Sasha Kitaeva

I was born in Kyiv in Soviet residential area in 1988. I was always into art: my dad taught me how to draw, I loved going to museums with my grandma and singing for my family.

The first collage I’ve ever made was on the door of my room. I found old magazines and cut all the human eyes out of them. I stick them all to the door. There were like lots, lots of eyes. Big and small, all colors and shapes. I also wrote down on my door: «There are exactly as many stars in the sky as there are our eyes». It was a quote from my favorite song.

When I grew up I dedicated myself to teaching children. I think children are the best people to deal with. So making art helps me to get in touch with my inner child.

Collages are my passion. I do both — analog and digital collages. it’s a kind of meditation for me. I like placing ordinary objects in an unexpectable context to create thought-provoking images. I try to rethink the perception of everyday life and open up new bundles of meanings to familiar things.

It’s also my way to sublimate. Life in a big city provides lots of existential experiences: anxiety, stress, fear of the future, desire of closeness and striving for freedom. All these feelings are sometimes hard to live wit...

2021
Triptych Mushroom kingdom, Cutout/First Ukrainian contemporary collage festival/Kyiv, Ukraine

2021
Artwork "Bound as One" included in the first issue of collage zine Horror Vacui ”Comunidad/Community”
/Santiago, Chile

2021
Artwork "Blooming Anticipation" included in an Exhibition Highlights eBook "Hope"/Glasgow, United Kingdom

2021
Artwork "Blooming Anticipation", An exhibition of Analogue, Digital, Mixed Media & Video collage/Glasgow, United Kingdom
2019
Artwork “See yourself in the future”, Plasticwood exhibition/Kyiv, Ukraine.
2009
Artwork “The cat with a jelly-fish soul”, Pro Tails exhibition in the national museum in Cherkassy (Ukraine).
2008
Artwork “The creator, The destroyer”/School of Visual communication/Kyiv, Ukraine