Meet the Artist
Sasha
Shevchenko
aka. Lyusterko, Cross-disciplinary installation
“Any origin starts with an act of creation - a sweeping of thread, a linking of name and body, an installation, a setting up of something. Origin is not perfect, nor is it static. We are all carriers of origin stories, even as we move - granular and fragmented. ”

Sasha Shevchenko is a Ukrainian, Tkaronto/Toronto based interdisciplinary artist. Inspired by her experience as a Ukrainian person of diaspora, her practice bridges interests in sculpture, textile, archaeology, and intimate ethnography. By combining contemporary and ancient story-telling methods, Shevchenko creates propositional spaces where tradition has the opportunity to whimsically extend into cultural futures.
Textile Assemblage Ukrainian Ethnography Experimental Photography Digital media
2021, Mary Ella Dignam Scholarship
Women's Art Association of Canada
2020, Mariano Elia Foundation Scholarship
OCAD University
2020, VAM’s 42nd Annual Jury Show Third Prize Winner
Art Gallery of Mississauga
2020, Andre Beaulieu Bursary
OCAD University
2019, Sully Corth Memorial Fund Scholarship
OCAD University

Installation
01 Twice Bound, Once Removed, Born Quick, Born Tangled, Detail
Textiles
02 Twice Bound, Once Removed, Born Quick, Born Tangled, Detail
Digital Media
03 Twice Bound, Once Removed, Born Quick, Born Tangled, Detail
Installation
04 Twice Bound, Once Removed, Born Quick, Born Tangled, Detail
Sculpture
05 Twice Bound, Once Removed, Born Quick, Born Tangled, Detail
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