Sasha Shalmina is an experimental multimedia artist, based in Glasgow, Scotland. During her childhood she fell in love with drawing portraits, as she found the human form to be endlessly inspiring and captivating.

She went on to study BSc Hons Architecture at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Her architectural education gave her the ability to push her traditional skills much further and into the realm of design, digital art, moving image and animation. 

When she worked as a graphic designer she became really passionate about collage, as this medium allowed endless possibilities for self expression and experimentation. In 2024 she was featured in Contemporary Collage magazine and has started to run her own collage classes at the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. 

Sasha continually experiments with different media and is constantly exploring new ideas, styles and techniques, but she is best known for her magical and evocative abstract art. These works explore the landscapes of her subconscious mind, her thoughts, dreams, feelings and other dimensions of the human experience. 

In 2021 her animated paintings, a collaboration with her father, architect and artist, Ivan Shalmin were exhibited at the Saatchi gallery in London and in 2022 they were shown in Amsterdam and also at the Louvre in Paris. You can watch some of her animations below.