ArtCult Gallery

Anatoly Gankevich

Anatoly Gankevich

About the artist

Anatoly Gankevich was born in 1965 in Odesa.
Anatoly graduated from art school in Odesa. He took individual painting lessons. “I did not study painting in an institution of higher education, classically, like everyone else, with one master who passed his technique and knowledge to them. I had many masters. That’s why I have my own idea of ​​what art should be like”. In 1993-1994, he attended courses at Soros Center for Contemporary Arts.
Anatoly Gankevich began his professional artistic career in 1990 and later became one of the most prominent representatives of Ukrainian New Wave. As an artist, he became famous for creating paintings in a unique technique of mosaic imitation. Anatoly has been directing for many years. He left a distinctive mark in the history of national video art.

  • List of the exhibitions

    2023 – Frédérick Mouraux Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium
    2019 – Past Noses at the art space of Mironova Foundation (Mironova Gallery). Kyiv, Ukraine
    2017– Forever & After at M.gallery by ArtCult of ArtCult Foundation. Kyiv, Ukraine– Subtle Grounds at Lavra Art Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine– Certain Conditions at HudPromo Art Gallery. Odesa, Ukraine
    2013 – Soviet Mandala at the 8th ART-KYIV Contemporary forum in Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kyiv, Ukraine
    2012 – Explosion Conditions at Odesa Fine Arts Museum. Odesa, Ukraine / under the programme of The First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art ARSENALE 2012, at Taras Shevchenko National Museum. Kyiv, Ukraine
    2011 – Flickering at HudPromo Art Gallery. Odesa, Ukraine / at Collection Gallery. Kyiv, Ukraine
    From 1995 to 2005 he was engaged in directing cutscenes and music videos, as well as producing visual effects for film industry. The Gaze of the Sun trilogy, the first film of which was presented in 2020 at M17, is a return to cinema art after a break of more than 10 years.
    1993 – Open Days, together with Oleg Migas, at New Space gallery. Odesa, Ukraine / at the opening of Soros Center for Contemporary Art in the National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine– performs the first performance Resuscitation of a Still Life at Odesa State Literature Museum. Odesa, Ukraine
    1992 – carries out the first painting project Communion. Presents at the exhibition of the same name (together with Oleg Migas) at Odesa Fine Arts Museum. Odesa, Ukraine
    1991 – creates the first video installation Purification. Presents at the exhibition of the same name (together with Oleg Migas).
    Collections:
    Anatoly Gankevich’s works are in the collections of the National Art Museum of Ukraine (Kyiv), Odesa Fine Arts Museum, in private and corporate collections in Europe and the United States.

Illustration

Night color 1, 2019

Canvas, oil200x150 cmPrice on request

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Night color 2, 2019

Canvas, oil200x150 cmPrice on request

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Night in Paradise 1, 2021

Canvas, oil180x300 cmPrice on request

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Night in Paradise 2 , 2019

Canvas, oil180x250 cmPrice on request

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Night in Paradise, 2024

Installation

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Summer 2, 2021

Canvas, oil200x150 cmPrice on request

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Seroburomalin, 2021

Canvas, oil200x150 cmPrice on request

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Portal, 2023

Photo collage130x200 cmPrice on request

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Spring 1, 2021

Canvas, oil200x150 cmPrice on request

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Spring 2, 2021

Canvas, oil200x150 cmPrice on request

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Winter 2, 2021

Canvas, oil200x300 cmPrice on request

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Spring, 2022

Photo collage using a landscape map, 200x300 cmPrice on request

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Night shadows, 2024

Video12,41 minutesPrice on request

Anatoly Gankevich

Garden house120 x 200 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    "My idea of reality outside the windows is shaky and blurred. I look at the world through blinds, which are my protection and at the same time a limitation. Blinds hide the heavenly landscape and the light that penetrates inside. But at the same time they protect us from the elements, prying eyes and too much human will. Only the abandoned chairs preserve the feeling of the past and the image of the infinitely lonely presence of a man.
    Series "Subtle plans. Figures and Air ”, which includes Hankevych's work “Garden House”, is a sensual phenomenon. The artist immerses the viewer in the subtlest of worlds through the "living landscapes" outside the windows of a dark room, and gives the opportunity to look at the outside world through the inner world. The viewer is captivated by the feeling of happiness woven from impressions and memories.

Carpet

Garden house120 x 200 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    "My idea of reality outside the windows is shaky and blurred. I look at the world through blinds, which are my protection and at the same time a limitation. Blinds hide the heavenly landscape and the light that penetrates inside. But at the same time they protect us from the elements, prying eyes and too much human will. Only the abandoned chairs preserve the feeling of the past and the image of the infinitely lonely presence of a man.
    Series "Subtle plans. Figures and Air ”, which includes Hankevych's work “Garden House”, is a sensual phenomenon. The artist immerses the viewer in the subtlest of worlds through the "living landscapes" outside the windows of a dark room, and gives the opportunity to look at the outside world through the inner world. The viewer is captivated by the feeling of happiness woven from impressions and memories.

Illustration

Garden house120 x 200 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    "My idea of reality outside the windows is shaky and blurred. I look at the world through blinds, which are my protection and at the same time a limitation. Blinds hide the heavenly landscape and the light that penetrates inside. But at the same time they protect us from the elements, prying eyes and too much human will. Only the abandoned chairs preserve the feeling of the past and the image of the infinitely lonely presence of a man.
    Series "Subtle plans. Figures and Air ”, which includes Hankevych's work “Garden House”, is a sensual phenomenon. The artist immerses the viewer in the subtlest of worlds through the "living landscapes" outside the windows of a dark room, and gives the opportunity to look at the outside world through the inner world. The viewer is captivated by the feeling of happiness woven from impressions and memories.

Anatoly Gankevich

From the series "Anatomy for Politicians"35 x 28 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    In a series of graphic works "Anatomy for…" Hankevich rethinks the world's personalities through the prism of stained glass, the same "pixeliness" that makes up the whole. "In my work I work with such concepts as general and specific. This is when one self-sufficient pixel is part of the overall picture from micro to macro world. ”

Carpet

From the series "Anatomy for Politicians"35 x 28 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    In a series of graphic works "Anatomy for…" Hankevich rethinks the world's personalities through the prism of stained glass, the same "pixeliness" that makes up the whole. "In my work I work with such concepts as general and specific. This is when one self-sufficient pixel is part of the overall picture from micro to macro world. ”

Illustration

From the series "Anatomy for Politicians"35 x 28 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    In a series of graphic works "Anatomy for…" Hankevich rethinks the world's personalities through the prism of stained glass, the same "pixeliness" that makes up the whole. "In my work I work with such concepts as general and specific. This is when one self-sufficient pixel is part of the overall picture from micro to macro world. ”

Anatoly Gankevich

Cuba200 x 130 cmPrice on request

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    Cuba mosaic carpet belongs to Gankevych's series "Soviet Mandala". The Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit word "mandala" which literally means "the one which surrounds the center." The center carries meaning, and what surrounds it - the Mandala - is a symbol that expresses this meaning. In the 60's and 70's, the Soviet family with their fortunes comfortably surrounded themselves with carpets, insulating the thin Khrushchev and Brezhnev concrete walls.
    Carpets were not left on the floor, as they once were in Byzantium, but hung over the bed like paintings, covering not very flat walls. "I can say that I spent the 70s and 80s, the happy years of my youth being cozy, "carpet-crystal atmosphere of a carefree Soviet childhood, lying under a huge carpet that absorbed my imagination with its abstract pattern," the artist recalls.

Carpet

Cuba200 x 130 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    Cuba mosaic carpet belongs to Gankevych's series "Soviet Mandala". The Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit word "mandala" which literally means "the one which surrounds the center." The center carries meaning, and what surrounds it - the Mandala - is a symbol that expresses this meaning. In the 60's and 70's, the Soviet family with their fortunes comfortably surrounded themselves with carpets, insulating the thin Khrushchev and Brezhnev concrete walls.
    Carpets were not left on the floor, as they once were in Byzantium, but hung over the bed like paintings, covering not very flat walls. "I can say that I spent the 70s and 80s, the happy years of my youth being cozy, "carpet-crystal atmosphere of a carefree Soviet childhood, lying under a huge carpet that absorbed my imagination with its abstract pattern," the artist recalls.

Illustration

Cuba200 x 130 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    Cuba mosaic carpet belongs to Gankevych's series "Soviet Mandala". The Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit word "mandala" which literally means "the one which surrounds the center." The center carries meaning, and what surrounds it - the Mandala - is a symbol that expresses this meaning. In the 60's and 70's, the Soviet family with their fortunes comfortably surrounded themselves with carpets, insulating the thin Khrushchev and Brezhnev concrete walls.
    Carpets were not left on the floor, as they once were in Byzantium, but hung over the bed like paintings, covering not very flat walls. "I can say that I spent the 70s and 80s, the happy years of my youth being cozy, "carpet-crystal atmosphere of a carefree Soviet childhood, lying under a huge carpet that absorbed my imagination with its abstract pattern," the artist recalls.

Anatoly Gankevich

Arcadia100 x 150 cmPrice on request

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    Anatoliy Hankevych believes that the purpose of art is to convey emotions. The artist, like a magician, manipulates what opens before the viewer. This manipulation causes the emotion of happiness.
    There is a certain magic in Hankevych's "sea" works. Thanks to the unique technique of imitating the mosaic, the horizon of Odessa Arcadia seems to come to life in a pixel "shimmer", and the viewer is fascinated by the reflections on the surface of the water.

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Arcadia100 x 150 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    Anatoliy Hankevych believes that the purpose of art is to convey emotions. The artist, like a magician, manipulates what opens before the viewer. This manipulation causes the emotion of happiness.
    There is a certain magic in Hankevych's "sea" works. Thanks to the unique technique of imitating the mosaic, the horizon of Odessa Arcadia seems to come to life in a pixel "shimmer", and the viewer is fascinated by the reflections on the surface of the water.

Illustration

Arcadia100 x 150 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    Anatoliy Hankevych believes that the purpose of art is to convey emotions. The artist, like a magician, manipulates what opens before the viewer. This manipulation causes the emotion of happiness.
    There is a certain magic in Hankevych's "sea" works. Thanks to the unique technique of imitating the mosaic, the horizon of Odessa Arcadia seems to come to life in a pixel "shimmer", and the viewer is fascinated by the reflections on the surface of the water.

Anatoly Gankevich

Carpet150 x 200 cmPrice on request

Carpet

Carpet150 x 200 cmPrice on request

Illustration

Carpet150 x 200 cmPrice on request

Illustration

The girl in red200 x 130 cmPrice on request

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The girl in red200 x 130 cmPrice on request

Anatoly Gankevich

The girl in red200 x 130 cmPrice on request

Anatoly Gankevich

From the series "Anatomy for Politicians"35 x 28 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    "Mosaic language is suitable for expression in images and color of all facets of this endless story like no other". In the series "Anatomy for…” the master resorted not just to the image in the imitation of the stained glass technique of portraits of familiar world personalities. 
    It is the microcosm and the facets of every politician or writer. Only the viewer can solve the mystery of the painting: is it a universe in one person or do we see a mosaic / stained glass ensemble and such symbols on the face of the person due to the light "inside"?

Carpet

From the series "Anatomy for Politicians"35 x 28 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    "Mosaic language is suitable for expression in images and color of all facets of this endless story like no other". In the series "Anatomy for…” the master resorted not just to the image in the imitation of the stained glass technique of portraits of familiar world personalities. 
    It is the microcosm and the facets of every politician or writer. Only the viewer can solve the mystery of the painting: is it a universe in one person or do we see a mosaic / stained glass ensemble and such symbols on the face of the person due to the light "inside"?

Illustration

From the series "Anatomy for Politicians"35 x 28 cmPrice on request

  • Read more about the artwork

    "Mosaic language is suitable for expression in images and color of all facets of this endless story like no other". In the series "Anatomy for…” the master resorted not just to the image in the imitation of the stained glass technique of portraits of familiar world personalities. 
    It is the microcosm and the facets of every politician or writer. Only the viewer can solve the mystery of the painting: is it a universe in one person or do we see a mosaic / stained glass ensemble and such symbols on the face of the person due to the light "inside"?

Anatoly Gankevich

Boats in the Bay140 x 200 cmPrice on request

Carpet

Boats in the Bay140 x 200 cmPrice on request

Illustration

Boats in the Bay140 x 200 cmPrice on request