Oleksiy Sai (b. 1975) Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Born in Kyiv in 1975. Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Represented by Voloshyn gallery (Miami, Kyiv)
EDUCATION
1995–2001 The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (specialised in easel graphics)
1990–1993 Kyiv Art and Industrial School (specialised in graphic design)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Smile!”, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2023 “Exhibition”, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 “Control freak“, Shukhlyada gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 “What am i doing here?“, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Personal exhibition, UkrPoshta Art Hub, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 “Distance Measuring“, Port creative hub, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017 “Lost or Found“, Bunsen Goetz Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
2017 “Temporary“, America House, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 “New Landscape”, Dymchuk Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 “Empire of Plenty”, Closer Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 “Excel-Art”, Bunsen Goetz Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
2015 “Worse Than Reality”, Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 “Vanishing Specie”, Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012 “Doom”, Instytutska Street Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 “Excel-Art”, Black SquareGallery, Miami, USA
2011“Waves of Joy”,BottegaGallery,Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 “All Colours of Our Monitor”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2010 “Welcome Attitude”, Tsekh Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 “Excel-Art”, Tsekh Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2007 “Excel-Art”, Tsekh Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003 “Flat Friends”, Marat Guelman Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 “Happy New Year”, Marat Guelman Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art after 2000. Glossary. Ukrainian House. Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 Tryvoha, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2024 Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, Venice (IT)
2024 Avert Your Eyes, Pop-up exhibition, Voloshyn Gallery, NYC, US
2023 No Grey Zones, Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, US
2023 Clamour, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Anniversary of Indifference. Ukrainian House – 30, Ukrainian House. Kyiv, Ukraine
2023 Ukraine Art Now! Artist Conversation, James Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2022 Hi-Resolution: Ukrainian Culture and Contemporary Art Now!, The James Gallery, NYC, US 2022 When Faith Moves Mountains, PinchukArt Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
2022 Artists Know Better, Voloshyn Gallery & Dallas Art Fair Projects, Dallas, TX, USA
2022 IN PLACE, a decentralised exhibition, Miami, FL, USA
2022 She Asked, I Followed. Her Name Is After, Fredric Snitzer Gallery&Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2022 UKRAINE RELIEF FUNDRAISER, Fredric Snitzer Gallery&Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, FL, USA 2022 The Memory on Her Face: Part II, Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2022 The Memory on Her Face, pop-up exhibition, Voloshyn Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2021 NordArt, Budelsdorf
2021 5 YEARS AGO, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 Danube dialogues, Novi Sad, Serbia
2019 New landscape, new portrait, HOHM, Khmelnytsky
2019 “Entropia”, Metaculture gallery, Kyiv
2019 “Uglification”, Metaculture gallery, Kyiv
2019 Plan B pop-up exhibition, Voloshyn Gallery, the former Paula Cooper Gallery space, New York, USA
2019 “Ludwig 30 – Always Contemporary”, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2018 “Permanent Revolution”, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2017 “We Hope for Your Understanding”, Closer Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017 “Artist’s Work”, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine 2016 “Kylym”, Zenko Foundation, Tatariv, Ukraine
2014 “Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now”, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014 “Ukraine. Road to Freedom”, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA
2014 “Ours”, Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2014 “I am a Drop in the Ocean”, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2014 “Amnezia Project”, SoundOut International Festival, Berlin, Germany
2014 “The Show within the Show”, Mystetsky Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 “Freedom Square”, Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2013 “Ukrainian Contemporary Artists”, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 “Blinded by Beauty”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 5th Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art, Odessa, Ukraine
2013 “Matrix/Collective Memory”, Black Square Gallery, Miami, USA
2013 “Terrain Orientation”, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
2012 Arsenale 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 Kyiv Sculpture Project, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, USA
2010 “Abstract Vision Test”, Ya Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2010 “Picture’s Manager”, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 “Exhibition of the 20 shortlisted artists for the PinchukArtCentre Prize”, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
2008 “Without Brain”, Paleko Arch Studija, Vilnius, Lithuania
1995 “One Year in Jail”, Squint Caponnier Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
RESIDENCIES
2017 Cittadellarte–Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
2012–2017 Biruchiy Contemporary Art Project, Biruchiy, Ukraine
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi Regional Art Museum, Ukraine