Sasha Beteeva - The Rider

2019, oil on board, 55 x 30cm

Alexandra Beteeva is an artist based in Glasgow. Her work explores roots as the cornerstone of identity in a rapidly changing environment. Drawing from memory and using cropped images, she sets the stage and choreographs its inhabitants, creating a precariously balanced pictorial world.
[13/10/2024, 09:50:40] Sasha: “I am motivated by themes of immersion and invitation, I am creating a narrative using elements that have significance — points of connection that are derived from recognition.

The work evokes a fairytale quality, both through the use of bold colours and fantastical elements. This is a space of emotional realism instead of direct representation, combining the ambiguity of the internal and the tension of the external worlds.”