Christina Saj

Christina Saj is a contemporary artist whose work betrays a fascination with color and pattern while adapting forms assimilated from ancient traditions. Primarily a painter, her early training included work with Byzantine Iconographer, Petro Cholodny, the Younger, exposing her to a traditional, ancient methods of painting in egg tempera.

Today, she is always adapting and innovating her work to engage modern audiences in new ways with use of unusual materials and a focus on universal symbols with cross cultural references. Mythologies have always been a point of fascination for her, as these stories and symbols resonate with diverse peoples and help make sense of the world we live in.

Her work has been widely exhibited, including such venues as the Museum of Biblical Art, The National athedral, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, Union Theological Seminary, The Ukrainian Museum in New York, The Museum of Cultural Heritage (Kiev, Ukraine), the American Embassy in Qatar, as well as at the White House. Her works reside in private and museum collections in the US and abroad. She maintains an active studio in New Jersey where she welcomes commissions.

The Milton Avery Graduate School for the Arts Bard College; MFA; Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Sarah Lawrence College; BA Fine Art; Bronxville, NY
Wadham College, Oxford University; Oxford, England (Byzantine Art History)
Studio Art Center International; Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITS

Longing for What Belongs to Us, Fresh Air Montclair, 493 Bloomfield Ave curated by Mary Zee, Gallery 73 See, Montclair NJ 2020
RE:create – Christina Saj’s Transformative Paintings, Ukrainian Museum, NYC | 2019
Cruciform, Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta GA | 2014
Let the Angels Sing! 5th Avenue Presbyterian, New York, NY | 2012
Chorus of Angels, Christ Church Episcopal, Glen Ridge NJ | 2011
Angels, Shepherds and Kings Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta GA | 2011
On a Wing and A Prayer, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA | 2011
Images of Faith, Grantham Church, Grantham, PA | 2010
Form Seeking Expression, Marion Artistic Creations, Marian Library, University of Dayton, Dayton OH | 2010
The Six Days of Creation, New Brunswick Theological Seminary Chapel, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | 2008
Visions and Imaginings, artpsace 129, Montclair, NJ | 2006
Lisova Pisnia, UECC Gallery, Philadelphia PA | 2004
The Tree of Life, American Embassy, Doha, Qatar | 2004
Words and Images, works on paper The Rosalind & Alfred Lippman Gallery, Short Hills, NJ | 2003
Indomitable Spirit: Paintings of Faith, Hope and Remembrance The Interchurch Center, NY, NY | 2001
The Guiding Spirit, The Bible Techno...