Vera Saiko is a Canadian visual artist whose works are exhibited in Canada, China, the USA, and Europe. She works with oil, acrylic, pastel, and charcoal. Vera has a very expansive career as an artist. Also, she teaches Fundamentals of Drawing class and Colour Theory class at Sheridan College(Canada), where she graduated from a Fine Arts and Design program after receiving formal drawing education in Russia and Ukraine.
Main Exhibitions:
•Art Space Connect Gallery, 2023 (Canada, Toronto)
•Annual Art Show OSA, 2019-23 (Canada,Toronto)
•ADC Fine Art Gallery 2022 ( Cincinnati, USA)
• Artist Project 2020 (Canada, Toronto)
•Solo Exhibition 2019, Improve Centre, Toronto
•Shanghai Art Fair 2015-2017 ( Shanghai, China
• Art Amoy 2015- 2017 (Xiamen, China)
• ISIF 2014-2018 (Shenzhen, China)
• SIAF 2014-2017 (Shenzhen, China)
• 2014 Art China (Beijing, China)
• 17th Beijing Art Expo, 2014 (Beijing, China)
• Art Expo New York 2014 (NYC)
• Spectrum Miami 2013 (Miami)
• Art Canton 2012 (Guangzhou, China)
• Toronto Art Expo 2012-2013, (Toronto)
Influences: Nikolai Fechin, John Singer Sargent, M. Vrubel, Lee Ufan
Books: Vera Saiko:All Oil Painting 2015-2016 ( Vera Art, 2016) ISBN: 978-0-9953325-0-8

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

The process of creating my work is an organic one. The history and time of the creation of each art piece are crucial to me, and I keep the impulse of the emergence of an idea till the last brush stroke. My paintings seek to capture a fleeting moment or emotion while celebrating the joy of making.
Whether making a painting or drawing, I allow the elements I create to ‘appear’ on the surface of the canvas or paper.
My approach is mainly intuitive; the paintings unfold and develop almost of their own accord, and I aim to invite the viewer to find an emotional connection within the painting.