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Sasha Krautman (b. 1995) was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia. After completing her degree in architecture and interior design, she travelled the world for nearly a decade running an architecture visualisation studio, until she found her new home, love and family in Australia.

 

She has been making art throughout as a way to reconnect with the physical world, developing her style and technique, and exhibiting across Australia, USA, Asia and Europe.

She now works and lives in Sydney, spending a few weeks a year with her family in Russia.

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Sasha's work captures nature through landscapes and zoomed-in textures, integrating them with figurative scenes and storytelling. Through gentle introspection and attention to detail, her work invites viewers to reconnect with the physical world outside of the screen life that occupies so much of our time.

Visually it has two directions: the main approach combines two or more images into a checkerboard pattern, where each square looks like a tiny abstraction, but together they compose two distinct melodies that sing in harmony with each other. It engages our brain and eyes in an exciting play of shifting between two scenes—first viewing them separately, then noticing similarities and crossovers, and finally seeing how they merge into one another. Sasha finds the most joy in exploring visual freedom within the strict structure of geometric forms, a framework that allows her body of work to remain cohesive regardless of the subjects she chooses.

The second direction is round miniature works capturing vast landscapes with a tiny 'hero' walking through each of them, inspired by the Jane Austen quote "What are men to rocks and mountains?"

Having developed her own drawing technique, Sasha works exclusively with coloured pencils. Mounting paper to wooden panels, she hand-frames each piece with vintage leather, adding a distinctive finish without using conventional framing. This handmade approach—from the meticulous pencil work to the leather finishing—reinforces her commitment to slow, tactile creation, inviting viewers to pause and engage with art that rewards patient, careful observation.

Exhibitions & Awards

2025 Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award Finalist

2025 Beautiful Bizarre Emerging Artist Finalist

 

2025

Dec 3-7  AQUA MIAMI group show with Arch Enemy Arts Gallery

Dec Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award Finalists | Gallery Lane Cove, Cove + Co Shop, Sydney, Australia

May ​8-11  The Other Art Fair | White Bay Cruise Terminal, Sydney, Australia

April-June "Local Love: Artists You Should Know" | Gallery Lane Cove, Cove + Co Shop, Australia

Mar 7-30  2025 Highlights | Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, USA

2024

April 19-28 Grand opening group show | Artemisia Gallery, 248 High St Windsor, 3181 VIC, Australia

May 16-19 The Other Art Fair | White Bay Cruise Terminal, Sydney, Australia

June-Aug Opening group show | Nanny Goat Gallery, Petaluma, CA, USA

2023

Sept, The Holy Art Fair, London, UK, The Truman Brewery

2022

July, Local Artists Group exhibition, 'The Flow', Bali

2021

Dec, Christmas Event Group exhibition, 'The Flow', Bali

Publications

2023 Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory | Artist Profile

2023 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Issue #43

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2024 Artist Closeup issue #24 feature

2024 Arts to Hearts Project 100 Emerging Artworks: 2024 Women's Edition feature

2024 Boooooooom Array 2 Digital Zine feature

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