Oleksii Shcherbak was born in 1997 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. He presently studies at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, having completed a degree at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The artist lives and documents a multilayered reflective experience through mysterious and sentimental characters. These reflections take on a three-dimensional form of a subconscious and unstructured moving mass of sensations combined with mythical chimeras and portraits of heroes on canvas.
Oleksii works with galleries and Art Centres from all over the world, participates exhibitions and art fairs . His works are in private collections in Europe , England , USA and China.The artist created a large series of illustrations for board games , books and design of characters for video games in his recognisable style.
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Mainly reflect on the topics of memory, fluidity of time and grace of internal sensory experience, strives to capture the most intimate description of the hero with full inconsistencies and absurdity of his portrait.
Through the rethinking and reinterpretation of traditional figurative painting and the portraiture Oleksii is trying to discover new facets in those directions.
Moved by strong feelings of nostalgia about ‘not existing’ life 5 years old artist believed that every character he drew was born on another planet, somewhere very far away that still staying one of the leading theme in his artistic path
An artist fascinated by the realms of escapism and sublimation, how they open the way for us to explore the world in a unique and magical way. In his artistic practice, he strives to create enigmatic characters and construct a magic universe that invites viewers to embark on an extraordinary journey.
Selected exhibitions
[2024] “Dante’s Inferno” group show, Unit Gallery , London
[2024] « The Secret Garden », group show, 11 Contemporary Art Center , Shenzhen
[2024] “Realism now” |MEAM| The European Museum of Modern Art , group show , Barcelona
[2024] “Victims of Grenouilles” solo exhibition , Rukh Art Hub & Mriya Gallery , Tribeca , New York
[2023] « Crash » , Ecole des Beaux-arts, group show, Paris
[2023] Test Gallery, solo exhibition, Barcelona
[2022] « Duo » , solo project with Valeria Vertii , The Atelier/Gallery SCI Tribeca Studio , Paris
[2021] Art market Budapest
[2021] Art-fair « Paper positions » Berlin
[2020] "Isolation Collection, Description of a Struggle," online exhibition , Prague
[2018] "Graphics-2018” All-Ukrainian Exhibition , ‘House of Artists’ , Kyiv
[2018] "Escape" solo exhibition, Educatorium, Kyiv
Publications/articles
-Article “Oleksii Shcherbak; All eyes on Paris” Unit Gallery, 2024
-The Guide Artists Magazine -Special of Oleksii Shcherbak, Spain/USA 2024
-Nebo Booklab Publishing « Love and the beyond » A collection of Gothic novels (illustrator) 2023
-«Emerging Art in Ukraine » CP publishing, 2022
-Nebo Booklab Publishing « Jane Eyre » (illustrator) 2021
-Italian magazine “Contemporary Identities” article 2021.