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We invite you on a short journey to explore the life of this site’s primary artist. Read on…
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Sasha: From Iconography to Circuit Boards... A Creative Journey
Sasha was born in Bitola, a town in North Macedonia. His interest in art began at the age of seven, when his grandmother would take him to the many churches that dotted the region.
While the church services were often long and tiresome for a young boy, Sasha found himself captivated by the religious frescos and iconography that adorned the walls.
It was the art, not the sermons, that kept him coming back.
In secondary school, Sasha’s passion for art deepened. He was especially inspired by his art teacher, who was also a practising and exhibiting artist. During this time, Sasha explored acrylic painting and was drawn to artistic movements such as Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism.
After migrating to Australia with his family, Sasha entered the Australian school system and later took on a series of day jobs.
But a chance encounter changed everything. He met Pierre Poirier, who would become his mentor and artistic collaborator.
Under Pierre’s guidance, Sasha became a portrait artist working with a lead pencil. The two artists travelled across Melbourne in the 1980s, creating and selling their work side by side. They later held a joint exhibition at The Melbourne Art Exchange.
Throughout the years, Sasha continued to experiment with various mediums oil, watercolour, acrylics, but a surprising twist came when he began working for Taito, the Japanese company that created Space Invaders. There, Sasha became intrigued by the intricate designs of circuit boards. The patterns, shapes, and colours sparked his imagination. He began to see artistic potential in these discarded electronic components.
In the years that followed, Sasha began experimenting. He would strip circuit boards of their components, revealing the bare, often beautiful, designs beneath. One of his early breakthroughs came when he used them as lampshades, discovering that, when lit, the boards revealed delicate filigree-like patterns through their tiny pinholes. It was a revelation.
Sasha’s art has since evolved into a unique and imaginative practice centred around repurposed circuit boards. His work spans a wide range of forms: coasters, wall art, sculptures for indoor and outdoor spaces, and even a birdbath with a wooden post covered in hand-cut, mosaic-style circuit board pieces. He’s also ventured into jewellery, creating earrings, pendants, and brooches. He’s used circuit boards to craft striking tabletops and coffee tables, their uses limited only by his imagination.
Today
Today, Sasha’s work has found a dedicated following. His art is not only visually compelling but also a powerful example of upcycling, turning industrial waste into objects of beauty. What once might have ended up in a landfill now lives on in intricate, colourful, and captivating pieces that bridge technology and creativity.
UPCOMING
In 2025, at the time this website was created, Sasha reconnected with his old mentor Pierre through social media. Pierre now lives in his birth country of France, in the Normandy region, with his artist wife, Caroline. Sasha is thrilled to be planning a visit to France at the end of the year with his partner, Jane. After more than three decades apart, their last meeting was in the early 1990s. Sasha is deeply excited for this long-overdue reunion and can’t wait to share how far his art has come since those early days, drawing side by side in Melbourne.