
​Edition of 5, Edition 2-5 Available
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PAST WORKS


"Euphoria I", Mixed Media on Canvas, 
1700 x 1600mm, 2023, 
SOLD
Cristina Popovici- "Orange Tide", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1500 x 2780mm, 2023
Cristina Popovici, "Euphoria II", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1700 x 1600mm, 2023
Cristina Popovici, "Tidal Wave (Blue)", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1800 x
2700mm, 2023, SOLD
Cristina Popovici "Anatomy of a Feeling", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1800 x 2500mm, 2024
Cristina Popovici, "9PM", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1820 x 1220mm, 2024
Cristina Popovici-"Frame of Mind- Citron", ​Oil on Canvas (Mixed Media Frame), 440 x 340mm, 2023, SOLD
Cristina Popovici "Unfolding Red", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1820 x 1220mm, 2023
Cristina Popovici "Binary Blue", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1800 x 1600mm, 2024
Cristina Popovici "After Dark", Mixed Media on Canvas, ​930 x 620mm, 2024
Cristina Popovici "Burst", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1200 x 900mm , 2025
Cristina Popovici "Fabric of feelings -Vortex", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1800 x 1600mm, 2024
Cristina Popovici "Suspended II", Mixed Media on Canvas, 1130 x 2660mm​, 2025

CRISTINA POPOVICI ARTWORKS IN SITU


Cristina Popovici at Black Door Gallery
Cristina Popovici - In Situ. Private Residence, Auckland
Cristina Popovici at Black Door Gallery
Cristina Popovici at Black Door Gallery
Cristina Popovici - In Situ. Private Residence, Auckland
Cristina Popovici - In Situ. Private Residence, Auckland
Cristina Popovici in the Studio | 2025
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