Contemporary Sculpture

Mia van der Kop

Mia is a ceramic sculptor creating abstract figures that reflect her feelings and personal experiences. She translates the images in her mind directly into clay.

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Portrait of Mia van der Kop

Mia van der Kop

Sculptor · Based in West Vancouver, British Columbia

Mia fell in love with clay in Kuwait and now works from her home and community studios in West Vancouver. She creates sculptures that reflect her experience with cancer, epilepsy, and migraines, and what brings her joy: namely, love. Each piece reflects what was going in her life at the time she created them.

She is drawn to pushing the technical limits of clay, creating figures with cantilevered elements, continuous loops, and open negative space.