Alexej Sachov at Artexpo New York 2026
Pier 36, Manhattan · Booth S311 (SOLO) & M ART GALLERY, Booth 416 · April 9-12, 2026
Four bodies of work across two booths. Coral surfaces, underwater movement, night-dive interventions - process-based image-making created entirely during scuba dives.
Solo Booth S311
Five works on view: close-up coral photographs from The Jewel of Nature flanked by abstract black-and-white pieces from The Secret Code of Nature. All works printed on Hahnemühle paper in Halbe museum-grade frames.
The Jewel of Nature - Installation View
Close-up photographs of coral worlds where biological competition, vibrant color, and structural balance coexist in a single frame. Each image made on dive at close range - no composites, no digital painting. The abstract quality comes from the subject itself.
The Artist
Alexej Sachov (b. 1972, Kharkiv, Ukraine) creates process-based conceptual photographs during scuba dives. His work explores how life begins, competes for space, and reveals itself at microscopic range beneath the ocean surface.
M ART GALLERY, Booth 416
Two night-dive series presented by M ART GALLERY:
The Shape of Cosmos - Sachov introduces artificial objects into the ocean, placing the human-made into the organic to confront the divide between what we create and what nature creates.
The True Magic - Light, water, air, and particles merge beneath the surface in a continuous cycle of becoming. The night dive isolates the moment where these forces converge.
Recognition
Sachov has shown at Photo Basel, VOLTA Art Fair, ST-ART Strasbourg, and the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition at York Art Gallery (UK). Artexpo New York 2026 was his first solo booth in the United States.
- Finalist, Aesthetica Art Prize 2024
- Best of Photo Basel 2024 according to The Guardian and PHmuseum
- 1st Place, Underwater Photography, International Photography Awards (IPA) 2023
All works printed on Hahnemühle paper, framed in Halbe museum-grade frames.