"Continuum" Sculpture

Naja Utzon Popov works across sculpture, ceramics and textile, drawing on material, texture and form to create pieces that sit between object and space. Her work — from monumental stone and slate columns to intimate ceramic vessels — is guided by a quiet, tactile sensibility rooted in Danish design tradition, while remaining distinctly sculptural in intent.
Collaborations with names such as Carl Hansen & Son, Rosendahl and VIPP, alongside placements in hospitality and architectural
projects including Restaurant Noma, Royal Hospital Copenhagen
(with 3XN Architects) and Lovell Chen Architects, reflect a practice equally at home in gallery, interior and public space. Each piece is
made by hand in her Copenhagen studio, where process and material remain as central to the work as the final form.
Naja works directly with clients, architects and interior designers around the world to create unique and site-specific artworks.Naja’s works of art reflect a modern edge derived directly from the simplicity of the natural surroundings and aesthetic sensitivity in which she has been immersed all her life. These influences find expression in her work, where she translates her encounters with nature into sculptures, ceramics, glassware and textiles.
Among some of Najas major works have been a gravity-defying clay sculpture for the Rosendahl A/S corporate headquarters in Copenhagen. A monumental outdoor sculpture entitled 'Gathering', which rises from the ground like ancient columns formed from Welsh slate, was commissioned for the corporate collection of the Danish organisation, Humana as well as ceramic sculpture installations for Saks Fifth Aves art collection in both NYC and in Puerto Rico.
Naja’s sculpture Continuum was selected for Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney and received the Danish, Australian, New Zealand Friendship Associations Artist Award. Currently Naja is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale showing her biggest artwork to date, Momentum.
Naja works directly with clients, architects and interior designers around the world to create unique and site-specific artworks as well as rugs.