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All the works of Elias Popa are copyrighted. Any use of the images outside the permission of the artist will be prosecuted and/or destroyed by karmic cosmic reasons. Shame on your for even thinking of it. 

I finally finished my year long artist residency with Spark & Echo this last month. It was a big learning experience and challenging in a lot of ways. But illuminating in every way. This Untitled work is individually hand planted blades of grass
Happy International Artist Day. I used to be embarrassed to be an artist. When people ask, what do you do? I felt like I was lying to them when I would say I am an artist and a curator. Have you ever felt imposter syndrome? The feeling that no matter
Living in New York can be really hard, especially for someone like me. It's so easy for me to compare myself. In a matter of seconds, thoughts like I'm not good enough, sexy enough, or talented enough take over my brain. I'm always so embarrassed by
Murmurations. This work showed at Dartmouth last year in the Buoyancy show. Over 7,000 folded pieces of paper joined together inspired by the flight patterns of starling birds. For me, each paper was a meditative place. Monotonous motions and repetit
For so long. I've avoided posting on instagram. For those of you who know me, it's a deep internal struggle. As an artist and creator, I struggle with comparison and find it to be a deep source of pain and depression. At the same time, I find myself
Out of all the artworks I've seen on my travels, shows I've curated, artists I've met, and exhibits I've been to, this work will always be one of my favourite. Because it just is. And it happens to be hanging in my bathroom. @markdchou collecting lik
One of my favourite artists at the Waterfall show, the gallery where I used to work. The artist had a small room in Korea where she changed the environment over and over again and photographs herself in these creative portraits and storylines. Love h
5 years and traveling all over the world together: Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, Cambodia, Canada, and here now. This guy has unceasingly surprised and inspired me with his fearless approach to the world. He'd been living in Spain and t
Thank you to @zaqho for letting me be his plus one to a talk on protest and resistance in art at the Gug. Although the panelists all avoided my question, I still learned a lot. Here's to nights in New York with one of your closest friends discussing
I couldn't be more excited for the new art installation coming up. Talented designer @hasauce93 is at the helm and creating some beautiful work. Stay tuned.
Dissecting a bird during studio time today. Being reborn into something even more beautiful than before.