Sophie Yotova aka Octophina is a self-taught Bulgarian abstract artist, creative coach, and mental health educator.
After spending her 20s trapped in the rat race, Octophina hit rock bottom in her early thirties and making art accidentally saved her life. She got diagnosed with bipolar disorder and BPD at 32 and found herself at the edge of suicide. Out of desperation, Octophina started making abstract doodles to tell visual stories about her painful experiences and struggles with mental illness.
Her doodles unexpectedly empowered her to use her creativity to re-sculpt her identity, re-design her reality, and re-write her story.
After drawing more than 100 artworks in less than a year, Octophina crafted her unique recognizable style. She used her art making process to design her own system for visual communication, which she teaches to people around the world as a tool for self-expression and emotion processing.
Octophina makes bold art to trigger important conversations on difficult subjects, such as mental health, suicide, eating disorders, miscarriage, cancer, addiction and other shared human experiences. She makes art with anything she can play with on any canvas she can find. The materials she uses involve snakeskin, food, glow in the dark paint, make-up, and many more.
Sophie Yotova aka Octophina is a self-taught Bulgarian abstract artist, creative coach, and mental health educator.
After spending her 20s trapped in the rat race, Octophina hit rock bottom in her early thirties and making art accidentally saved her life. She got diagnosed with bipolar disorder and BPD at 32 and found herself at the edge of suicide. Out of desperation, Octophina started making abstract doodles to tell visual stories about her painful experiences and struggles with mental illness.
Her doodles unexpectedly empowered her to use her creativity to re-sculpt her identity, re...
Biography
Sophie Yotova aka Octophina is a self-taught Bulgarian abstract artist, creative coach, and mental health educator.
After spending her 20s trapped in the rat race, Octophina hit rock bottom in her early thirties and making art accidentally saved her life. She got diagnosed with bipolar disorder and BPD at 32 and found herself at the edge of suicide. Out of desperation, Octophina started making abstract doodles to tell visual stories about her painful experiences and struggles with mental illness.
Her doodles unexpectedly empowered her to use her creativity to re-sculpt her identity, re-design her reality, and re-write her story.
After drawing more than 100 artworks in less than a year, Octophina crafted her unique recognizable style. She used her art making process to design her own system for visual communication, which she teaches to people around the world as a tool for self-expression and emotion processing.
Octophina makes bold art to trigger important conversations on difficult subjects, such as mental health, suicide, eating disorders, miscarriage, cancer, addiction and other shared human experiences. She makes art with anything she can play with on any canvas she can find. The materials she uses involve snakeskin, food, glow in the dark paint, make-up, and many more.
