Curriculum Vitae

CHRISTINA SAJ'S EARLY ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT was influenced by Petro Cholodny, the Younger, a painter whose icons grace Ukrainian/Byzantine churches in North America and Europe. Under his tutelage she learned the egg tempera technique and orthodox precepts of iconography. 

This traditional influence was balanced by simultaneous work with contemporary artists in New York. Saj's work bridges the disparate aspects of both worlds in order to create a new interpretation of traditional themes and subjects.

Exhibitions

2008

The Six Days of Creation New Brunswick Theological Seminary Chapel, New Brunswick, NJ

2007

A Collection Revealed: The Ukrainian Museum at 30 Paintings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection (group) The Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY 
Flights of Fancy, (group) Artspace 129, Montclair, NJ 2007
Choose Your Muse featuring 11 Women Artists (group) The Field School, Washington, DC 2007 Sponsored by UNWLA, Washington, DC Branch 78
Art Strings, (group) NJ Symphony, NJPAC Newark, NJ Grounds For Sculpture,Hamilton NJ 
What's New (group) Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ

2006

Art Strings, (group) NJ Symphony, NJPAC Newark, NJ 
Koliada: Winter Rituals (group) Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY
Art Connections 3 (group) George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 
What’s New, Studio Montclair Summer Salon, (group) Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
Visions and Imaginings artpsace 129, Montclair, NJ
Perspectives on Ukrainian Culture and Art (group) Kreeger Gallery, Potomac MD

2005

Truth (group) Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
Landscape  4 Artists Views Artspace 129, Montclair, NJ
125th Anniversary Exhibit, UCCA (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America) (group)  Museum of Cultural Heritage, Kiev Ukraine
 traveling to Charkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro-Petrovsk and Lviv.

2004

Works on Paper (group) Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ 
Lisova Pisnia UECC Gallery, Philadelphia PA
A Full Plate: (group) Makeready's Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ 
The Tree of Life American Embassy, Doha, Qatar

2003

Women Artist of Montclair: Black and White (group) Nandi Art Gallery: Montclair, NJ
Art: The Ultimate Asset PNC Bank, Montclair, NJ
Words and Images, works on paper The Rosalind & Alfred Lippman Gallery, Short HIls, NJ
Tree of Life American Embassy, Doha, Qatar
The Art of Collecting Fine Art (group) The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Art In Bloom (group) The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Connections (group) Kustlerbund, Graz, Austria

2002

Remembrance, Renewal and Reflection - The Unity Quilt (group) Arts Council of the Morris Area
The Art of Collecting Fine Art (group) The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
"Eggstavaganza" (group) The Los Angeles County Zoo, CA 

2001

Indomitable Spirit: Paintings of Faith, Hope and Remembrance The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
NJCW Art Show (group) Van Vleck Mansion, Montclair, NJ
SQUARED (group) Dupre Gallery, Montclair, NJ
The Guiding Spirit The Bible Technologies Conference, Chantilly, VA
Pysanka (group) The Easter Egg Roll, The White House, Washington, DC 
Double Take (group) West Orange Arts Council Invitational, West Orange, NJ 
The Bigger, The Better (group) fNabisco Art Gallery, East Hanover, NJ Studio Montclair Fourth Annual National Juried Exhibition (group) Gallery 214, Montclair, New Jersey

2001

Cow Parade, (group) West Orange, New Jersey
Painted Prayers St. James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Surviving Symbols (with Gloria Rodriguez) Westminster Gallery, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
The Word as Art: Contemporary Renderings (group) Museum oF Biblical Art, New York, NY 
The Corporate Landscape Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, New Jersey

1999

Drawing on Inspiration Midland Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey
Cross Purposes: Traditional Symbol - Contemporary Visions (group) Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey
American Academy of Religion Conference Exhibits, Boston MA
National 5ive (group) ALJIRA - Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey 
Music as Art/Art as Music (group) Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, New Jersey 
Art at the Institute 1990-1996 (group) Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, New York (catalogue)
Studio Montclair: Annual Juried Exhibition (group) Midland Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey  

1998

Montclair State University: National Juried Small Works Show (group) Montclair State University Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey
Studio Montclair: First Annual Juried Exhibition (group) Midland Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey
Our Mother Theresa (group) ArtBuilders Gallery; Jersey City, New Jersey
Reflections and Projections (group) Church Street, First Night Montclair, New Jersey 
NJCW Art Show (group) Van Vleck Mansion, Montclair, NJ
Matter of Substance (group) Midland Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey 

1997

Celebration of Faith Central Presbyterian Church; Montclair, New Jersey
Remembering Myth Midland Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey
Generations (group) A.I.R.; New York, New York
Artistic License (group) Nabisco Art Gallery; East Hanover, New Jersey
The Rest of the Colony (group) Midland Gallery; Montclair, New Jersey

1996

25 Years of Contemporary Art at the Institute (group) The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL (catalogue)
Signifying Love (group) The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY

1995

Allegories The Lobby Gallery, New York, New York
Saints, Kings and Prophets (group) The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
Myth, Form & Spirit (3 east coast artists) The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, (catalogue)

1994

Contemporary Icons Norbert Considine Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey

1993

New Painting UCAF Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1992

Recent Works The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, New York
NJ Arts (group) Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

1991

Defining the Spirit Within (MFA show) Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
100 New York Artists (group) Whetherholt Galleries, Washington, D.C.

Publications

Ghosts of Byzantium Literature & Medicine, 
Johns Hopkins University Press; Fall, 1997

Ilona Sochynsky - A Journey into Abstraction  
The Creative Woman; Winter, 1993

Education

The Milton Avery Graduate School for the Arts Bard College; MFA; Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1992
Sarah Lawrence College; BA; Bronxville, New York, 1988
Wadham College, Oxford University; Oxford, England, 1987-88
Studio Art Center International; Florence, Italy, 1987