Lidia Baranik

Born in Saint Petersburg in 1983, I graduated from the Repin Academy of Arts as an architect. I might have continued working as an architect, but first I met adults with a special mindset. I worked with “Anton’s Right Here,” “Maletsky House,” “Legko-Legko,” and the “New Urban Artists.” Then printmaking came into my life.

Now I live and work in Serbia, in Belgrade.

As a contemporary artist, I work in printmaking. I combine classical techniques with experimental approaches and materials.

My work focuses on the human mind. I am interested in vulnerable, crisis, and socially taboo states that often stay unseen or pushed away. Through figurative images, I show tension, fragility, anxiety, isolation, and inner change.

I depict a person, most often a woman, often nude. For me, the body is a special visual language. With it, I speak about inner states.

An important part of my practice is working with social contexts. I address themes of gender roles, everyday pressure, and invisible forms of violence.

I graduated from the Saint Petersburg Repin Academy of Arts as an architect.

- May-June 2026. “Ulična galerija,” Belgrade. Solo exhibition “Still Witnesses.”
- March 2026. “Woonder” Gallery, Belgrade. Participation in the Textile Biennale with the work “Inner Drift.”
- February 2026. Radionica Gallery, Belgrade. As curator and artist, I created the exhibition “Pepeo” with the women’s printmaking collective “Print Komuna.”
- January 2026. Radionica Gallery, Belgrade. Solo exhibition “Kitchen Slavery.”