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OLESIA SAKHRO — UKRAINIAN TEXTILE ARTIST

Thread. Memory. Time.

Cubist portraits in DMC cotton on organza — a patented double-sided stitch where the face and the reverse are identical. Painting with no paint.

Olesia Sakhro with a Cult Bag

Latest works

Double-sided embroidery, DMC cotton on organza. Every work exists in a single copy.

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NOW SHOWING — BRITISH CLUB, LVIV

“The Matter of Time. The Thread That Became Fate”

Twenty years of double-sided embroidery on tour through the artist’s home region — the works return to where the technique was born. The exhibition runs until 7 July.

KOLOMYIA (MAY) → IVANO-FRANKIVSK (JUNE) → LVIV (3–7 JULY)
  • British Club — Lviv
    RETROSPECTIVE
  • Andakulova Gallery — Dubai
    DATES TBA
  • Thomson Gallery — Zug, Switzerland
    DATES TBA
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We do not decorate space. We witness.

Every work is a testimony, not an illustration. The face and the reverse are identical — in the technique, and in the brand.

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IN PROGRESS — KEY CURRENT PROJECT
“Children Born in War”
Hand-embroidered portraits, video installation and sound — childhood emerging in wartime reality. The foundational work, “She Who Holds the World”, 35 × 35 × 0.4 cm, is stitched in a single DMC thread — thinner than the standard six.
EMBROIDERY · VIDEO INSTALLATION · SOUND
“The Step No One Remembers” — from the project “Children Born in War”

Cult Bags.

Wearable art first shown at Milan Fashion Week — an original panel in the double-sided stitch, mounted on leather. One to three months of handwork each.

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THE ARTIST — KOLOMYIA, IVANO-FRANKIVSK REGION

Olesia Sakhro.

Ukrainian interdisciplinary artist and inventor. More than twenty years of practice — first exhibition Kyiv, 2010; author of the patented double-sided technique of “painting with threads” on organza. Works in private collections, including Karl von Habsburg and Kenzo Takada.

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  • PRACTICE
    20+ years, Kyiv to Milan — curator of her own projects
  • ONE CANVAS
    Six months to a year of handwork
  • COLOURS
    Up to 70 shades in a single work (“Iris”)
  • COLLECTIONS
    Karl von Habsburg · Kenzo Takada

A monument in cotton.

Commissions · acquisitions · exhibitions

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