Andrej Babenko

I am a contemporary artist. My work maneuvers on the edge of desires to be together in search of freedom

Я современный художник, моя работа находится на грани желания быть вместе в поисках свободы.

Ik ben een hedendaagse kunstenaar; mijn werk manoeuvreert op de rand van verlangens om samen te zijn op zoek naar vrijheid.

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Andrej Babenko is a Belgian artist of Ukrainian descent. His work is characterized by its tangible expressiveness.

It has been shown in several museums in Europe, the UK & Ukraine and has been taken up in private collections in Europe, the United States, the UK, Ukraine, Japan and Australia.

Babenko departs from reality and focuses on the existential and mythological. His paintings are complex and require attention to discern their layering.

Babenko is a storyteller.

The artist has gone through a lot in his personal life. Much of this has been transferred to his creations, which, in addition to a story, provide an experience and emotion. Babenko is like a sponge that absorbs everything only to subsequently erupt like a volcano through his works. His paintings are expressive and powerful. People are portrayed with distorted faces; nothing ever stands still in his work.

His oeuvre does not have a...

Master in Visual Arts, Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Antwerp, Belgium

Painting and Drawing, Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

Master in Visual Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

2021 Full House - solo exhibition, Antwerp (curated by Hans Willemse, curator of Panamarenko and at M HKA)

2021 Spuitwater - group exhibition, M HKA Antwerp

2020 Solo exhibition, Martin van Blerk Gallery, Antwerp

2019 Babenko, De Wachter, Pawlowski, museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent

2019 Solo exhibition, museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent

2018 Babenko, De Wachter, Pawlowski, S.M.A.K. Ghent

2018 Babenko, De Wachter, Pawlowski, Pukkelpop, Hasselt

2018 Babenko, De Wachter, Pawlowski, Extra City, Antwerp

2018 Wall of fame, portraits exhibition, Gallerie Ecole D'Olargue, France


2017 Portrait of Luciano Benetton ‘Imago Mundi’
Venice Biennale

2016 Exhibition ‘…an Artist’s wife’s hallucination’
Galery Campo & Campo, Antwerp

2015 Exhibition ‘Between Dream and
Reality’
European Commission, Brussels

2015 Exhibition ‘Between Dream and
Reality’ & performance with Mauro
Pawlowski ‘dEUS’
Galery Campo & Campo, Antwerp

2014 Exhibition
Galery Van Campen & Rochtus,
Antwerp

2014 Exhibition ‘Portraits’
University of Leiden, Leiden

2014 Exhibition
Galery Campo & Campo, Antwerp

2014 Group exhibition and video
performance ‘Museumnacht’
Volksmuseum, Antwerp

2013 Performance ‘Occupy Atelier’
Ruimte Morguen...