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Sasha Q

Artist member since 2023
Toronto, ON

My name is Sasha Q (born Oleksandra Stepanenko), and I’m an artist from Kyiv, Ukraine, currently based in Toronto, Canada.

Graduate of Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design. In February 2022, I was forced to flee my home, studio, and body of work due to the Russian invasion - a rupture that profoundly shaped my creative path.

My art is a meditative exploration of consciousness, nostalgia, and transformation, where deeply personal experience meets the metaphysical. I examine where the mysterious nature of consciousness and illusion intersect in my metamorphic colour theory-based pieces, reflecting both the historical shifts of my homeland and the broader transition into a digital age worldwide.

Work

Main
Reveal
  • Sasha Q
  • 40" x 30" x 1.5"
  • $3000 buy
#floral #sci-fi #abstract #realism #dreamcore
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  • Sasha Q
  • 30" x 40" x 1.5"
  • $3000 buy
#sea #dreamcore #immersive #abstract #fashion
Burnt
  • Sasha Q
  • 40" x 30" x 1.5"
  • $2000 buy
#dreamcore #surrealism #fire #immersive #dark
Conflux
  • Sasha Q
  • 36" x 48" x 1.5"
  • $3000 buy
#fashion #cubes #surrealism #realism #immersive
Vicinity
  • Sasha Q
  • 40" x 30" x 1.5"
  • $2000 buy
#landscape #portrait #monolith #dark #dreamcore
Disjoint
  • Sasha Q
  • 48" x 60" x 1.5"
  • $4000 buy
#geometrical #immersive #surrealism #dark #dreamcore
Other Worlds
Salt of Black Sea (Other Worlds pt. XXXV)
  • Sasha Q
  • 48" x 36"
  • $4700 buy
#realism #dreamcore #dmt #surrealism #abstract
Soledar: Salt of Earth (pt. XXXIV)
  • Sasha Q
  • 48" x 36"
  • $3300 buy
#desert #immersive #realism #abstract #dune
Sheer
  • Sasha Q
  • 24" x 36"
  • $1800 buy
#monolith #realism #surrealism #dark #immersive
Other Worlds collection
Other Worlds pt.I
  • Sasha Q
  • 27" x 19" x 1"
  • Sold
#dreamcore #surrealism #ocean #immersive

Inside the Studio

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Upcoming Exhibitions
2024-12-07

Nathan Phillips Square, Booth #E303
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Accolades
2015


Contemporary Art Biennale Prize “For the original performance, best surreal story - 2015” Bratislava, Slovakia

Press
2024

Trending Canada
Meet Sasha Q: This Ukrainian Artist is Transforming the World through Her Art Amidst War

2023

CBC Arts
Sasha Q had to leave all her art in Ukraine — so she made 20 paintings in a month for this show

2021

L'Officiel
Art Seasons. Verbalisation: 16 young Ukrainian artists will show their works in Kyiv

2018

Artslooker
Alexandra Stepanenko: “Burning Man is a qualitatively new level of creative communication”

Residencies
2020

Art residence curated by 'Pixelated Realities' under grant support of Ukrainan Cultural Foundation Odesa, Ukraine
"VERY DIGITAL ART RESIDENCE"

Education
2011

Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boychuk
Bachelor in Graphic Design

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