BECOMING

Sasha Q (born Oleksandra Stepanenko) is an artist from Kyiv, Ukraine, currently based in Toronto, Canada.

Graduate of Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative-Applied Arts and Design. In February 2022, she was forced to flee her home, studio, and body of work due to the russian invasion - a rupture that profoundly shaped her creative path.

Her art is a meditative exploration of consciousness, nostalgia, and transformation, where deeply personal experience meets the metaphysical. By exploring the intersection of consciousness and illusion through metamorphic works grounded in colour theory, she reflects on feelings of displacement shaped by the historical transformations of her homeland and the broader global shift into the digital age.