SASHA CHERKAS — Galería Reus | Contemporary Art Galleries in Palma, Mallorca

Galería Reus is a contemporary art gallery based in Mallorca whose trajectory dates back to 2003. Over the years, the project has evolved through different forms of collaboration and programming, consolidating itself as a space dedicated to the research, production, and dissemination of contemporary art.

The gallery works with emerging and mid-career artists, supporting the development of their practices while creating a context for dialogue, experimentation, and reflection around the diverse forms of contemporary artistic expression. Its program is characterized by a diversity of languages and approaches, as well as an interest in establishing connections between the local artistic scene and the international context.

From Mallorca, Galería Reus aims to actively contribute to the contemporary cultural ecosystem by promoting projects that encourage exchange, artistic research, and the development of new perspectives.

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SASHA CHERKAS

Biography

For Sasha Cherkas, there are no constants. Her practice is driven by the desire to capture the tension of transformation, emotional, physical, or contextual, and facilitate its release. Through a variety of visual mediums, she sublimates the feeling of vulnerability and discomfort that signals change. And what is a clearer symbol of constant metamorphosis than the body itself? Instead of simply putting the human at the centre of her practice, Sasha constructs spaces and situations that highlight the tension between the interiority of our personal experience and the external structures that shape it. Through performances, objects, and installations, Sasha creates moments of physical hyper-awareness and traces of those moments passed.

Sasha’s curiosity about the malleability of the human body, its limits, and the effects the constantly shifting boundaries of public and private space have on it stems from a personal experience. After spending years confined within a medical back brace, she noticed that skin is not always the last barrier between us and the world, but rather a territory through which we can communicate. She became drawn to the act of bringing the internal outward and seeing prosthetic structures that contain, shape, and restrict, not as a sign of lack but of a continuation: a way for the body to persist, adapt, and invent new ways of relating to the world.

EDUCATION

2018-2020 Royal College of Art, Sculpture (MA)

2014-2018 Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, Jewelry Design (BA)

2013-2014 Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, Foundation Diploma

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Panorama 8, Galeria Fran Reus, Mallorca

2024 Post Fascism, Loods 6, Amsterdam

2021 Space Lapse: RCA Sculpture 2020, Royal Society of Sculptors, London

2021 The Self-Portrait Prize 2021 long-listed works, Ruth Borchard Collection, online display

2019 Vernissage, Art Biesenthal, Berlin The Space In Between, 202 Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London

2019 Incidental People, Flat Time House, London WIP, Royal College of Art, London

2018 Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London

2015 Unpinned, Foundling Museum, London.

RESIDENCIES, AWARDS ANS PRESS

2021 Review by Hector Campbell on FAD magazine https://fadmagazine.com/2021/03/03/sasha-cherkas/

2021 Review by Elizabeth Aisher Crespi on NOISSUE magazine https://www.no-issue.com/art-world-conversations

2021 Review by Guillaume Vandame on CON.TEXT magazine https://contemporarytext.com/an-act-of-love-the-art-of-sasha-cherkas/

2019 Distinction for dissertation, MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London

2017-2018 Residency at Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, Portland

Press & Media Coverage

Angel Song in Conversation with Daniel Roibal
Made in Bed Magazine

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