sasha tishkov is an EU-based visual artist and a maker of Estonian origin. Their work explores both built and natural environments, delving into geopolitical, social and cultural uncertainties within collective and personal histories. Rooted in sensitive engagement with nature, sasha’s practice employs queer ecology as a means to challenge anthropocentric and heteronormative concepts. Seeking to escape the confines of a dystopian reality, they create installations, sculptures and furniture that transcend boundaries, evoke fantasy, and convey poetic elements.
based between Lefkosia and Tallinn
sasha.tishkoff(at)gmail(dot)com
@sashatishkov_
2020 We Didn’t Pay to be Here / Fur the Future, w/ Ola Hincapie, East London derelict building
2019 Paradise is Here, curated by Claudia Contu, Tension Fine Art, London
2018 Hüpoteetiline Paradiis, Tartu Kunstimaja Monumentaalgalerii, Tartu
upcoming Nad Hakkasid Kõnelema, curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla & Hannah Laura Kaljo, KUMU, Tallinn
2024
upcoming Calcio, London
Una Boccata d’Arte 2024, curated by Virginia Lupo, promoted by Fondazione Elpis in collaboration with Galleria Continua, Dolcedo
2023
Gilbert Bayes Award 2022, curated by Thorp Stavri, Dora House, London; The Art House, Wakefield
2022
Save the Mermaid, w/ Mürmaid, Paris Fashion Week, Paris
Unfamiliar Forms, curated by Kristina Kazantseva, London Design Festival, Set Kensington, London
Mushrooms in Paris, w/ Darren Romanelli & Mürmaid, Over the Influence, Paris
Tuur Skulptuur, Telliskivi Roheline Saal, curated by Mara Ljutluk & Bianka Soe, Tallinn
2021
Last Sunset, New Sunrise, St John on Bethnal Green, London
Tottenham Sculpture Garden, Grow Tottenham Community Garden, London
2020
Tartu Interdistsiplinaar, curated by Einike Leppik, galerii Noorus, Tartu
2018
Overprint, Centre de la gravure et de l’image imprimée, La Louvière
The Grass is Greener HERE, curated by Eve Stotesbury & Jessie Krish, Byron Court, London
What Can We Make and Become, curated by Sasha Burkhanova-Khabadze, Exposed Arts Projects, London
2016
Tavalise eksootika, curated by Anneli Porri, Tallinna Linnagalerii, Tallinn
Amalia Charikiopoulou, Paradise is Lost, 16 Dec 2020
Yalda Bidshahri, Paradise is Here, 27 Nov 2019
Claudia Contu, Few Notes on Games, Fiction, and Ecological Awarness 12 Nov 19
Elin Kard, 16th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists’ Association, Printon, 20 June 2016
Imago Mundi & ECADC, Estonia, Identity 10 Aug 2016
Tomas Ivanauskas, Jaunųjų tapytojų liūdesyba, Puslapiai, 18 Dec 2015
Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors, 2022
Clifford Chance Sculpture Award shortlisted, 2019
Societe Generale Sculpture Commission shortlisted, 2018
The Mona Hatoum Bursary, University of the Arts London, 2017
Study Abroad Scholarship, Eesti Kultuurkapital, 2016
2023/24 Klosterbergfabrik, St. Georgen, Germany
2023 Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: Circular Carpentry, ACAVA, London, UK
2013 MoKS, Mooste, Estonia
2015 Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, Diploma in Sculpture
2014 Latvijas Makslas Akademija, Erasmus+
sasha.tishkoff(at)gmail(dot)com
@sashatishkov_
selected solo/duo shows
2023 So Comes Snow After Fire, Voga Progetto d’Arte Contemporanea, Bari2020 We Didn’t Pay to be Here / Fur the Future, w/ Ola Hincapie, East London derelict building
2019 Paradise is Here, curated by Claudia Contu, Tension Fine Art, London
2018 Hüpoteetiline Paradiis, Tartu Kunstimaja Monumentaalgalerii, Tartu
selected group shows
2025upcoming Nad Hakkasid Kõnelema, curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla & Hannah Laura Kaljo, KUMU, Tallinn
2024
upcoming Calcio, London
Una Boccata d’Arte 2024, curated by Virginia Lupo, promoted by Fondazione Elpis in collaboration with Galleria Continua, Dolcedo
2023
Gilbert Bayes Award 2022, curated by Thorp Stavri, Dora House, London; The Art House, Wakefield
2022
Save the Mermaid, w/ Mürmaid, Paris Fashion Week, Paris
Unfamiliar Forms, curated by Kristina Kazantseva, London Design Festival, Set Kensington, London
Mushrooms in Paris, w/ Darren Romanelli & Mürmaid, Over the Influence, Paris
Tuur Skulptuur, Telliskivi Roheline Saal, curated by Mara Ljutluk & Bianka Soe, Tallinn
2021
Last Sunset, New Sunrise, St John on Bethnal Green, London
Tottenham Sculpture Garden, Grow Tottenham Community Garden, London
2020
Tartu Interdistsiplinaar, curated by Einike Leppik, galerii Noorus, Tartu
2018
Overprint, Centre de la gravure et de l’image imprimée, La Louvière
The Grass is Greener HERE, curated by Eve Stotesbury & Jessie Krish, Byron Court, London
What Can We Make and Become, curated by Sasha Burkhanova-Khabadze, Exposed Arts Projects, London
2016
Tavalise eksootika, curated by Anneli Porri, Tallinna Linnagalerii, Tallinn
bibliography
Laura De Jaeger, The Roots and Routes, or Dwellings on Material Tuur Skulptuur echo gone wrong, 12 Sep 2022Amalia Charikiopoulou, Paradise is Lost, 16 Dec 2020
Yalda Bidshahri, Paradise is Here, 27 Nov 2019
Claudia Contu, Few Notes on Games, Fiction, and Ecological Awarness 12 Nov 19
Elin Kard, 16th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists’ Association, Printon, 20 June 2016
Imago Mundi & ECADC, Estonia, Identity 10 Aug 2016
Tomas Ivanauskas, Jaunųjų tapytojų liūdesyba, Puslapiai, 18 Dec 2015
scholarships, prizes & grants
Developing your Creative Practice, Arts Council England, 2024Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors, 2022
Clifford Chance Sculpture Award shortlisted, 2019
Societe Generale Sculpture Commission shortlisted, 2018
The Mona Hatoum Bursary, University of the Arts London, 2017
Study Abroad Scholarship, Eesti Kultuurkapital, 2016
residencies/workshops
2024 CampScape, CYENS, Lefkosia2023/24 Klosterbergfabrik, St. Georgen, Germany
2023 Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: Circular Carpentry, ACAVA, London, UK
2013 MoKS, Mooste, Estonia
education
2018 Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art2015 Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, Diploma in Sculpture
2014 Latvijas Makslas Akademija, Erasmus+