Participation in “New Symbols” exhibition, Athens

New art collectionThe Seals of the Philosophers Opus Medico-Chymicum: tertius Basilica PhilosophicaThis series of emblems comprises 160 separate images, deriving from Johannes Mylius' vast compendium spanning over 3000 pages. Each emblem is dedicated to a historical...

want of trying. Yet I saw things in that abyss that should never be spoken of except in warning. So those paintings will never be created. Late in 2019 I finally found time to sit down at the easel, following a monumental blow that added insult to injury following my...

A collection of fifteen art prints from the original coloured drawings and accompanying historical booklet, both by Sasha Chaitow PhD.

The 27th June 2018 marked the centenary of the death of Josephin Peladan, the mysterious French visionary author who dreamed of igniting a cultural renaissance through symbolic art containing esoteric messages and who masterminded the Salons de la Rose + Croix....

27th June 2018 marked the centenary of the death of Josephin Peladan, the mysterious French visionary author who dreamed of igniting a cultural renaissance through symbolic art containing esoteric messages and who masterminded the Salons de la Rose + Croix. Regular...

Stained by the Light II 2017 was Sasha Chaitow’s new solo exhibition of neosymbolist art, accompanied by music written for the paintings, and a one-day symposium of talks by scholars and artists “Art = Praxis”. The exhibition was hosted at Glastonbury Galleries...

Sasha Chaitow’s exhibition of melodized neosymbolist art “Stained by the Light I”, Corfu Reading Society, May 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqWwByxk0BA&sns=fb  

For those interested in technique; three short videos of me at the easel, working on paintings for the Stained by the Light collection.

From Sasha Chaitow’s studio: a video talking about the ideas behind her 2017 art collection, featuring the painting “The Greater Perfect System” – an ode to the power of music and geometry.

The working title for my new collection sums up what happens when I go off to pick a fight with another angel, as I do without fail almost every night. Several strands of inspiration coagulate in my new collection: the power of letters, words, and ancient scripts; the central notion of metamorphosis and initiation expressed through a literal interpretation of the collection title; the use of antique and emblematic symbolism inspired by Renaissance art, all heavily influenced by the subversive power of street art.

Είναι αρκετά τα νήματα έμπνευσης που συνευρίσκονται στη νέα μου συλλογή: η δύναμη των γραμμάτων, των λέξεων, των αρχαίων αλφαβήτων, η κεντρική έννοια της μεταμόρφωσης και της μύησης, τα αρχαία και εμβληματικά σύμβολα, και μια έντονη επιρροή από την τέχνη του δρόμου.

Ever since beginning my research on Peladan’s life and work, I had always envisioned an art collection inspired by his esoteric-aesthetic theory. Organising my time has been challenging, since I continue to create exclusive collections for ICON Gallery,...

My visual narration of the Fall legend according to the vision of a forgotten enfant terrible of Western esotericism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-9MjnRidY

Some months ago I received an invitation to Aarhus University to speak on Péladan's literature and "esoteric modernism" at a closed symposium with scholars doing some incredibly exciting work in this area, breaking new ground on possible interdisciplinary approaches...

Friends who know me from other (academic or social) contexts may have been a bit surprised to see me opening a gallery mainly focused on Greek sacred art earlier this year, but there is a host of reasons why this particular artform captured my attention, as I explain...

How I went from Péladan to Greek icons…. and why they’re of interest to the esoteric-academic sphere

Joséphin Péladan: Eccentric buffoon, misunderstood genius, Platonic Symbolist, charlatan, madman, or visionary?

Γυαλιστερά φωτάκια, πρασινοκόκκινα ξωτικά και χιονονιφάδες γεμίζουν σιγά σιγά την καθημερινότητα σε μια προσπάθεια εξορκισμού της παγωνιάς - σύμφωνα με κάποιους, ενώ για άλλους οι Χριστουγεννιάτικοι εορτασμοί και τα στολισμένα μπαλκόνια φέρνουν μόνο μελαγχολία,...

Underground “artists of the soul” gather in Madrid this winter to revive the visual language of the fin-de-siecle in a new counter-culture of Beauty.