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Sasha

Opit

My mixed media practice involves a strong sculptural and photographic interest that weaves together contemporary and historical influences, making work that calls for interaction and disruption of space. A key concept embedded in my work is the generational impact of displacement from ancestral lands, a notion discovered when reflecting on my own cultural history. This attributes to an exploration of coercively transitory borders and identity within that division. A rustic aesthetic derived from dilapidated rural structures informs these ideologies whilst also preserving Scotland’s history of injustice. My work and creative values seek to further a discussion of humanity’s interaction with land in relation to the current land and political discourse within the country and wider UK.

Disciplines: Sculpture

Location: Edinburgh

Materials: Assemblage, Found, Screenprinting, Stitched, Woodcut, Woodwork
My mixed media practice involves a strong sculptural and photographic interest that weaves together contemporary and historical influences, making work that calls for interaction and disruption of space. A key concept embedded in my work is the generational impact of displacement from ancestral lands, a notion discovered when reflecting on my own cultural history. This attributes to an exploration of coercively transitory borders and identity within that division. A rustic aesthetic derived from dilapidated rural structures informs these ideologies whilst also preserving Scotland’s history of injustice. My work and creative values seek to further a discussion of humanity’s interaction with land in relation to the current land and political discourse within the country and wider UK.

Previous Experience

May 2026, Glasgow School of Art Graduate show, Glasgow November 2025, Group show at Burn Street Studios, Glasgow May 2025, ‘Return to sender’ at Strange Field gallery, Glasgow September 2024, ‘Call for a good time’, Vca Art Space, Melbourne Exhibitions Curated March 2025, ‘Naked on the V-Line’, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow

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