EKATERINA POPOVA
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The Studio Mentorship with Ekaterina Popova
A 90-day private mentorship to build a standout, cohesive portfolio and establish a sustainable studio rhythm, allowing consistent sales and industry recognition to become the natural byproduct of your work.
Create a strong body of work, show up like a professional, and be seen, supported, and celebrated.
Ready to step into the spotlight?
Imagine stepping back into your studio and seeing a cohesive, professional body of work that reflects your skills, vision, and artistic voice. You have created a collection so strong and undeniably powerful that sharing it with the world feels like an entirely natural next step.
You prioritize your creativity and well-being to create honest, distinctive work that tells a story and makes you proud of your style and hand.
This is the turning point for an artist who is ready to step into the next level of mastery, recognition, and abundance. You are ready to move past scattered projects and move confidently into the spotlight.
You want your work to be celebrated by curators, recognized by publications, and acquired by serious collectors. You want the deep, grounding fulfillment of being a working artist whose vision is fully and financially supported through multiple revenue streams.
Stepping into the spotlight with a strong art portfolio
Stepping into the spotlight with a strong art portfolio
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A cohesive, professional body of work you are proud to show, finished and ready to share
Multiple revenue streams that support your vision, from original sales to grants and brand projects
A visibility strategy that feels like you, from newsletters to confident direct outreach
Curators, publications, galleries, and serious collectors paying attention to your work
A clear artist brand, so your portfolio, social media, and studio conversations all lead to sales
Imagine 90 days from now...
What becomes possible
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Victoria J. Fry, artist and founder of Visionary Art Collective
"I was once on a career path where my growth, both creatively and financially, had a ceiling. Today, I've built a business and career far beyond what I could have imagined."
introducing...
The Studio Mentorship
The Studio Mentorship is a 90-day private container designed to make this your reality.
Together, we will edit your current body of work and map out a precise portfolio strategy. We will clarify your brand so that your social media, direct outreach, and studio conversations all lead to confident, joyful sales.
The core themes we work on together:
Building a sustainable rhythm around your best work.
We will map out a three to six month strategy to finish your paintings, refine your techniques, and build a portfolio you are deeply proud of.
The Practice and Portfolio Strategy
Cultivating the inner dialogue of a successful artist.
We will tackle limiting beliefs, build profound trust in yourself, and draw inspiration from your role models to create success from the inside out.
Your Artist Identity
Presenting yourself to the world with absolute clarity.
We will elevate your online portfolio and map out a visibility strategy covering newsletters, social media principles, and confident direct outreach.
The Artist Brand and Visibility
Building the ecosystem to be celebrated.
We will target media features, secure PR, and position you to attract gallery representation and exciting brand projects.
Attracting Quality Partners and Support
Transforming your cohesive work into consistent revenue.
We will organize your income streams, refine your bio and statement templates, and build a reliable strategy for selling original art and securing grants.
Making Money
Curatorial Review
You receive ongoing, personalized feedback on your body of work to ensure your portfolio stands out in any submission pile and connects instantly with buyers.
Private Workweek Voice Coaching
True transformation happens in the space between our calls.
You will have direct access to me via private voice notes Monday through Friday.
Whether you are actively problem-solving a painting technique, navigating a sudden wave of imposter syndrome, or negotiating a price with a collector, I am right there in the studio with you.
Bi-Weekly Strategy Sessions
Every other week, we meet one-on-one via Zoom to map out your strategy, edit your work, and tackle the specific mechanics of generating sales and pitching your brand.
SUCCESS STORIES
Sarah Glupker, Artist
Working with Kat as my coach has been a life-changing experience and truly a game-changer for my art career. She helped me overcome any fears and doubts and showed me how to honor my creative worth. I developed a price system for my work that is sustainable and supports me and my family, and her guidance is still helping me take my art career to new heights.
"The highest amount I have ever been paid for a painting."
Camille Myles, Artist
After taking a long break from exhibiting and creating seriously, I felt lost and unsure of my next steps. Ekaterina became the guide I needed to navigate my career again, helping me clarify my vision, strengthen my mindset, and take meaningful steps to build my practice and exposure. I've grown my body of work, shared it with the world, and stepped fully into my voice as an artist.
"The dreams I set with her guidance have truly come to life."
Tracy von Ahsen, Artist
be bold!
Working with Kat totally cracked me open in ways I wasn't expecting. She meets you with unending resources and dialed in strategies for your craft that are practical, specific, and immediately usable. Then she takes you deeper, into the core beliefs underneath, which is where real, sustained change happens.
"With Kat as a guiding light, you rise to a higher level of excellence."
- Charlie J. Meyers
you're in the right place.
Breaking through the noise.
Over the last decade of creating my own studio practice, exhibiting and selling my work internationally, getting featured in the press, running an independent contemporary art publication, and navigating my own devoted painting practice, I have seen exactly what it takes to break through.
It is never about forcing yourself to hustle, changing your subject matter, or taking endless painting courses (though I love to keep learning and growing too). It is about trusting your vision, showing up, sticking to a broad theme that inspires you to keep creating, acting as your own curator, and applying a clear marketing and business strategy to build a unified artist identity that gets paid.
When your work is uniquely yours, you finish what you start, and show up like a professional, the sales naturally follow. Gallery partnerships open up. Media features align. Brand invites pop into your inbox.
You stop second-guessing your value and start living like an artist who is respected no matter what.
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By the end of 90 days, you will...
I'm right there in the studio with you.
Why the Studio Mentorship works
This is a highly intimate, high-touch space built on seven years of certified coaching experience, a decade of independent publishing, and insights gathered from helping nearly 100 private clients build sustainable creative businesses and thousands of group coaching clients.
You are gaining a highly trained curatorial eye and a proven strategic framework for making money.
A highly intimate, high-touch space.