Zakhar Sasim

Born in Omsk, Russia into a multi-ethnical family of artists, Zakhar Sasim (he also goes by Zachary) has considered himself a painter most of his life. While working professionally for the last 12 years in Bulgaria, he gradually crafted a unique impressionistic style that is marked by wild and passionate play of colors and is created by the mixture of brush strokes and palette knife technique. Zakhar calls his style Turbopolis, stemming from his fondness of the city (polis) architecture and the use of bright and dynamic images (turbo). Having moved to the United States from Bulgaria in 2004, Zakhar has earned the recognition and the respect of the Washington DC community while working at Eastern Market for the last 5 years. His bright and colorful paintings depicting local and foreign cityscapes have found homes not only in numerous residential houses around the city, but also in the federal government buildings on Capitol Hill. Several United States senators and congressmen are among Zakhar's patrons.