Born in Moscow into a family of artists, Sasha Sokolova is an award winning contemporary realist painter, working across a range of traditional oil and water colour techniques. Her current works explore a variety of themes spanning the human figure and nature and feature many of the travel destinations from which she draws much of her inspiration.
Sasha graduated with honours from the Sergey Andriyaki School of Watercolour and Fine Arts in Moscow and went on to complete a Masters of Fine Arts at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Sasha was selected as the only Russian artist to work on the Oscar nominated "Loving Vincent", the first fully painted feature film.
Sasha exhibits regularly in Russia and throughout Europe. In 2021 Sasha’s painting “The Last Portrait” was awarded Honourable Mention in ModPortrait 2021 and in 2024 was a winner of People’s Choice Award (HSF Portrait Award)
Her works are held in private collections around the world, including Australia, Canada, United States, Great Britain, throughout Europe and Russia. Based in Moscow.
Awards
People’s Choice Award 2024 - HSF Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Honourable Mention Award - Mod Portrait 2021, MEAM, Barcelona
Art Fairs
2021 Cosmoscow, Digital Art Expo & 1artchannel NFT, Moscow, Russia
2022 Art Basel Miami Artfair, USA
2024 Catalog Art Fair, Art Story Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2024 Kontur, Art Story Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Residencies
2023 Riad Jardin Secret, Morocco
Selected past exhibitions
Solos:
2025 “Sun Gods” Art Story Galley, Moscow, Russia
2023 “Life Still” JAGGI Space, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022-23 “Under The Sunbeams” ERARTA Contemporary Art Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
2021 “LIFE STILL” The CUBE art gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020 “Parallel Worlds” Kvartira S Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020 “Splash” Online Exhibition, President Hotel, Moscow, Russia
2020 “364 Days” President Hotel, Moscow, Russia
2019 “Splash!” ARTIS gallery, Winzavod Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2018 Project "364 Days" Pop Up Museum, Moscow, Russia
2017 "Momentos" Vinogradov Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 "Conversations" Sztuka Wyboru, Gdansk, Poland
Group:
2024 Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024, National Portrait Gallery, London
2024 “And God created Woman” Vostochnaya Gallery, Sochi, Russia
2024 “3 Chapters of women life” Art Story Gallery, Moscow, Russia
MOD PORTRAIT 2021 (Honourable Mention) MEAM Barcelona, Spain
MOD PORTRAIT 2021 Zaragosa, Spain
2021 “On the sunny side” Milliart Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020 “Flowers for Doctors” Multimedia Art Museum MAMM, Moscow, Russia
2019 “Gorod 2.0” ARTIS gallery, Winzavod Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2019 Art weekend "Big city life" ARTIS gallery, Winzavod Art Center, Moscow, Russia
"Loving Vincent" Barvikha Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia
2016 "Perception" - Sztuka Wyboru, Gdansk, Poland