Instructors

Alesia Chaika

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

 

Alesia Chaika is an artist as well as the luxury fashion designer of Fashion House of Alesia Chaika and founder of the private Art & Style Academy of Alesia Chaika. She specializes in wearable art, couture bridal and evening wear, luxury outerwear, resort wear, sleepwear, formal wear, corporate apparel, high-end fashion accessories, souvenirs, custom designed apparel and novelty keepsakes.

 

Alesia comes from a lineage of fine tailors, artists, and creative masters spanning four generations. Her passion for visual art, pattern-making, sewing, and graphic design was nurtured from an early age. Alesia would observe her father and mother, both talented artists and interior designers, creating oil paintings on canvas, still life drawings, sculpture, ceramics, applied art, mosaics, collages, custom carved solid wood furniture and frames, custom billboards and signs for outdoor advertising, logos and brands for different organizations, and various other projects.

 

In addition, Alesia observed her grandmother, a seamstress, as she meticulously and lovingly created custom dresses for each of her five daughters for holidays and special occasions. Alesia’s mother continued the tradition for her own children, and Alesia fell in love with textile and fabrics, often using leftover fabric to create stylish outfits for her dolls. With each embellishment — lace, crystals, freshwater pearls — that adorned her pieces, she developed an appreciation for accentuating individuality with style. Alesia designed her very first couture wedding gown in 1992, celebrating 30 years of couture art in 2022.

 

In 2012, Alesia bridged her 25+ years of professional experience in branding, marketing, retail, and the couture fashion industry to launch her own namesake fashion house and expand her craft. Here, she hand-selects fabrics from around the globe to ensure the highest quality and directly oversees the custom design of couture wedding and evening gowns, custom theater costumes, men's formal wear, outerwear, luxury resort wear, and fine silk sleepwear. She also provides fine tailoring, alterations, and fittings, and spearheads style consultations and creative design project customization.

 

Drawing inspiration from the gorgeous city of Chicago, she created a collection inspired by original pencil illustrations of the Chicago skyline. Among this collection are custom wearable-art dresses, high-end fashion accessories, and a luxury gifting line that includes jewelry and novelty keepsakes.

 

In 2013, Alesia created her first collection of wearable-art scarves and resort wear, inspired by her original artworks and crafted of pure mulberry silk, defining classic feminine style with timeless quality.

 

Her recent portfolio includes partnerships with the NHL and several Fortune 500 companies.

 

Alesia brings more than 25 years of professional experience teaching fine art to both children and adults. She teaches her series of Art-A-Porte wearable art classes, as well as drawing fundamentals, painting, still life, mandala dot art, applied arts and crafts, mosaics, couture embroidery, personal style, fashion, branding, brand design and philosophy, and marketing classes. She also offers branding, marketing, and product development consulting.

 

She holds a master’s degree in speech pathology from Pedagogical College of Aleksander Pushkin and a diploma from the School of Art and Music of Pinsk, Belarus, where she spent nine years playing and teaching piano and cimbalom, a Belarusian folk instrument.

 

Alesia pledges to give personalized attention to each and every student and guarantees the utmost dedication to bringing their talents, creative vision, and design skills to joyful life through wonderful art projects.

 

Teaching Programs:

Fine Art, Drawing, Painting, Fashion Design, Wearable Art, Mandala Dot Art, Applied Art, Surface Design, Couture Embroidery, Vintage Upcycling, Personal Styling, History of Fashion, Dynamics of Fashion, History of Art, Personal Branding, Brand Design, Advertising and Marketing Strategies

 Photos: Peter Koutun & Alexandr Pasechnik