Oleksiy Sai b. 1975

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.