Portfolio
Recent Work
Sasha has been training in fine art since her teens. Initially she trained in the workshops of famed Corfu artists Spyros Alamanos, Nerina Lymperopoulou, and Aggelos Gerakaris, and later attended Vakalo School of Fine Art in Athens. She held her first solo exhibition aged 22, in 2000, followed by four further exhibitions in her home town of Corfu, all while continuing her academic studies in Communications and Literature. Not satisfied with the options open to her, Sasha spent a decade in academia, studying the History of Culture and Western Esotericism, with the aim of better understanding the symbolic vocabularies available from long lost traditions. During this “dry” artistic period she painted portraits on commission and began exploring Symbolism more systematically. She began painting and exhibiting regularly again in 2014, on the completion of her PhD. The same year saw her undertake management of ICON Gallery in Corfu town, where she gathered and promoted local artists working in traditional media, alongside her own work. A series of international exhibitions and collaborations quickly followed, until 2018 when personal bereavement led to a temporary hiatus. Nevertheless, that year saw the birth of The Attic Gallery, the only contemporary private art gallery in Corfu Town, and new, fruitful collaborations with artists from across Greece and further afield. As of 2020, Sasha has begun new projects reflecting her enduring passion for neosymbolist art and alchemical emblems. Working to a project-based approach, Sasha incorporates her art into her scholarship, and her research into her art. See below for her most recent work. This page is updated frequently.
“The Greater Perfect System” (Studio visit #1-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.
Inside Sasha’s Studio: Winter 2016-17 – working on Stained by the Light series
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.
Στο ατελιέ της Σάσσας: Χειμώνας 2017 και η νέα συλλογή «Λερωμένη από Φως»
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.
Peladan Illustrated: Saving the Lives of Angels art show 2016
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,...
Saving the Lives of Angels – Sasha’s UK exhibition & lecture schedule
My visual narration of the Fall legend according to the vision of a forgotten enfant terrible of Western esotericism.
Alchemical bestiary collection 2016
Studio Visit : Creating sacred art in Corfu, Winter 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-9MjnRidY
Saints of the Word exhibition – lecture tour in Sweden & Denmark 2015
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...
The Occult Power of Greek Icons – Treadwell’s lecture 2015
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...
ICON Gallery and Greek Sacred Art – via Péladan and Plato
How I went from Péladan to Greek icons…. and why they’re of interest to the esoteric-academic sphere