Oleksiy Sai b. 1975
Overview
Oleksiy Sai (b. 1975, Kyiv, Ukraine) is the artist who uses different media, but is mostly known for his personal invention – the praxis of Exel-Art. Sai has been working with Excel software as a visual language resource since 2004. He graduated from the Kyiv College of Arts and Industries with a degree in graphic design in 1993, and from the Department of Easel Graphic Art at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in 2001. Sai showed in the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2009), the nationwide contemporary art prize for young Ukrainian artists.
Oleksiy Sai has recently been featured in important solo and group exhibitions, including Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition the Venice Biennial, Venice (IT); No Grey Zones, Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, FL, USA; Exhibition, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv (UA); A Letter from the Front – Лист з фронту at Haus der Kunst (DE); Hi-Resolution: Ukrainian Culture and Contemporary Art Now!, The James Gallery, NYC, US; She Asked, I Followed. Her Name Is After, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL, (US); Worth Fighting For at PinchukArtCentre, Cologne (DE); Permanent Revolution, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary; MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo in Rome (IT).
His work forms part of collections both public and private, including Ludwig Museum in Budapest, (HU), Museum of Odesa Modern Art (UA). Sai’s works have been covered and reviewed by The New York Times, The Gurdian and others.
Artworks
Exhibitions
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Avert Your Eyes
12 October - 10 December 2024Voloshyn Gallery presents a special pop-up exhibition Avert Your Eyes, on view on October 12 - December 10, 2024 in New York City, 25 Peck Slip. A phrase used to...Read more -
No Grey Zones
7 October - 29 November 2023 MiamiVoloshyn Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its first location in the U.S. in the bustling Allapattah district of Miami. The inaugural exhibition, ' Voloshyn Gallery is pleased...Read more -
Oleksiy Sai. Exhibition
17 August - 15 October 2023 KyivVoloshyn Gallery is pleased to present Exhibition , a solo show by Oleksiy Sai . Curated by Natalia Matsenko . The exhibition will run from August 17th to October 8th,...Read more -
Artists Know Better
8 October - 11 November 2022Voloshyn Gallery, together with Dallas Art Fair Projects, presents ARTISTS KNOW BETTER, an exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artists reflecting on the radical situation of russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Working...Read more -
In Place | Oleksiy Sai
27 May - 30 June 2022IN PLACE is a decentralized exhibition hosted by ten Miami based organizations presenting, parallel to their regular programs, one to three works from the portrait series We Become Better by...Read more -
She Asked, I Followed. Her Name Is After
24 April - 15 May 2022Fredric Snitzer Gallery and Voloshyn Gallery are proud to present a group show featuring Ukrainian artists such as Nikita Kadan, Pavlo Kerestey, Lesia Khomenko, Dana Kavelina, Oleksiy Sai, Mykola Ridnyi,...Read more -
Ukraine Relief Fundraiser
7 - 23 April 2022Fredric Snitzer Gallery in cooperation with Voloshyn Gallery present a contemporary art sale to aid Ukraine relief efforts. The exhibition will be on view starting Thursday, April 7th, through...Read more -
Memory on Her Face: Part II
1 - 25 April 2022Voloshyn Gallery is proud to present The Memory on Her Face: Part II , a group exhibition of Ukrainian artists featuring works by Nikita Kadan, Lesia Khomenko, Nikolay Karabinovych, Maria...Read more -
The Memory on her Face
5 February - 28 March 2022Voloshyn Gallery extended the pop-up show in Miami as the Ukrainian artists' peaceful protest against the war in Ukraine. “Voloshyn Gallery opened the pop-up exhibition The Memory on Her Face...Read more -
5 years ago
20 October - 14 November 2021 KyivVoloshyn Gallery presents a group project of Nikita Kadan, Lesia Khomenko, Oleksiy Sai, Mykola Ridnyi, Nikolay Karabinovych, Yevgen Samborsky, Vlada Ralko, and Volodymyr Budnikov in honor of the 5th anniversary...Read more -
What Am I Doing Here?
15 November - 16 December 2018 KyivVoloshyn Gallery is proud to present the solo exhibition of Oleksiy Sai, entitled What Am I Doing Here? What Am I Doing Here? is a new urban micro-series that further...Read more
Press
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Voloshyn Gallery, Miami | Bmore Art
Laurie Rojas, Hyudai Artlab, 5 December 2023 -
Voloshyn Gallery, Miami | The Art Newspaper
Carlie Porterfield, The Art Newspaper, 5 December 2023 -
Voloshyn Gallery | The Art Newspaper
Benjamin Sutton, The Art Newspaper, 13 April 2023 -
The Memory on Her Face | The New York Times
Brett Sokol, The New York Times, 28 February 2022
Art Fairs
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Felix Art Fair 2024
28 February - 3 March 2024Voloshyn Gallery is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in the Felix Art Fair with a selection of works by international contemporary artists including Erika...Read more -
EXPO CHICAGO 2023
13 - 16 April 2023Voloshyn Gallery presents a project by Mykola Ridnyi and Oleksiy Sai at EXPO CHICAGO . Refuges . Bomb shelters. We overlook them in usual, peaceful...Read more -
viennacontemporary 2022
8 - 11 September 2022Voloshyn Gallery participates in the international fair of modern art viennacontemporary, where it presents the project of Ukrainian artists Lesia Khomenko, Oleksiy Sai and Maria...Read more -
NADA New York 2022
5 - 8 May 2022Voloshyn Gallery is proud to present the works of Ukrainian artists Lesia Khomenko, Maria Sulymenko, Vlada Ralko, Oleksiy Sai and Daniil Galkin at NADA New...Read more -
Untitled Art 2021
29 November - 4 December 2021Voloshyn Gallery is proud the present the works of Ukrainian artists Nikita Kadan and Oleksiy Sai at Untitled ART.Read more -
Dallas Art Fair 2021
11 - 14 November 2021Voloshyn Gallery participates in the Dallas Art Fair! This year at our booth at the Dallas Art fair we will present works by Nikita Kadan,...Read more -
EXPO CHGO ONLINE 2021
8 - 12 April 2021Voloshyn Gallery is proud to present on EXPO CHGO ONLINE artists like Nikita Kadan, Lesia Khomenko, Oleksiy Say and Artem Volokitin.Read more
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