Artist : Oleksii Shcherbak
Title : Bird
Medium : oil on canvas
Dimensions : 100 x 80 cm


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Oleksii Shcherbak was born in Chernihiv, Ukraine and is currently based in Paris. He is currently studying at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, having graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts & Architecture in Kyiv. Shcherbak’s work navigates a fluid, introspective terrain, where sentimental and mythic figures emerge from a subconscious mass of sensations. His paintings often centre on mysterious protagonists entangled with chimeric creatures - hybrid forms that function as psychological extensions of the subject, offering silent yet expressive insight into their inner state. These dreamlike entanglements serve less to depict likeness than to evoke emotional and symbolic resonance, capturing the contradictions of sensory experience and memory. His practice is driven by a longing for elusive, often imagined recollection - a nostalgia for memories that may never have existed - and a fascination with how these affective fragments are triggered, shaped, and distorted by the passage of time. These works perhaps suggest something of the primitive or inherent relationship between man, spirit
and beast.

Shcherbak has exhibited widely across Europe, China, and the United States. Notable recent exhibitions include Behind the Order of Things (Yusto Giner, Madrid, 2025), Dante’s Inferno (Unit Gallery, London, 2024), Realism Now (MEAM, Barcelona, 2024), and the solo presentation Victims of Grenouilles (Rukh Art Hub & Mriya Gallery, New York, 2024). His work has been featured in publications such as The Guide Artists Magazine, Contemporary Identities, and Emerging Art in Ukraine, and he has illustrated several titles with Nebo Booklab Publishing.